Urban Transportation Modernization Strategy
Addressing these challenges in a coordinated way requires an Urban Transportation Modernization Strategy built around clear priorities. The following five strategic priorities provide a structured approach for addressing the seven pressure points outlined on the previous page and moving from identified challenges to action.
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Modernize and Secure Transportation Infrastructure. Protect connected transportation environments from AI-enabled cyberattacks while replacing aging infrastructure and legacy systems and aligning the workforce to manage this new, modern infrastructure. Modern, secure technology can help agencies protect connected IT and OT environments, reduce operating costs, and establish the foundation for secure, AI-enabled solutions.
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Enhance User Experience, Safety, and Access. Improve public safety and reduce congestion hotspots while making public transit more responsive to the needs of residents. Focus service improvements on creating safer, more accessible transportation and extending reliable service across communities.
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Diversify Transportation Funding Models. Develop new revenue streams to replace/supplementtraditional funding sources facing shortfalls, including fuel tax revenue. Programs such as smart parking, EV registration fees, and public-private partnerships can help agencies build a more resilient funding base for transportation investments.
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Reduce Carbon Emissions Across the Network. Advance climate resilience and sustainability goals by making emissions reduction a core objective of transportation network modernization rather than treating it as a separate initiative.
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Strengthen Data Capabilities. Build the AI skills transportation workforces need while making data secure, accessible, and easier to use—two capabilities essential to deploy AI-driven solutions effectively. Data underpins every strategic priority, from preventing cyberattacks and optimizing traffic flow to improving network efficiency and advancing sustainability goals. Strengthening these capabilities provides a foundation for modernization across the transportation network.
Key Pressure Points Addressed
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Cybersecurity risks from connected IT/OT and AI
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Workforce and Asset Degradation
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Legacy Systems and Rising Costs
Protect connected transportation environments from AI-enabled cyberattacks while replacing aging infrastructure and legacy systems while aligning the workforce to manage this new, modern infrastructure. Modern, secure technology can help agencies protect connected IT and OT environments, reduce operating costs, and establish the foundation for secure, AI-enabled solutions.
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Key Pressure Point Addressed
Public Safety and Urban Congestion
Improve public safety and reduce congestion hotspots while making public transit more responsive to the needs of residents. Focus service improvements on creating safer, more accessible transportation and extending reliable service across communities.
Key Pressure Point Addressed
Revenue Stream Transition
Develop new revenue streams to replace/supplement traditional funding sources facing shortfalls, including fuel tax revenue. Programs such as smart parking, EV registration fees, and public-private partnerships can help agencies build a more resilient funding base for transportation investments.
Key Pressure Point Addressed
Climate Resilience and Sustainability Goals
Advance climate resilience and sustainability goals by making emissions reduction a core objective of transportation network modernization rather than treating it as a separate initiative.
Key Pressure Point Addressed
Building AI Skills and Making Data Easier to Access and Use
Build the AI skills transportation workforces need while making data secure, accessible, and easier to use—two capabilities essential to deploy AI-driven solutions effectively. Data underpins every strategic priority, from preventing cyberattacks and optimizing traffic flow to improving network efficiency and advancing sustainability goals. Strengthening these capabilities provides a foundation for modernization across the transportation network.
