Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
1 Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Fiscal Year 2023 Planning and Prototyping Grants by State Alabama
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
City of Talladega,
Alabama
Enhancing Safety &
Equitable Accessibility in
Talladega By Employing
Latest Technologies
(ESEATBELT)
$1,123,432 Sensors Update 41 signalized
intersections with smart traffic
signal technologies in
cooperation with the Alabama
Institute for the Deaf and
Blind.
California
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
City of Anaheim Improving Safety &
Efficiency through
Connected Intersections
Technologies in Anaheim
$2,000,000 Connected
&
Automated
Vehicles
Use off-the-shelf V2X
technologies and automated
traffic signal performance
measures to test the
effectiveness of signal priority
and red-light violation warning
use cases at signalized
intersections on two corridors.
City of Fontana Leveraging Advanced
Adaptive Signal Timing
for Freight to Improve
Safety, Climate, and
Mobility
$2,000,000
Smart
Technology
Traffic
Signals
Compare RSU and CV2X
adaptive signal timing
technologies on three
corridors to balance freight
movement with resident
traffic.
Contra Costa
Transportation
Authority
Integrated Open Data
Platform for Multimodal
Accessible
Transportation
(OPTIMAT)
$1,096,500 Transit
Innovation
Develop and test an
integrated, open standards-
based, platform for finding,
booking, and using paratransit
options across 26 public and
private organizations.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
2 Los Angeles County
Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority
Rail Crossing Gate
Optimization Project
$2,000,000
Transit
Innovation
Upgrade rail crossing gate
detectors with wireless
technology and improve
detection of pedestrians,
drivers, and cyclists to reduce
unnecessary gate downtime.
San Francisco Bay
Area Rapid Transit
District
BART Leveraging GTFS
Pathways for Improved
Wayfinding and
Accessibility
$2,000,000
Transit
Innovation
Deploy digital wayfinding aids
and station facility
information, integrated and
shared through public-facing
endpoints in an open data
standard.
Southern California
Regional Rail
Authority
Smart Track Intrusion
Systems and Positive
Train Control
$1,300,000 Transit
Innovation
Deploy AI for track intrusion
detection, paired with positive
train control systems, on a
1.5mi stretch of regional
railway in a dense urban area.
Colorado
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Colorado Department
of Transportation
The Coordinated
Adaptive Ramp Metering
(CARM) Expansion
Project (Project)
$1,473,277 Sensors Deploy coordinated,
automated, and adaptive ramp
metering technologies to four
highway onramp locations.
Denver Regional
Council of
Governments
DRCOG RideAlliance
Human Service
Transportation Trip
Exchange Hub
$975,486 Transit
Innovation
Develop an integrated
backend system to streamline
and scale Denver’s demand-
response transportation
services.
District of Columbia
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Washington
Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority
WMATA - Transit Data
Standards and Analysis
Infrastructure
Framework
$2,000,000
Transit
Innovation
Develop and pilot an open-
source data standard for
transit operational data.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
3 Florida
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Broward
Metropolitan
Planning Organization
SMART METRO
$2,000,000
Sensors Develop a digital twin of
transportation, land use, and
infrastructure data to support
scenario modeling and
infrastructure planning.
Georgia
Recipient Project Name Funding Project Type Project Summary Henry County
Government
Henry County Connected
Vehicle Pilot and Plan
Development
$825,000 Connected &
Automated
Vehicles
Test CV2X technologies for
emergency vehicle
preemption at intersections.
Iowa
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
East Central
Intergovernmental
Association
Metro Dubuque Traffic
Data Aggregation for
Connected Vehicles
project
$2,000,000
Connected
&
Automated
Vehicles
Develop an open CV2X
interface to disseminate near-
real time transportation
information across a 3-state
area.
Illinois
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Chicago Transit
Authority (CTA)
Bus Queue Jump Signal
Pilot Project
$1,500,000 Transit
Innovation
Implement bus queue jump
infrastructure and systems at
10 intersections.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
4 Louisiana
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Shreveport Transit
Management, Inc
(City of Shreveport)
SporTran EMPOWER
(Equitable Mobility,
Public Outreach,
Workforce Education,
and Resilience)
$995,400 Connected
&
Automated
Vehicles
Develop curriculum and
training for AV and EV transit
operations in partnership with
labor and workforce
development partners, and
engage community
organizations, in anticipation
of piloting autonomous, first-
and-last-mile microtransit
shuttle service.
Massachusetts
Recipient Project Name Funding Project Type Project Summary City of Boston,
Massachusetts
Digitizing Boston’s Curbs
Via Machine Learning
$1,983,872 Curb
Management
Develop a curb data
inventory, using computer
vision and machine learning
to digitize street signs and
update the inventory in real
time.
Maryland
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Maryland
Department of
Planning
Maryland Eastern Shore
Drone Medical Delivery
$1,766,757 Uncrewed
Aircraft
System
Deploy uncrewed aerial
systems to provide medical
package deliveries to residents
on the Eastern Shore and
islands in the Chesapeake Bay.
Maryland Transit
Administration (MTA)
MTA Cloud-Based Signal
Priority
$1,276,000 Smart
Technology
Traffic
Signals
Install cloud-based transit
signal priority solutions at 90
intersections on four high-
frequency bus lines.
State Highway
Administration of
Maryland
Department of
Transportation
Real-time work zone
speed management with
multi-source data
$1,610,000 Uncrewed
Aircraft
System
Collect speed data via
uncrewed aerial systems to
support real-time speed
management in work zones.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
5 Michigan
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Road Commission for
Oakland County
Online Automatic
Retiming of Traffic
Signals Using Vehicle
Trajectory Data
$1,450,000 Smart
Technology
Traffic
Signals
Leverage an automated
algorithm for adaptive signal
retiming at 30-40 intersections
based on vehicle trajectory
data.
New Hampshire
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
State of New
Hampshire
Moving Towards a Smart,
Connected, and
Interoperable Traffic
Monitoring System
$1,899,093 Sensors Augment inductive loop
detectors with IoT and AI to
collect highly nuanced traffic,
vehicle type, and weigh-in-
motion data.
New Jersey
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
New Jersey Transit
Corporation
Artificial Intelligence for
Light Rail and Grade
Crossing Safety
$1,625,095 Transit
Innovation
Install AI video analytics to
improve detection and safety
at at-grade light rail crossings
to inform safety
countermeasures.
Nevada
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
City of Las Vegas SMARTer and Safer Way
to Cross: AI-Powered
Pedestrian Detection
Systems
$1,400,000 Sensors Deploy and test passive
pedestrian detection
technology and responsive
signals at 17 locations in a
high-pedestrian traffic area.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
6 New York
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
New York State
Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority
NY MTA - Automated
Train Inspection Portal
$2,000,000
Sensors Integrated railcar inspection
system that would utilize a
suite of sensors and software
systems to create automated
alerts of undesirable
conditions.
Ohio
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Stark Area Regional
Transit Authority
SMART Rider $1,975,000 Connected
&
Automated
Vehicles
Equip transit vehicles with
automated driver assistance
system for collision avoidance.
Pennsylvania
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Pennsylvania
Department of
Transportation
V2X Data Exchange
Vehicle Integration
$1,784,556 Connected
&
Automated
Vehicles
Pilot a V2X system for curve
speed warnings via cellular
network to drivers.
Southern Alleghenies
Planning &
Development
Commission
Emergency Life Saving
through Multi-modal
Mobility (ELSa-M3)
$1,925,256 Uncrewed
Aircraft
System
Use of uncrewed aerial
systems to provide emergency
response supplies in a rural
region.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
7 Puerto Rico
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Municipality of
Canovanas
Enhancing Safety,
Efficiency, and Equity
Through Data-Driven
Solutions for Canovanas
Road System
$1,150,000 Sensors Develop a transportation asset
inventory and system model
through sensor-based data
collection to inform
infrastructure investments and
public wayfinding.
South Carolina
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
City of Charleston SMART Phase 1: Planning
& Prototyping Project –
Calhoun Street Corridor
in Charleston, SC
$914,550 Sensors Integrated sensors and
responsive signaling at key
intersections to predict
cycle/pedestrian crossings and
warn drivers.
Tennessee
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
City of Chattanooga Advancing Interoperable
Connectivity for
Improving Safety and
Operations in the City of
Chattanooga
$2,000,000
Connected
&
Automated
Vehicles
Implement a CV2X solution for
detecting vulnerable road
users at midblock crossings.
Texas
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
The City of Fort
Worth
Fort Worth Intelligent
Micro-Weather Network
for AV and Advanced Air
Mobility SMART Grant
$2,000,000
Sensors Deploy a network of ground,
low altitude, and roadway
sensors for micro-weather
modeling, to improve users of
the Fort Worth Smart Port.
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART) Grants Program
8 Washington
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
City of Bellevue Real-time Traffic Signal
Safety Intervention
(RTSSI) project
$1,426,531 Sensors Deploy sensors and smart
traffic signals to make real-
time safety improvements at
intersections, focused on
elderly pedestrians.
Confederated Tribes
and Band of the
Yakama Nation
Improve Roadway and
Intersection Safety for
Tribal and Communities
using Technologies
$1,525,133 Sensors Deploy a purpose-built sensing
and alerting system on US97
to collect key safety and road
condition data and send safety
messages in real time.
Wyoming
Recipient Project Name Funding Project
Type
Project Summary
Wyoming
Department of
Transportation
Wyoming’s Work Zone
Statewide Enterprise
Data Environment
$1,500,000 Work Zone Modernize the work zone data
environment for streamlined
data collection and
management.