Project Grant CA2021007
- The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) a $1,096,500 project grant under the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program (CFDA 20.941). The purpose of the SMART Grants Program is to fund demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community transportation technologies and systems to improve efficiency and safety. Through this award, CCTA will conduct demonstration projects to use technology...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) received a $5.4M Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program (CFDA 20.939) on September 17, 2025, with a completion date of September 17, 2030. The Enhancing Support for Safety in the Bay Area project will enhance the Bay Area's existing comprehensive safety action plan through development of in-depth safety plans for key regional corridors. The project...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $367,616 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) will fund research to establish a theoretical framework for evaluating and optimizing data acquisition in transportation networks. The research project aims to quantify the value of data from various sources to help transportation network operators, such as the California Department of Transportation, make more informed decisions about which data to...
- The Contra Costa Transportation Authority received a $9,030,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (CFDA 20.939) program. The grant funding will be used to implement bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements across Contra Costa County over a 5-year period, from April 2024 to April 2029. This project aims to enhance transportation equity and safety for all road users, including pedestrians,...
- This $120,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). The funding will support a collaborative research project focused on enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems through the development of advanced detection and countermeasure techniques at the application, system, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) $167,900 under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) on August 29, 2025, for a Project Grant supporting innovative coordinated access and mobility initiatives. As the direct recipient, SACOG is implementing the project on behalf of subrecipient Paratransit Inc. to deploy an advanced version of the Trapeze digital...
- This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $20,352,630.00, was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200). The purpose of this award is to assess the risks, overcome challenges, and mitigate key uncertainties related to enabling interoperable wireless communications among vehicles, roadside infrastructure, and mobile devices. This research aims to improve safety, provide equitable transportation, enhance mobility,...
- The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $299,985 Project Grant to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on September 9, 2021 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant funds the San Francisco Bay Area Region Work Zone Data Exchange Demonstration Project, which will provide free multi-modal traveler information via multiple platforms with a focus on increasing dissemination of traffic and transit data in the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $2.29 million Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program (CFDA 20.939) on September 5, 2025, with a completion date of June 14, 2030. The project aims to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities in San Diego involving passenger vehicles by addressing three major risk factors: hand-held phone use, lack of seatbelt use, and speeding. The...
- The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) was awarded a $490,251 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund the development and implementation of training programs for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers on the use of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technologies. Key...
APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE THE SAFE SCALABLE DEPLOYMENT OF AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS (ADS) BY ADDRESSING MARKET BARRIERS REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY AND DATA GAPS THAT CURRENTLY LIMIT PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC ADOPTION. THROUGH A COORDINATED SET OF REAL-WORLD DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY THE PROJECT WILL GENERATE HIGH-QUALITY SHARED SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE DATA TO SUPPORT USDOT AND NHTSA RULEMAKING REDUCE UNCERTAINTY FOR OEMS AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS AND DEMONSTRATE TANGIBLE PUBLIC BENEFITSPARTICULARLY FOR TRANSPORTATION-CHALLENGED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF CCTAS CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLE (CAV) PROGRAM AND THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GOMENTUM STATION PROVING GROUND THE PROJECT ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH USDOTS ADS PROGRAM GOALS BY MOVING ADS TECHNOLOGY FROM CONTROLLED TESTING ENVIRONMENTS INTO MANAGED REAL-WORLD OPERATIONAL CONTEXTS. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE REPLICABLE AND NATIONALLY TRANSFERABLE INSIGHTS THAT INFORM MINIMUM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OPERATIONAL STANDARDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR ADS DEPLOYMENT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THE PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT THREE INTEGRATED ADS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY A COMPREHENSIVE DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS AND SHARING FRAMEWORK:1.DEPLOY AND OPERATE ADS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTSOIMPLEMENT SHARED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE (SAV) AND AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLE SERVICES IN THREE DISTINCT OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS:FIRST-/LAST-MILE TRANSIT FOR SENIORS IN ROSSMOOR (WALNUT CREEK)ON-DEMAND WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION SERVING THE COUNTY HOSPITAL IN MARTINEZPERSONAL MOBILITY AND CORRIDOR-LEVEL ADS READINESS ALONG THE I-680/BISHOP RANCH AREAOTEST SAE LEVEL 35 ADS VEHICLES ACROSS LOW-SPEED ARTERIAL AND FREEWAY-ADJACENT CONTEXTS.2.PREPARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGYOINSTALL AND UPGRADE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING V2I AND V2V COMMUNICATIONS (DSRC 4G/5G C-V2X) ROADWAY MARKINGS SIGNAGE SENSORS AND CHARGING SYSTEMS.OEQUIP VEHICLES WITH ONBOARD DATA-GATHERING DEVICES CAMERAS AND POSITIONING SYSTEMS.OVERIFY AND VALIDATE ALL VEHICLES AT GOMENTUM STATION PRIOR TO PUBLIC-ROAD DEPLOYMENT.3.COLLECT ANALYZE AND SHARE SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE DATAOGATHER REAL-TIME AND ARCHIVED DATA FROM ADS VEHICLES INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INCLUDING SENSOR LIDAR CAMERA AND OPERATIONAL LOGS.OANALYZE ADS DETECTION DECISION-MAKING AND RESPONSE PERFORMANCE (E.G. BRAKING STEERING SIGNAL COMPLIANCE).OSTORE AND MANAGE DATA USING SECURE CLOUD-BASED PLATFORMS AND PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGH A USDOT-ACCESSIBLE WEB PORTAL.OSUPPORT OFFLINE AND ACADEMIC ANALYSIS THROUGH DATA SHARING WITH RESEARCH PARTNERS SUCH AS UC BERKELEY.4.SUPPORT RULEMAKING AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENTODEVELOP SAFETY PERFORMANCE MEASURES BASELINES AND KEY INDICATORS ALIGNED WITH USDOT ADS PROGRAM PRIORITIES.OPROVIDE DATA AND TECHNICAL INSIGHTS TO INFORM FEDERAL AND STATE RULEMAKING SAFETY STANDARDS AND OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR ADS TECHNOLOGIES.5.STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION OUTREACH AND WORKFORCE COLLABORATIONOCOORDINATE WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES LAW ENFORCEMENT TRANSIT PROVIDERS OEMS AND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS.OCONDUCT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF ADS TECHNOLOGIES.OMAINTAIN LONG-TERM ACCESSIBILITY OF DATA TOOLS AND REPORTS FOLLOWING PROJECT COMPLETION.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DATA SHARING TO SUPPORT ADS SAFETY PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND RULEMAKING; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: TRAVELING PUBLIC PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NONE
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $7.5m | 3/8/21 |