USDOT Announces $130 Million to Scale Transit Technology Solutions

USDOT has announced more than $130 million in grant awards for 42 technology demonstration projects through its Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grants program. The program provides $500 million over five years for state, local, and tribal governments to leverage technology to create safer, more efficient, and more innovative transportation systems. With these latest two rounds of funding, SMART has awarded nearly $280 million across 45 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC.

“Through the SMART grants program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are investing in new technologies and approaches that can help communities across the country address their most pressing transportation challenges,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “The awards we’re announcing today will put funding in the hands of state, local, and tribal governments to support their key priorities, which range from the delivery of medical supplies in rural areas to ensuring transportation system resilience in the face of natural disasters.”

SMART is a two-stage program: stage one planning and prototyping grants, and stage two implementation grants. This is the third year of SMART grants stage one awards, for which USDOT received 308 eligible grant applications for this most recent round of funding. This round of projects includes the first stage two deployment awards in eight states and 34 new stage one prototyping projects in 21 states.

The full list of awards can be viewed here. An interactive map depicting all SMART projects can be found here. For more information on SMART, visit the program website or contact smart@dot.gov.