MDS Working Group

• Monthly on Thursday at 9am PT, 12pm ET, 5/6pm CET

Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscOmhpjIuHNakPx6CNbACpjUjw1Gsucr4

One tap mobile: +19294362866,,84170989462#,,,,*612987# US (New York) - though we encourage Zoom

1. Read the USDOT NOFO announcement
2. Think about your city's problem statement that can be solved using MDS (and/or CDS)
3. Watch the recording and view the slides's from the last MDS Preparing for USDOT SMART Grants meeting
4. Let OMF staff know of your interest in exploring an OMF Collaborative application

• Overview of SMART Grant program and OMF cohort
• Lessons learned from city awardee City of Philadelphia
• MDS Problem Statements for USDOT SMART grants
• Working Group brainstorming and Q&A

Eight cities (Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Miami-Dade County) received funding for infrastructure projects through USDOT’s Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant program. The cities are part of a collaborative effort coordinated by the Open Mobility Foundation (OMF), aimed at tackling a common problem with similar technologies – specifically to digitally gather and analyze curb information to reduce congestion, enhance livability, and improve safety and equity on city streets. The shared, open-source Curb Data Specification (CDS) – developed by the OMF – lies at the heart of this collaborative effort.

The next Stage 1 USDOT SMART Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is now open. In this followup and brainstorming meeting, we'd like to discuss how MDS can be part of your problem statement, overview and successes with the last round of applications, how an OMF cohort will work, and let you know that you need to apply ASAP!

WGSC Meeting Organizers

• Host: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
• Facilitator: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
• Outreach: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
• Note taker: TBD

1. Contact OMF staff if you may be thinking of using MDS for your SMART grant
2. Contact INRIX or OMF if you are interested in a cohort around city-wide intersection probe data for cars, trucks, and multimodal usage using MDS for your SMART grant

• 22 Attendees
• OMF Slides
• Recording - Password =2CyQc5!

Questions about joint applications and how they work.

• Each application gets awarded individually to the city, and then the city allocates a portion of the award to support the cohort
• Each city has their own individual grant agreement with USDOT. Each city included the Collaborative and the OMF in their applications. The OMF will have an agreement with each city to support the scope of the Collaborative effort.

INRIX cohort information around intersections probe data for cars, trucks, and multimodal usage using MDS for SMART.

Ideas on MDS for paratransit or transit services run by private companies like Uber.

Sharing of upcoming USDOT/OMF joint webinar on SMART Grants.