SMART Stage 1 2022
FY22 SMART Stage 1 Awards
USDOT received a total of 392 application submissions to the FY22 SMART Grants Program. The average amount of funding requested was $1,541,154. On March 21, 2023, the US Department of Transportation announced $94 million in grant awards for 59 projects across 33 states through the first round of funding for the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. For more details on the 59 projects, see below and the FY22 SMART Project List.
Technology Area Overview
The eight technology domains below were identified in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). All SMART projects leverage one or more of these technologies. For a detailed definition of each technology area from IIJA, please refer to the SMART Fact Sheet.
Nine themes, or project types, emerged among the pool of 59 projects selected for FY22 Stage 1 SMART grants. Each project type leverages multiple technologies defined in IIJA, as illustrated with the icons below:
FY22 SMART Projects: Profiles and Results
With the recipient, SMART developed a 1-page profile of each Stage 1 project, which can be accessed below. Each project will also produce a final Implementation Report upon completion of their Stage 1 grant, which will be shared here when ready.
Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission
Drone Medical Package Delivery for Improved Transportation and Better Patient Outcomes
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Alaska Rural Remote Operations Workplan (ARROW Program)
Bannock Transportation Planning Organization
Innovative Transportation Solutions Project
Biddeford Saco Old
Orchard Beach
Transit Committee
BSOOB Transit Smart Grid Transition
California Department of Transportation
Deploying UAS Innovations for Remote, Autonomous Infrastructure Construction Inspection to Enhance Safety, Save Time, Reduce Costs and Lessen Carbon Emissions
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
Ranier Valley Safe: Technology Investments to Improve Community Safety
City of Colorado Springs
Perception-Based Adaptive Traffic Management and Data Sharing
City of Detroit
Detroit Mobility Optimization through Data for Equity and Safety (Detroit MODES)
City of Phoenix, Street Transportation
City of Phoenix Passive Detection Technology for Bikes, Pedestrians and Motorists
City of Portland
Portland, leading by example: A Technology-enabled Zero Emission Zone
City of San Jose
SMART Curbs: City of San Jose's Curb Digitization and Management Pilot
Connecticut Department of Transportation
Connecticut Integrated Transit Mobility Project (CT-ITMP)
Delaware Department of Transportation
Future-Ready Delaware: SMART Technology Enhancements for Safe, Resilient Intersections
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Event Integrated Ticketing Platform
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Planning a Smart Microgrid that Generates and Distributes Reliable Power at Cape Cod Gateway Airport to Reduce Emissions and Increase Energy Independence While Supporting the Disadvantaged Community
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Improving Rail Safety, Efficiency, and Climate Resilience by Using Drones and Sensors to Monitor and Analyze Railroad Infrastructure Threatened by Ground Water Variability
Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County
Leveraging Advanced Data to Deliver Multimodal Safety (LADDMS)
MetroWest Regional Transit Authority
Blandin Energy and Sustainable Storage Technology (BESST)
Michigan Department of Transportation
Advancing Rural Mobility: Michigan Public Transit Open Data Standards Program
Michigan Department of Transportation
Blue Water Bridge International Smart Freight Corridor
Mid-America Regional Council
Operation Green Light: Regional Traffic Signal Performance Measures
New York State Thruway Authority
Smart Data Collection: Using Automation and Data Integration to Optimize Infrastructure Inspection
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Automating Actionable Road Anomalies (AARA) for Traveler Information
Ohio Department of Transportation
CV Safety Alert & Predictive Crash Location Integration
Orange County Transportation Authority
Pilot Innovative Cloud-Based Transit Signal Priority
Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
Community-driven Regional Mobility Engine for Accessible and Equitable Multimodal Public Transportation in Central Alabama
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Safer, Faster, Smarter: Pairing Cloud-Based Vehicle Preemption and AI Intersection Video Analytics
Road Commission for Oakland County
Leading in Sustainable Safety with V2X technology in Oakland County Michigan
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority
The Digital Curb Program: Revolutionizing Curb Management in San Francisco
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Transit Reliability Improvement and Performance System (TRIPS)
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Wheels on the Bus – Real-Time Data (RTD)
Tahoe Transportation District
Intelligent Sensor Integration on Rural Multi-Modal System with an Urban Recreation Travel Demand, Lake Tahoe Basin, NV and CA
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation
MHA Nation Drone Project: Planning and Protocol Development
Utah Department of Transportation
Enabling Trust and Deployment Through Verified Connected Intersections
Whatcom Council of Governments
Cascade Gateway Advanced Border Information System (ABIS) Design Project
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Extending the Wisconsin Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) to Local Roads Using Smart Work Zone ITS