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ADS Grant Overview

The Automated Driving System (ADS) Demonstration Grants Program – Public Law 115- 141, Division L, Title I – appropriated funding for a “highly automated vehicle research and development program” to fund planning, direct research, and demonstration grants for Automated Driving Systems and other...

ADS Grant Pre-Award Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1: Will the USDOT require that selected entities sign a specific data sharing agreement? Our experience with AV vendors is that they are hesitant to share certain data. Answer 1: USDOT will require data sharing agreement with the grantees, specific to the proposed...

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications

Over the past several years, the U.S. DOT and its operating administrations have engaged in numerous activities related to connected vehicles, which generally encompass vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communications, collectively known...

Automated Driving System Demonstration Grants

On September 18, 2019, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced $60 million in Federal grant funding to the selected award recipients for the Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Demonstration Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity. (Press Release)

The 73 proposals are...

IPIC Annual Report to Congress

The Fiscal Year 2016 Senate Committee Report 114-75 directs DOT “to transmit an annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations describing how the IPIC has reduced aggregate time for Federal permitting and review of infrastructure projects government-wide.”  This report...

PNT and Spectrum Management Fact Sheet

The PNT Spectrum Management Fact Sheet provides an Overview of the Responsibilities and Duties for OST-R's Office of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing & Spectrum Management.