Webinar 2: Deployment Partnerships and Planning

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has launched the Complete Trip - ITS4US Deployment Program that aims to solve mobility challenges of all travelers, regardless of location, income, or disability, in accessing jobs, education, healthcare, and other activities.

This Program is a multimodal, multi-year, effort let by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) with support from Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that will make up to $40 million available to enable communities to showcase innovative business partnerships, technologies, and practices that promote independent mobility for all. The Program expects to procure and award multiple large scale, replicable, real world deployments of integrated innovative technologies to address the challenges of planning and executing complete trips.

USDOT is hosting a series of webinars to assist prospective deployers and partners. Webinar recordings and information about future webinars will be available on the program’s website: https://its.dot.gov/its4us/.

Webinar Details:

This webinar is the second in an on-going webinar series to assist prospective deployers and partners for the Complete Trip – ITS4US Deployment Program. Sofia Gallo (Special Assistant, Office of Transportation Policy) will provide a brief introduction of the Complete Trip – ITS4US Deployment Program. David Pinkney (Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Analyst, FHWA Office of Civil Rights) will present on how communities can identify and engage stakeholders to define the transportation needs and challenges of their region. Danielle Blackshear (Transportation Specialist, FHWA Office of Human Environment) will discuss user needs identification and practices that identify key steps in the decision making and planning processes for a successful deployment. Elina Zlotchenko (Program Manager, ITS JPO), will discuss approaches to partnerships and best practices to ensure a complete team with impactful partnerships is developed. This webinar will conclude with information for potential deployers about the remainder of the webinar series.

This webinar is sponsored by the USDOT ITS JPO and is free and open to the public. To learn more about the ITS JPO’s research, please visit: www.its.dot.gov.

Date: February 13, 2020

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST

Presenters:

• Sofia Gallo, OST-Policy
• David Pinkney, FHWA Office of Civil Rights
• Danielle Blackshear, FHWA Office of Human Environment
• Elina Zlotchenko, ITS JPO