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Summary
FTA is issuing a request for grant proposals (RFP) for a demonstration and evaluation of a standards-based, prototype, trip itinerary planning system that is multimodal (transit, driving, parking, etc.). The multimodal trip planner will provide door-to-door instructions over the Internet for a trip along a corridor. It will incorporate accessibility information and features of the transportation network, and accommodate customer preferences and constraints. The prototype system will demonstrate the integration of existing single-mode trip planning systems through the use of draft eXtensible markup language (XML) schemas that are based on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) standards. The goals of the project are to demonstrate the technical and institutional feasibility of a standards-based, integrated, multimodal trip planning system, using XML, and to analyze the feasibility of the multimodal trip planning system vision.