The USDOT has developed a new fact sheet to encourage planning agencies to consider how their local transportation systems will function in a connected vehicle environment. The Planning for the Future of Transportation: Connected Vehicles and ITS fact sheet provides a quick overview of the ITS Joint Program Office's connected vehicle research activities and highlights key elements of performance-based planning and programming that present opportunities for addressing this connected vehicle environment. These elements include:

• Strategic Direction (Where do we want to go?)
• Planning Analysis (How are we going to get there?)
• Programming (What will it take?)
•  Implementation and Evaluation (How did we do?)

The fact sheet also provides information on available planning tools and connected vehicle and ITS resources. Download the Fact Sheet.