Title 23 › CHAPTER 5 — RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION › § 515
The Secretary must run an ongoing intelligent transportation systems (ITS) program under sections 512 through 518 to research, develop, and test ITS technologies and to give technical help so these systems can be used across the nation. The program must encourage — and not replace — public‑private partnerships and private investment. The Secretary must work with State and local governments, the private sector, Federal labs, and colleges (including historically Black and other minority institutions), and consult other Federal agencies as needed. The Secretary may give technical assistance, training, and information, and may fund planning that includes transportation systems management, operations, and ITS. The Secretary must keep a central repository of technical and safety data from federally funded projects under sections 512–518, and make that information available on request except for proprietary material. A third party may be hired to maintain the repository and may receive Federal financial help. The repository’s records are not subject to sections 552 and 555 of title 5, United States Code. The Secretary must create an Advisory Committee of no more than 25 members, balanced between metro and rural interests, made up of state and local agency reps, transit and planning groups, private ITS users and developers, several kinds of academic experts, safety and public interest groups, labor, mobility providers, traffic management and cybersecurity experts, and an automobile manufacturer. Members serve 3‑year terms and the committee must meet at least twice a year, give input on strategy and funding choices, review projects yearly for technical value and deployability, and report recommendations. By May 1 each year the Secretary must post the committee’s recommendations and explain which were put into action or rejected. The Secretary must also set reporting rules for ITS tests and deployments to ensure independent, objective evaluation and adequate funding for reporting; surveys used for those reports are not subject to chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code.
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23 U.S.C. § 515
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110