What is Digital Infrastructure?
Digital Infrastructure are the collective public and private technology assets that create, exchange, or use data or information to improve national transportation system outcomes by optimizing the provision of existing and new transportation services.
Below is a series of resources for a basic understanding of digital infrastructure and its related topics.
If you feel there is a resource that should be added, please contact Adam Hopps.
Read and Review These First
March 2022: U.S. DOT RD&T Strategic Plan (RDI Strategy)
2023–2024: TRB Digital Infrastructure Workshops (see below)
June 2024: Roadway Digital Infrastructure: Advancing through Transcontinental Corridors
August 2025: USDOT OST-R Dialogue at ITS World Congress (to be provided soon)
August 2025: RDI Collaborative Agenda (Task 6 Final Report)
September 2025: ITS America Application Mapping in Networked V2X
Case Studies
- Urban Traffic Management & Optimization
- Bridge Lane Management
- Flex Routes & Dynamic Lanes
- Digital Twin Crash Analysis
- Data-Driven Accessibility
- Congested Highway Traffic Management
- Wrong Way Driving on Expressways
- Smart Work Zone Systems
- Intersection & Pedestrian Safety
- Variable Speed Limits
- Safety on Rural Tribal Roads
- Freight Weigh Station Optimization
- Centralized Transportation Data Hub
- Modern Traffic Management Systems
- Roadway Illumination
TRB Workshops
2024 TRB Annual Meeting and Lead-up
- Workshop 1003: Transportation Systems Management and Operations Data Exchanges: On-Ramps to the National Roadway Digital Infrastructure
- Workshop 1004: Preparing, Conducting, and Summarizing the Results: Assessing Traffic Management Systems
- Workshop 1042: Information Technology Will Not Let Me Work and Operations Technology Will Sink Our Network
- Workshop 5002: Roadway Digital Infrastructure Strategy
- TRB Webinar: National Roadway Digital Infrastructure Strategy and ROD-X
- 2024 TRB Digital Infrastructure Activities Preview
- Session 355-National and Continental Strategy for Digital Infrastructure to Integrate Automation into Transportation