
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
- Safety
- Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications for Safety
- Truck V2V Research
- Transit V2V Research
- Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot
- Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Communications for Safety
- Truck V2I Research/Smart Roadside
- Transit V2I Research
- Connected Vehicle Safety for Rail
- Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P) Communications for Safety
- Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment (AACVTE)
- Mobility
- Environment
- Road Weather
- Policy
- Connected Vehicle Technology
- CV Pilots Deployment Project
- Automated Vehicle
- Intermodal
- Exploratory
- ITS Cross-Cutting Support
- Success Stories
- Clarus
- Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Core and Expanded Deployment Program
- Congestion Initiative
- Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems (CICAS)
- Electronic Freight Management
- Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO)
- Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS)
- Intelligent and Efficient Border Crossings
- Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)
- Next-Generation 9-1-1
- Rural Safety Initiative
- Vehicle Infrastructure Integration

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications for Safety
V2V Communications for Safety is the wireless exchange of data among vehicles traveling in the same vicinity which offers significant safety improvements. The vision for V2V research is that each vehicle on the roadway, including automobiles, trucks, transit vehicles and motorcycles, will be able to communicate with other vehicles, and that this rich set of data and communications will support a new generation of active safety applications and systems.
Resources
- An Approach to Communications Security for a Communications Data Delivery System for V2V/V2I Safety:
- Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety Application Research Plan
- Description of Light Vehicle Pre-Crash Scenarios for Safety Applications Based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications May 2013
- Light Vehicle Crash Avoidance Needs and Countermeasure Profiles for Safety Applications based on Vehicle-to
- Vehicle Communications May 2013
- Depiction of Priority Light Vehicle Pre-Crash Scenarios for Safety Applications Based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications April 2013
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