Description
The Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Initiative is a grant program established by the FAST Act to provide funding for eligible entities to develop model deployment sites for large-scale installation and operation of advanced transportation technologies. The program aims to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return on investment. Eligible entities include state or local governments, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional groups or consortia of research institutions or academic institutions. The program encourages partnership with the private sector or public agencies, including multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, research institutions, and organizations representing transportation and technology leaders.
Key aspects of the program include:
• Up to $60 million in federal funding available per year
• Grant awards may not exceed 20% of the total ATCMTD funding per year, with a maximum award of $12 million per year
• Federal funding may not exceed 50% of project costs
• Eligible projects include the deployment of diverse technologies that improve the efficiency, safety, or state of good repair of surface transportation systems
• Applications will be reviewed based on technical merit, cost reasonableness, and conformance to applicable cost principles
• The program encourages the use of open standards and data to facilitate the widespread implementation of successful deployments.