Transformation: Research and innovation for a modernizing transportation system

Design for the future. Invest in purpose-driven research and innovation to meet the challenges of the present and modernize a transportation system of the future that serves everyone today and in the decades to come. Achieving changes in the transportation system necessary to reach our goals will require fundamental transformations to our infrastructure, our technology, and our approaches to solving problems. Making our system safer, stronger and more resilient will require a renewed commitment to science, learning, and innovation. It will require collaboration across the public and private sectors to foster an innovation ecosystem based on open data, honest dialogue, and shared insights. Transformation means investing in education and training to empower workers with the skills they need to succeed in today’s economy and the economy of the future.

Transformation Focused Programs

• Advanced Research Projects Agency - Infrastructure (ARPA-I)
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence
• Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Office
• Intersection Safety Challenge
• National Transportation Library
• Small Business Innovation
• Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grants (SMART)
• Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, Timing
• Technology Transfer Program
• Transportation Safety Institute
• University Transportation Centers - UTC
• USDOT Research Hub
• VOLPE National Transportation Center