DC-2024-005
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Application purpose: As technology has advanced, an increasing amount of data from various systems, modes, applications, and other sources has become available that could, if handled effectively, be leveraged to support strategic transportation decision-making and more seamless multimodal mobility for all.
Over recent years, there have for instance been significant developments advancing multimodal trip planning applications and integrated mobility wallet programs that have for example combined transit data with information regarding on-demand modes, routes, vehicle arrival/departure times, trip pricing, and more to connect travelers with transportation recommendations and tailored trip rates for more personalized, informed, and accessible travel on transit and across modes.
Promoting transit data interoperability can help to enhance these tools among others and potentially increase their utility across transit agencies and regions.
Further data interoperability research focus areas such as (1) mobility, (2) rolling stock/zero-emission transit, and (3) vehicle and operator safety can potentially help to advance transportation safety, accessibility, and sustainability.
The goal of this project is to leverage the experience and industry network of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) to promote knowledge sharing and best practices in the data interoperability space.
Activities performed: Under this project, ITS America would conduct a series of stakeholder engagement, outreach, and knowledge transfer activities to include: peer exchanges, industry surveys, stakeholder interviews, and report outs of findings, etc.
Additional information on each of these activities is included below:
O Peer exchanges: ITS America would plan, coordinate, host, and consolidate materials for quarterly peer exchanges on topics determined cooperatively by ITS America and FTA connected to the theme of (1) mobility; (2) zero-emission transit; (3) vehicle operations and safety; and (4) other transit-related data interoperability.
These events could, for example, each be around two to three hours long and bring together relevant subject matter experts and industry stakeholders.
Subject matter experts could include representatives from transit agencies, standards bodies, and/or technology deployers with, for instance, experience in multimodal data governance, standards building, and/or coordination efforts with various mobility service providers to develop integrated multimodal trip planning or payment tools.
These representatives could discuss standards and other data management practices that they currently leverage, share associated hurdles, and provide insights regarding strategies for success and related opportunities for growth looking forward.
These remarks could be provided in the form of a targeted spotlight panel followed by a moderated Q&A period.
The peer exchanges could also provide opportunity for open conversation as well as leverage interactive tools such as live polling to promote discussion and engage participating attendees so that they may ask questions and contribute input regarding their needs, concerns, experiences, etc.
O Industry survey: ITS America could develop a survey to collect knowledge and input from ITS America members and/or other industry stakeholders connected to the theme of (1) mobility; (2) zero-emission transit; (3) vehicle operations and safety; and (4) other transit-related data interoperability.
O Stakeholder interviews: ITS America could host a series of interviews to connect with industry stakeholders and dig into their perspectives and experiences.
These interviews could, for example, be conducted following the above-mentioned survey in order to collect more detailed anecdotes regarding transit operations and emerging data interoperability-related needs, challenges, opportunities, best practices, etc.
O Report outs (webinars/highlight documents/etc.): Information collected in any of the above-mentioned activities could be anonymized, cleaned, and shared with USDOT in a detailed or consolidated format depending on the level of information desired and the intended audience of the summary.
For example, ITS America could provide USDOT with a full report of cleaned survey responses and findings and/or generate a summary one-pager of select takeaways that is more accessible to a broader audience to advance industry knowledge sharing.
Also/alternatively, ITS America could host a webinar or series of webinars to share key takeaways to report out findings from project activities.
Expected outcomes: The goal of these various stakeholder engagement and outreach efforts is to promote accessible, digestible knowledge sharing regarding data-related resources/standards, needs, and strategy to advance interoperability and build capacity among industry stakeholders.
Through this project, ITS America will also identify existing resources, areas of needs, best practices, and potential strategies to inform data governance and standards.
Intended beneficiaries: This effort is intended to benefit all of the transportation industry, but in particular transit agencies, state, city, and local departments of transportation, regional and local transportation and planning agencies, as well as those partners working to support them.
Subrecipient activities: None.
Over recent years, there have for instance been significant developments advancing multimodal trip planning applications and integrated mobility wallet programs that have for example combined transit data with information regarding on-demand modes, routes, vehicle arrival/departure times, trip pricing, and more to connect travelers with transportation recommendations and tailored trip rates for more personalized, informed, and accessible travel on transit and across modes.
Promoting transit data interoperability can help to enhance these tools among others and potentially increase their utility across transit agencies and regions.
Further data interoperability research focus areas such as (1) mobility, (2) rolling stock/zero-emission transit, and (3) vehicle and operator safety can potentially help to advance transportation safety, accessibility, and sustainability.
The goal of this project is to leverage the experience and industry network of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) to promote knowledge sharing and best practices in the data interoperability space.
Activities performed: Under this project, ITS America would conduct a series of stakeholder engagement, outreach, and knowledge transfer activities to include: peer exchanges, industry surveys, stakeholder interviews, and report outs of findings, etc.
Additional information on each of these activities is included below:
O Peer exchanges: ITS America would plan, coordinate, host, and consolidate materials for quarterly peer exchanges on topics determined cooperatively by ITS America and FTA connected to the theme of (1) mobility; (2) zero-emission transit; (3) vehicle operations and safety; and (4) other transit-related data interoperability.
These events could, for example, each be around two to three hours long and bring together relevant subject matter experts and industry stakeholders.
Subject matter experts could include representatives from transit agencies, standards bodies, and/or technology deployers with, for instance, experience in multimodal data governance, standards building, and/or coordination efforts with various mobility service providers to develop integrated multimodal trip planning or payment tools.
These representatives could discuss standards and other data management practices that they currently leverage, share associated hurdles, and provide insights regarding strategies for success and related opportunities for growth looking forward.
These remarks could be provided in the form of a targeted spotlight panel followed by a moderated Q&A period.
The peer exchanges could also provide opportunity for open conversation as well as leverage interactive tools such as live polling to promote discussion and engage participating attendees so that they may ask questions and contribute input regarding their needs, concerns, experiences, etc.
O Industry survey: ITS America could develop a survey to collect knowledge and input from ITS America members and/or other industry stakeholders connected to the theme of (1) mobility; (2) zero-emission transit; (3) vehicle operations and safety; and (4) other transit-related data interoperability.
O Stakeholder interviews: ITS America could host a series of interviews to connect with industry stakeholders and dig into their perspectives and experiences.
These interviews could, for example, be conducted following the above-mentioned survey in order to collect more detailed anecdotes regarding transit operations and emerging data interoperability-related needs, challenges, opportunities, best practices, etc.
O Report outs (webinars/highlight documents/etc.): Information collected in any of the above-mentioned activities could be anonymized, cleaned, and shared with USDOT in a detailed or consolidated format depending on the level of information desired and the intended audience of the summary.
For example, ITS America could provide USDOT with a full report of cleaned survey responses and findings and/or generate a summary one-pager of select takeaways that is more accessible to a broader audience to advance industry knowledge sharing.
Also/alternatively, ITS America could host a webinar or series of webinars to share key takeaways to report out findings from project activities.
Expected outcomes: The goal of these various stakeholder engagement and outreach efforts is to promote accessible, digestible knowledge sharing regarding data-related resources/standards, needs, and strategy to advance interoperability and build capacity among industry stakeholders.
Through this project, ITS America will also identify existing resources, areas of needs, best practices, and potential strategies to inform data governance and standards.
Intended beneficiaries: This effort is intended to benefit all of the transportation industry, but in particular transit agencies, state, city, and local departments of transportation, regional and local transportation and planning agencies, as well as those partners working to support them.
Subrecipient activities: None.
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
District Of Columbia
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
NOT APPLICABLE
Intelligent Transportation Society Of America (Its America) was awarded
Cooperative Agreement DC-2024-005
worth $500,000
from the FTA Office of Budget and Policy in July 2024 with work to be completed primarily in District Of Columbia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 2 months and
was awarded through assistance program 20.530 Public Transportation Innovation.
$125,000 (20.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 2/23/26
Period of Performance
7/22/24
Start Date
9/30/26
End Date
Funding Split
$500.0K
Federal Obligation
$125.0K
Non-Federal Obligation
$625.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DC-2024-005
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DC-2024-005
SAI Number
DC-2024-005-01-20.530
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
69A445 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Funding Office
693JJ8 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND POLICY(TBP)
Awardee UEI
EUYES4EXFKG7
Awardee CAGE
07VW8
Performance District
DC-98
Modified: 2/23/26