ITS CodeHub: Frequently Asked Questions

ITS CodeHub provides a single point of entry to discover the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) publicly available open source code funded by the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO).

Check out the detailed registration process on the Repository Registration page. You will be asked to fill out and submit the linked form. Once complete, the ITS JPO Support Team will review your application and determine whether the repository will be made discoverable through ITS CodeHub.

ITS CodeHub encourages safe coding practices and for code to be developed with open standards in mind. Here is the ITS JPO CodeHub's Code Quality Best Practices Checklist:

• No Usernames or Passwords
• No Confidential Business Information (CBI)
• No non-public internet protocol (IP) addresses
• Code uses open standards from U.S. DOT Source Code Management
• Code uses Open Source Software (OSS) licenses
• Obtain appropriate data rights to custom-developed code
• Establish processes for the review and approval of all requests to release custom-developed code as OSS

Download the ITS JPO CodeHub's Code Quality Best Practices Checklist

For more information on coding practices, please see U.S. DOT's Open Source Management.

The open source code repositories discoverable on ITS CodeHub come with open source license information including terms for use. Check each repository's accompanying LICENSE and/or README file for additional information about use and reuse.

Yes, ITS Datahub provides a single point of entry to discover U.S. DOT's publicly available, reusable, and open ITS research data, including connected vehicle data. A wide variety of datasets are available on ITS DataHub including: connected vehicle messages, automated vehicle data, trajectories, field test data and connected equipment data. ITS DataHub is an excellent location to search for highly documented transportation data to support the source code found on ITS CodeHub.

Open source means the work is publicly accessible and can be used, modified, and shared by anyone. Open source works are distributed under licenses that comply with the definition provided by the Open Source Initiative. For additional information, please also see the Open License Guide (Link to Open License Guide).

For more information and any additional questions or concerns, please contact the ITS JPO Support Team at data.itsjpo@dot.gov.