Transportation Department Directs $20 Million to Launch Great American Digital Corridors Program to Streamline Highway Safety Data
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced in Washington on November 13 that its Office of Research and Technology (OST-R) has directed a $20 million investment to launch the Great American Digital Corridors (GADC) Program and modernize how states share highway safety data.
The department said the funds are available for projects that establish public data feeds along multi-state highway corridors to improve safety and efficiency on American roads for people and businesses. There is no required non-federal share for the fiscal year 2026 GADC Program; the federal share of a project's cost may be 100 percent.
GADC will prioritize proposals focused on real-time data integration in four areas: work zone safety and operations, congestion reduction and traffic flow, freight bottleneck mitigation, and emergency response coordination and first responder dispatch.
USDOT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Seval Oz said the program unleashes cutting-edge innovation and promotes open-data sharing across the public, private and academic sectors to eliminate traffic bottlenecks, elevate safety and power autonomous transportation, and that under Secretary Sean P. Duffy the department is uniting states, industry and academia to build an advanced mobility network along the national interstates.
Federal Highway Administrator Sean McMaster said the program advances seamless data sharing across interstate highway corridors to create a more connected and efficient transportation network through regional collaboration, and that reliable information on real-time traffic conditions benefits America's drivers and truckers.
The department said the Notice of Funding Opportunity, posted on grants.gov, outlines the application criteria, with applications due within 45 days of the NOFO's publication and award selections anticipated in early 2027. USDOT will host a webinar on the program on November 23 from 12 to 1 p.m. ET. The department noted that the GADC Program is separate from its America's Great Corridors of Commerce initiative.
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation)
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
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