On June 22nd, the Federal Highway Administration released the 2021 application for the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies (ATCMTD) Program. ATCMTD provides $60M in funding for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and other advanced technologies that can provide the following benefits:
- Reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries
- Reduced traffic congestion
- Reduced transportation-related emissions
- Optimized multimodal system performance
- Improved access to transportation alternatives
- Public access to real time traffic and transit information
- Cost savings to transportation agencies, businesses, and the traveling public
- Climate change and environmental justice impacts
- Racial equity and barriers to opportunity
- Integration of intelligent transportation systems with the Smart Grid
- Advanced public transportation systems (including demand responsive transit services)
- Freight community systems
- Rural opportunities to use transportation for economic success (ROUTES)
- Complete trip programs
ATCMTD projects can receive up to 50% federal funding at a maximum grant award of $12M.
Whether you’re hoping to build an intelligent transportation system, address congestion pricing, or bring advanced sharing technology to a rural demand response system, Via can partner with you to create a compelling application for an ATCMTD grant. Please reach out to partnerships@ridewithvia.com to get started. Applications are due on August 23rd.
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