About
The Intelligent Transportations Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
OUR VISION:
Accelerate the use of ITS to transform the way society moves.
OUR MISSION:
Lead collaborative and innovative research, development, and implementation of ITS to improve the safety and mobility of people and goods.
Planning for the Future of ITS
The ITS Joint Program Office’s 2020-2025 ITS Strategic Plan
About ITS JPO
Current Research
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s ITS research focuses on several high-priority areas including Emerging and Enabling Technologies, Data Access and Exchanges, ITS Cybersecurity Research, Automation, ITS4US, and Accelerating ITS Deployment. The ITS Strategic Plan includes in-depth discussion of the ITS Program’s strategic goals, these research areas, and four technology transfer programs.
Learn more in the 2020-2025 ITS Strategic Plan.
Research Areas
Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment
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ITS Deployment
- ITS4US
- Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Resources
- Connected Vehicle Pilots
- Connected Vehicle News and Events
- Connected Vehicle Deployer Resources
- Connected Vehicle Deployment Assistance
- Connected Vehicle Applications
- Sample Deployment Concepts
- Connected Vehicle Publications
- National ITS Architecture
- Smart City Challenge
Technology Transfer
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Technology Transfer
Research Archive
Mobility On Demand News and Events
- Highlights
- Recent Reports
- New Publications: Mobility on Demand Fact Sheets
- Recent Events
- MOD Webinar #1: TSMO and the MOD Vision: Concepts and Examples
- MOD Webinar #2: Mobility on Demand: Past, Present, and Future
- MOD Webinar #3: Current Practices in MOD Planning and Implementation
- MOD Webinar #4: Business Models Analysis
- MOD Webinar #5: Micromobility: An Increasing Mobility
- MOD Webinar #6: Mobility Marketplace: Integration, Integration, Integration
- Upcoming Events
- All MOD Resources
- Featured Links
- New Publication: Multimodal and Accessible Travel Standards Assessment: Forward-Looking Assessment White Paper
- New Publication: MOD Sandbox Valley Metro Evaluation Report
- New Publication: Mobility Marketplace Connecting Travelers: Concept of Operations Blueprint
- New Publications: Mobility on Demand Fact Sheets
About Mobility on Demand
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) uses the term Mobility on Demand (MOD) to represent its vision for future mobility. MOD envisions a safe, reliable and carefree mobility ecosystem that supports complete trips for all, both personalized mobility and goods delivery. USDOT achieves this vision by leveraging innovative technologies and facilitating public private partnerships to allow for a user-centric approach that improves mobility options for all travelers, and delivery of goods and services.
About the Mobility on Demand Research Program
The Mobility on Demand (MOD) Research Program is a joint U.S. DOT initiative, co-led by the ITS JPO and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The MOD Research Program supports state and local public agencies as they navigate the dynamic, evolving landscape of personal mobility and integrated multimodal transportation network.
The MOD Research Program is an innovative, user-focused research initiative with a transformative approach to travel, leveraging emerging mobility services, integrated transportation networks and operations, real-time data, connected travelers, and existing transit services and infrastructure.
In collaboration with stakeholders, the program will investigate opportunities where the individual traveler can experience several high-quality mobility choices to complete trips and improve their access to destinations. MOD leverages advances in technology and operations to create an environment where all travelers have safe mobility options ensuring reliable, informed, and efficient travel in a multimodal network that prioritizes individual, on-demand mobility within the context of a complete transportation network.
The MOD Operational Concept Report
This operational concept report provides an overview of the Mobility on Demand (MOD) concept and its evolution, description of the MOD ecosystem in a supply and demand framework, and its stakeholders and enablers. Leveraging the MOD ecosystem framework, this report reviews the key enablers of the system including business models and partnerships, land use and different urbanization scenarios, social equity and environmental justice, policies and standards, and enabling technologies. This review is mostly focused on the more recent forms of MOD (e.g., shared mobility). The MOD Operational Concept Report is available on the National Transportation Library.
Research Contacts
Robert Sheehan, P.E., PTOE
Multimodal ITS Program Manager
ITS Joint Program Office
U.S. Department of Transportation
(202) 366-6817
Robert.Sheehan@dot.gov
Gwo-Wei Torng, PhD
Director of Mobility Innovation
Federal Transit Administration
(202) 366-2378
Gwo-Wei.Torng@dot.gov
Jim Hunt
Office of Operations
Federal Highway Administration
(717) 221-4422
Jim.Hunt@dot.gov
Ralph P. Volpe
Resource Center – Operations Technical Service Team
Federal Highway Administration
(202) 366-2378
Ralph.Volpe@dot.gov
Corbin Davis
Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty
Federal Highway Administration
202-366-6072
Corbin.Davis@dot.gov