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Congress Provides ITS Funds for FY 2001
Public Roads, Jan, 2001
Congress passed and former President Bill Clinton signed a $58 billion annual spending bill for DOT that includes $268 million for dedicated Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) programs plus more than $10 billion that can be used for ITS projects at the discretion of state and local governments.
Of the $268 million, $100 million is for ITS research projects, including $30 million for the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) Program. Another $118 million is for ITS deployment projects and is earmarked for particular geographic areas.
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The measure also provides $50 million to deploy an intelligent transportation infrastructure system in up to 40 metropolitan areas each with a population exceeding 300,000. These funds were included in Section 5117, the Transportation Technology innovation and Demonstration Program.
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