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Beyond Traffic Themes

How We Move

44 cities proposed projects to test the use of automated shared use vehicles to help travelers connect to their destinations 

How We Move Things

11 cities envisioned improving urban freight delivery by implementing smarter curb space management (through sensors...

Round One: 78 Applications From Across America

While the cities were diverse, many of the 78 applicants faced similar urban mobility challenges:

Providing first-mile and last- mile service for transit users to connect underserved communities to jobs

The typical job is accessible to only about 27 percent of its...

Smart City Challenge

In December 2015,  we  launched  our  Smart  City  Challenge,  asking  mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated, first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data, applications, and technology to ...

Policy Statement on the Prevention of Harassment

The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to creating a work environment free from harassment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or retaliation....

Policy Statement on the No FEAR Act

The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), as amended by the Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020, requires Federal agencies to keep their employees, former employees, and applicants for...