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FedBizOpps Request for Information Notice - Research on Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS)

This is a Request for Information (RFI). It is NOT a solicitation for proposals (RFP) or proposal abstracts.  The purpose of this request is to obtain information from the public sector, private sector and academic communities, for planning purposes, on:

1. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications that can make use of IntelliDrive data and resources to improve environmental performance;
2. Capture and management of realtime IntelliDrive data relevant to environmental applications development and performance measurement; and
3. Evaluation techniques, performance measurement, and technologies to capture environmentally-relevant data.

Unless information submitted in response to this RFI is marked proprietary, it will be made publicly available on the AERIS (Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis) website (http://www.intellidriveusa.org/research/aeris.php) so that valuable research information is easily accessible and proactively shared among the public and private sectors and academic communities. 

The Government will make every effort to protect information that is marked as Proprietary.  All information obtained as a result of this RFI, whether proprietary or not may be used by the U.S. Government for program planning on a non-attribution basis.

Responses to this request are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.  Additionally, the U.S. Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this RFI. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.  Click here for more details. 

Click here to download the RFI.

Posted on 21 Jul 2010

Market Penetration Analysis for VSC-A Safety Benefit Opportunities Estimation

This market penetration analysis has been developed to support the Vehicle Safety Communications - Applications (VSC-A) Safety Benefit Opportunities estimation effort. The VSC-A project, conducted under a cooperative agreement with U.S. Department of Transportation, involved the development of six prototype safety applications based on vehicle-to-vehicle communications.

The objective of this analysis is to provide an initial set of supporting information and offer a range of estimates of potential U.S. light-vehicle market penetration of VSC-A on-board equipment over the anticipated deployment period. The level of detail considered for this analysis is a national-level estimate. The specific vehicle market being examined is light vehicles, specifically passenger cars and light trucks, which account for the substantial majority of relevant crashes.

Click here to access the full report (PDFor HTML).

Posted on 09 Jul 2010

The ITS JPO seeks ideas about how to use Dynamic Mobility Applications

As part of the IntelliDrive^SM Dynamic Mobility Applications Program, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is soliciting ideas for transformative applications that would leverage IntelliDrive SM data and communications capabilities to improve the performance of the transportation system and to improve the nature, accuracy, precision and/or speed of dynamic decision making by transportation system managers and travelers. Dynamic Mobility Applications are real-time monitoring and management tools enabling transportation system efficiency and mobility between and across modes (of freight, transit, and passenger vehicle).

U.S. DOT would like to hear from you about how wireless applications linking travelers, vehicles, transportation management systems and other infrastructure can provide safe, reliable and secure transport of people and goods. Any and all suggestions would be helpful to this program. Share your ideas by completing the Dynamic Mobility Applications Program template by July 31, 2010.
 
A template has been created for stakeholdersto submit ideas for development of future transformative applications to improve Intelligent Transportation Systems.  The blank template, instructions and a sample completed template for reference is available online at: http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/app_template/DMA_template.htm.
 
Your responses can be submitted online or sent to [email protected]. Also, see the notice about the upcoming Webinar to introduce and explain the template.

Responses from the template will be made available by fall.  Workshops and other interactions with stakeholders will provide further review and prioritization of the candidate applications into the spring. U.S. DOT will consider all applications in conducting benefit cost analyses and estimations related to mobility and IntelliDrive^SM in seeking to reach a decision regarding the implementation of IntelliDrive^SM.

Additionally, based on the stakeholder reviews and prioritizations, a subset of applications that enable the community to test technical and policy issues related to data use, communications and impact to the operations of the transportation system will be moved into prototype development.  Open competitive procedures will be used for the prototype applications to be developed by U.S. DOT, but the entire list of community interests will be available to industry, academia and others so that they may pursue development of applications that interest them.

Thank you in advance for your help with this important effort. We truly appreciate your time.

Note: This is not a request for proposals.

Posted on 16 Jun 2010

IntelliDrive(SM) Enabling Devices with DSRC Workshop

The workshop was held on May 6, 2010 following the closing plenary session of the ITS America 20^th Annual Meeting & Exposition at the Hilton Americas in Houston, TX from 1:00pm - 5:00pm CST. The workshop was open to all interested parties in the automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and other industries. It attracted over 60 participants, including device manufacturers, applications developers, and industry representatives. Below is a copy of the presentation, workshop summary and a summary of input from industry stakeholders:

• Combined DSRC Workshop Wednesday| HTML

• ITS JPO DSRC-Enabled Device Workshop Summary| HTML

• Summary of Interviews Exploring Enabling DSRC Devices Challenges | HTML

Posted on 11 Jun 2010

USDOT has released a new White Paper titled, Scope of the Smart Roadside Initiative.

This white paper details the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT)'s current Smart Roadside Research in terms of its scope, objectives, functions and its relationship to IntelliDrive^SM. This paper will help identify for the USDOT management and its transport industry partners the appropriate activities and corresponding resources for Smart Roadside.

Read the full document here PDF | HTML. 

Posted on 03 Jun 2010

IntelliDrive(SM) for Commercial Vehicles Workshop Notes and Presentations

The notes of the April 21, 2010 IntelliDrive^SM for Commercial Vehicles Workshop in San Antonio are available here | HTML.       

Presentations from this meeting are posted on the Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition website.

Posted on 21 May 2010

Secretary LaHood Excited About IntelliDrive(SM) V2V Applications

In a recent blog post, USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood said the ITS research project he is most excited about is Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) applications, because of their potential to significantly improve road safety. Read the blog. 

Posted on 13 May 2010

Text of Secretary LaHood's Address to ITS America Annual Meeting

The text of US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood's remarks at the ITS Annual Meeting May 5 is available here. PDF | HTML

Posted on 13 May 2010

IntelliDrive(SM) Policy White Paper Released

USDOT has released a new Policy White Paper entitled Achieving the Vision: From VII to IntelliDrive^SM.

The White Paper explains the major strategic issues that drove the development of its current plans for IntelliDrive^SM research, and explains how, and when, the research results will enable decisions regarding the future development of IntelliDrive^SM capabilities.

Read the full document here PDF | HTML.

Posted on 13 May 2010

USDOT's ITS Strategic Research Plan 2010-2014 Online

USDOT has posted a Fact Sheet and Executive Summary of its forthcoming ITS Strategic Research Plan at
http://www.its.dot.gov/strat_plan/index.htm. The document outlines how USDOT plans to allocate research funding over the next five years, and assumes that USDOT's ITS research program will receive the same level of funding as previous years - $100 million per year for five years. In 2010, up to $77 million will be dedicated to multimodal research and an additional $14 million to technology transfer and evaluation. IntelliDrive^SM research comprises $49 million of the multimodal research funds.

USDOT expects to release the full ITS Strategic Research Plan in May 2010.

Posted on 15 Jan 2010

ITS Strategic Research Plan 2010-2014: Executive Summary and Fact Sheets
USDOT. January 2010.

Anonymity and IntelliDrive^SM: Pre-Decisional Discussion Document | HTML
Noblis. February 2009.

The IntelliDrive^SM architecture is currently being developed to assure anonymity and untraceability through the technical security architecture. This paper reviews the extent to which anonymous, untraceable communications by design (as opposed to through regulation, policies, and procedures) is required by the current VII Privacy Policies Framework, and then discusses the complexity, deployability, and utility implications of attempting to provide such communications in the IntelliDrive^SM program.

The Coalition Executive Leadership Team adopted a Statement of Principles | HTML to govern future development of IntelliDrive^SM on May 8, 2009.