The U.S. Department Transportation Announces $2.6 Million in Grants to Expand Real-Time Travel Information in 13 Cities
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $2.571 million in grants to expand the use of real-time travel information in 13 highly congested urban areas across 10 states. Known as "Integrated Corridor Management," or ICM, the grants will help selected cities or regions combine numerous information technologies and real-time travel information from highway, rail, and transit operations.
"State-of-the-art technologies like these make the entire transportation network better, safer, and more reliable for commuters, businesses, and freight shippers," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. "An efficient transportation system is at the heart of a healthy national economy."
Many state and local agencies across the country offer similar travel information, but separately. This new effort takes real-time information a step further by combining updated congestion and incident data from various state and local agencies.
"This takes real -time travel information to a new level," said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau. "Innovations like these are 21st-century tools for our 21st-century economy, and will make our nation's transportation system even more coordinated and effective."
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