d o t logoUnited States Department of Transportation
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration

You are here

Home

Multimodal Connectivity Options for a Future Seamless Transportation System

Project Information

Project ID: 
FHWA-PROJ-11-0049
Project Abstract: 

The objective is to harness emerging information technologies in an innovative use of computational thinking to develop a new type of decentralized transportation system, the transportation market, capable of real-time allocation of resources. The premise is that an intelligent use of traffic information will help users make decisions that will tap into unused vehicle capacity, radically transforming the way people use transportation systems.

Goals

The objective is to harness emerging information technologies in an innovative use of computational thinking to develop a new type of decentralized transportation system, the transportation market, capable of real-time allocation of resources. The premise is that an intelligent use of traffic information will help users make decisions that will tap into unused vehicle capacity, radically transforming the way people use transportation systems.

Project Status: 
Completed
Project Funding Amount (Contract Award Amount): 
$1,000,000
Start Date: 
Monday, November 22, 2010
End Date: 
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Public Access Plan: 
No
FHWA Program Area: 
Exploratory Advanced Research
Project Link: 
EAR Program Research Results

Contact Information

First Name: 
Martesha
Last Name: 
Lee
Phone Number: 
(202) 366-3094
Email Address: 
Martesha.Lee@dot.gov
Team: 
Policy Analysis Team
Office:
Office of Transportation Policy Studies
Office Code: 
HPTS-40

Deliverables