DEMONSTRATE MODEL DEPLOYMENTS OF A FULLY INTEGRATED, METRO-AREA INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE POC R. Robel, Agreement Officer, (202) 366-4227. The Department of Transportation (DOT) intends to demonstrate and showcase model deployments of a fully integrated, metro-area Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure. These model deployments will demonstrate the benefits of integrated transportation management systems that feature a strong regional, multimodal traveler information services component. Applications to participate in this model deployment initiative are being sought from partnerships of the public and private sectors. A full text of DOT's model deployment initiative announcement was published in the Federal Register on February 26, 1996. The announcement can also be obtained on the DOT Home Page, on the Web, at the following address: http://ctil.volpe.dot.gov/ohim/whtnewhd.html. This model deployment initiative was developed jointly by the Federal Highway Admin., the Federal Transit Admin., and the DOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office. Applications from interested sources/partnerships should be submitted directly to the Federal Highway Administration, Model Deployment Team, HTV-3, 400 Seventh St., S.W., Wash., DC 20590, and must be received in that office by 4:00pm EST, on April 30, 1996.

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