In late June, the Federal Highway Administration issued a notice of funding opportunity or NOFO for $120 million worth of grants via its Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation or “ATTAIN” program.
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That program aims to help deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies that improve highway safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, and intermodal connectivity, among other benefits, FHWA said.
[Editor’s note: On June 9, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing that delved into a variety of technological advances that are helping drive innovation in the transportation sector; including “digital systems” that are helping improve the capability and longevity of the nation’s highway system infrastructure.]
The agency said that eligible applicants for this funding include states, local governments, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and other political subdivisions of a state or local government, such as publicly owned toll or port authorities. That funding is also available to multi-jurisdictional groups and consortiums of research institutions or academic institutions, FHWA noted.
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