The project detailed in this RFP is intended to investigate 5.9 GHz DSRC Vehicle Based Road and Weather Condition Application as part of the Pooled Fund Study entitled “Program to Support the Development and Deployment of Infrastructure Cooperative Transportation Systems Applications.”  This pooled fund study was created by a group of state and local transportation agencies and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) serving as the lead agency.  The University of Virginia Center for Transportation Studies is supporting VDOT on the pooled fund study, serving as the technical and administrative lead for the effort.  For more information about the pooled fund study, please see http://cts.virginia.edu/IntelliDrive.html.

This National Cooperative Transportation Systems Pooled Fund Study includes RFPs for two projects which were issued on October 1st. These projects are: (1) Traffic Management Centers in a Connected Vehicle Environment, and (2) 5.9 GHz DSRC Vehicle Based Road and Weather Condition Application.

The Cooperative Transportation Systems Pooled Fund Study is financed jointly by 12 state and local departments of transportation (DOTs) and FHWA, with the Virginia DOT as lead state. More information on these RFPs and the Pooled Fund Study is available at the University of Virginia Center for Transportation Studies website at http://cts.virginia.edu/CTSPFS_1.html and at the UVA procurement office at http://www.procurement.virginia.edu/pagerfp.