ATTAIN Funding Recipient Annual Report Template

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The purpose of this template is to assist grantees in preparing uniform Annual Reports for the

Advanced Transportation Technologies and Innovative Mobility Deployment program, also

known as the Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) program. This

template, while not required, is highly recommended, as the Federal Highway Administration

intends to use the information from the grantees’ Annual Reports to prepare the required

Program Level Reports on the effectiveness of the grant recipients in meeting their projected

deployment plans.

Reporting Requirement

23 U.S.C. 503(c)(4)(F) says, “For each eligible entity that receives a grant under this paragraph,

not later than 1 year after the entity receives the grant, and every year thereafter, the entity shall

submit a report to the Secretary that describes—

(i) deployment and operational costs of the project compared to the benefits and savings the

project provides; and

(ii) how the project has met the original expectations projected in the deployment plan

submitted with the application, such as—

I. data on how the project has helped reduce traffic crashes, congestion, costs, and other

benefits of the deployed systems;

II. data on the effect of measuring and improving transportation system performance

through the deployment of advanced technologies;

III. the effectiveness of providing real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal

transportation information to the public to make informed travel decisions; and

IV. lessons learned and recommendations for future deployment strategies to optimize

transportation mobility, efficiency, multimodal system performance, and payment

system performance.”

As data collection nears completion, please consult your evaluation plan and the final report

template for guidance on summarizing the evaluation.

This template has three parts:

• Part 1 of 3: Introduction and Overview

• Part 2 of 3: Evaluation/Research Activities and Findings

• Part 3 of 3: Wrap-up

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PART 1 of 3: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

Project Title:

Grant Award Recipient:

Annual Report Period [insert date range]:

Prepared by [name, agency, and title]:

Note: Responses to questions 1–7 should reflect the current project scope and goals. If there have been

no changes in project scope or goals since the previous Annual Report, responses to questions 1–7

should be the same as in the previous Annual Report. Responses to questions 8 and 9 should be updated

with each Annual Report.

1. Please provide a high-level description of your current project, including intended

beneficiaries. (Please limit to approximately 350 words or less.)

2. Please note any prior approved deviations (provide date approved) or changes in scope

from the original proposal. These may include changes due to project-driven outcomes or

unforeseen performance challenges such as unforeseen legal or administrative constraints,

difficulty obtaining necessary resources or support, or executive decisions to alter course.

3. Do you consider any aspects of your project cutting-edge, noteworthy, or innovative? If

yes, please describe.

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4. Please indicate which ATTAIN-targeted technologies your project covers, and briefly

describe the technologies in a few sentences. (Check all that apply and briefly describe.)

☐ Advanced traveler information systems (e.g., real-time information)

Please describe:

☐ Advanced transportation management technologies

Please describe:

☐ Advanced transportation technologies to improve emergency evacuation and response by

Federal, State, and local authorities

Please describe:

☐ Infrastructure maintenance, monitoring, and condition assessment

Please describe:

☐ Advanced public transportation systems

Please describe:

☐ Transportation system performance monitoring, data collection, analysis, and dissemination

(e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, advanced analytics)

Please describe:

☐ Advanced safety systems—including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I),

and vehicle-to-pedestrian communication—and associated technologies that would enable V2V or

V2I communication, including cellular or other technology

Please describe:

☐ Advanced safety systems, including autonomous vehicle development or deployment

Please describe:

☐ Integration of intelligent transportation systems using smart grid or similar energy distribution

and charging systems

Please describe:

☐ Electronic pricing, toll collection, and payment systems

Please describe:

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4. Please indicate which ATTAIN-targeted technologies your project covers, and briefly

describe the technologies in a few sentences. (Check all that apply and briefly describe.)

(continuation)

☐ Integrated corridor management systems

Please describe:

☐ Advanced parking reservation or variable-pricing systems

Please describe:

☐ Technology that enhances high-occupancy-vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, or congestion

pricing

Please describe:

☐ Integration of transportation service payment systems

Please describe:

☐ Advanced mobility, access, and on-demand transportation service technologies such as dynamic

ride-sharing and other shared-use mobility applications and information systems to support human

services for older people, people with disabilities, or disenfranchised individuals

Please describe:

☐ Retrofitting dedicated short-range communications technology deployed as part of an existing

pilot program to cellular vehicle-to-everything technology, subject to the condition that the

retrofitted technology operate only within the existing spectrum allocations for connected vehicle

systems

Please describe:

☐ Other: __________________________________________________________

Please describe:

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5. Please provide a high-level description of the relevant use case(s) for your project. Each use

case may include one or more technologies that are designed to solve the same problem (or set

of problems). The use case description should include the relevant technologies being deployed,

the goals of the deployment, and how the goals will be achieved. In addition, the population

who will be affected by the technologies (or group of technologies) should be described (e.g.,

pedestrians, bicyclists, and commercial vehicle drivers). Please describe as many use cases as

relevant.

Use Case 1. [insert name]

Use Case 2. [insert name]

Etc. (Add more Use Cases, if applicable)

Example Use Case: Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

In the ICM use case, ICM strategies are being deployed to reroute drivers following an incident,

with the goal of reducing travel times and improving safety. Improved traveler information will be

provided to drivers on the highway, informing them of incidents and providing information on

alternate routes. Two key technologies are being deployed on the arterial in the corridor to improve

capacity: intersection movement count technology to adjust traffic signal timing in realtime and

traffic signal priority technology for local buses. Rerouting drivers following an incident will divert

traffic from locations with higher risks of secondary crashes and thus improve safety. Expanding

capacity on the arterial in the corridor through improved signal timing and signal priority for buses

will relieve congestion and improve travel time reliability both during peak periods generally and

following an incident.

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6. What are your project’s goals? (Check all that apply.)

Note: For each goal identified, you will be asked in part 2 of 3 to map your project’s

performance measures and findings to date.

Outcome-Related Goals

☐ Improved safety

☐ Improved mobility

☐ Reduced environmental impacts

☐ Effectiveness of realtime transportation information

☐ Reduced costs

☐ Improved access to transportation alternatives

☐ Economic benefits

☐ Other goals and benefits (Please describe): __________________________________________

Output-Based Goals

☐ Improved network performance (optimized multimodal system performance)

☐ Extended asset life

☐ Enhanced monitoring of assets

☐ Incentivized travelers to share or shift trips

☐ Other goals and benefits (Please describe): __________________________________________

Other Goals Stated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

☐ Facilitated account-based payments

☐ Accelerated the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies

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7. Please indicate which service models or modes your project(s) is(are) designed to address.

(Check all that apply.)

☐ Passenger vehicle

☐ Pedestrian or bicycle

☐ Transit

☐ Freight

☐ Mobility on demand

☐ Other (Please describe): _________________

8. Have any of the answers to questions 1–7 changed since the previous Annual Report?

☐ Yes

☐ No

☐ This is the first Annual Report.

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9. What is the current status of your project, and what activities are you currently engaged

in? (For each use case, check all that apply.)

Note: If your project has multiple use cases or technologies that are at different stages, list the

key use cases in the first column, and check the boxes for each column accordingly. Add more

rows as necessary.

Key Project Use Cases Project Status/Activities

Use Case 1:

[insert name]

☐ Planning/Design

☐ Concept of Operations Development

☐ Technology/Equipment Procurement

☐ Baseline Data Collection or Analysis

☐ Piloting/Testing/Partial Deployment

☐ Installation/Implementation for Full Deployment

☐ Completed Deployment

☐ Evaluation (Postdeployment Data Collection or Analysis)

☐ Project Completed in Full

Use Case 2:

[insert name]

☐ Planning/Design

☐ Concept of Operations Development

☐ Technology/Equipment Procurement

☐ Baseline Data Collection or Analysis

☐ Piloting/Testing/Partial Deployment

☐ Installation/Implementation for Full Deployment

☐ Completed Deployment

☐ Evaluation (Postdeployment Data Collection or Analysis)

☐ Project Completed in Full

Use Case 3:

[insert name]

☐ Planning/Design

☐ Concept of Operations Development

☐ Technology/Equipment Procurement

☐ Baseline Data Collection or Analysis

☐ Piloting/Testing/Partial Deployment

☐ Installation/Implementation for Full Deployment

☐ Completed Deployment

☐ Evaluation (Postdeployment Data Collection or Analysis)

☐ Project Completed in Full

Note: Please add new rows for additional use cases as needed.

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PART 2 of 3: EVALUATION/RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS

1. Please complete the following table regarding your evaluation activities. For each goal area that is applicable to your

project—and for each use case that addresses each goal—provide a list of the performance measures and a status update

on your research activities. The update should include the status of baseline data collection, if applicable, and any

challenges or data limitations. If performance measurement is complete, please briefly describe the findings.

Goal Area

Performance Measures: Quantitative and

Qualitative

Research Update (e.g., baseline data

collection, challenges, milestones achieved,

and findings including data that support any

findings)

Example row:

Improved safety

Use Case: CV/Pedestrian Mobile App

1. Rate of pedestrian/bicycle crashes

2. Rate of near-miss pedestrian/bicycle crashes

3. Satisfaction rating from a user survey

Use Case: V2I Curve Speed Warning System

1. Change in speed before/after the warning

activated

2. Rate at which the warning was perceived as

helpful from the driver survey

Baseline data collection is underway – we are

acquiring crash data and analyzing video data for

near misses. The App is being tested and refined.

We anticipate the start of the evaluation in

approximately 5 to 6 months.

Improved safety

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

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Goal Area

Performance Measures: Quantitative and

Qualitative

Research Update (e.g., baseline data

collection, challenges, milestones achieved,

and findings including data that support any

findings)

Improved mobility

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

Reduced environmental

impacts

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

Effectiveness of realtime

transportation information

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

Improved access to

transportation alternatives

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

Reduced costs

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

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Goal Area

Performance Measures: Quantitative and

Qualitative

Research Update (e.g., baseline data

collection, challenges, milestones achieved,

and findings including data that support any

findings)

Economic benefits Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

Improved network

performance

Use Case: [insert name]

Etc.

Other goals

(Please describe):

Use case: [insert name]

Etc.

Other goals

(Please describe):

Use case: [insert name]

Etc.

Other goals [ADD IF

NEEDED]

(Please describe):

Use case: [insert name]

Etc.

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PART 3 of 3: WRAP-UP

1. In your view, how is the project doing with respect to meeting original

expectations (i.e., as stated in the project proposal)?

2. How do deployment and operational costs of the project compare with the

benefits and savings the project provides; that is, can you provide an objective

benefit–cost analysis or alternative subjective comparison?

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3. Challenges may arise throughout the project development, deployment, and

operational phases. Grantees have faced challenges related to procurement,

stakeholder coordination, regulatory requirements, technology, and evaluation,

among others.

Please complete the following table regarding challenges and lessons learned from

your deployment since your previous Annual Report. To the best of your ability,

provide a description of specific challenges, lessons learned from the experience,

and recommendations, if any, for future deployers. The lessons learned should

include recommendations for future deployment strategies to optimize

transportation mobility, efficiency, multimodal system performance, and payment

system performance. (Add more rows as necessary.)

The challenges listed in the following table should be limited to those faced in the

past year—whether new, continuing, or recurring.

Challenge Description of the

Challenge

Lessons Learned from

the Challenge and/or

Recommendations for

Future Deployers

Example row The procurement

process has taken longer

than initially anticipated

The request for proposal

and equipment

procurement process

can lead to project

delays. Try to reduce

the total number of

contracts issued, and

include a system

integration team as early

as possible in the

process.

4. Do you have other recommendations that are not related to challenges?

5. Do you have any final comments or feedback?

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