Action
Notice.
Summary
This document provides implementation guidance for section 5204(j)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA- 21) 23 U.S.C 502 Note. Guidelines and requirements for the evaluation of operational tests and deployment projects for ITS ensure the objectivity and independence of project evaluators to avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest or potential influence on the outcome by parties to such tests and projects. They also establish evaluation funding levels based on the size and scope of each test or project to ensure adequate evaluation. The ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) plans to disseminate the TEA-21 Evaluation Guidelines to affected program offices within the DOT. Should it be deemed necessary to establish any requirements for the evaluation of operational tests and/ or deployment projects, these would be established pursuant to rulemaking to be issued in the future.