Sec. 5118. Vehicular data analytics pilot program
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The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a pilot program for the purpose of integrating vehicle on-board sensor data with public and private data sets in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act to improve safety, operations, cost reduction, and congestion relief strategies for local and State transportation authorities and private sector partners. In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make 1 or more awards to an institution of higher education or a nonprofit research organization (or a consortium thereof). The Secretary shall require a recipient of an award under subsection
(b)to seek to partner with private sector organizations and local and State transportation authorities to facilitate— access to vehicle on-board sensor data; and the sharing of information regarding operational needs and research and development priorities from such organizations or authorities to such recipient. The activities of the pilot program shall include— development of strategies for the acquisition, management, and analysis of large scale vehicular on-board sensor data to ensure the privacy and security of such data; research and development to analyze and integrate vehicle on-board sensor data with public and private data sets in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act, including development of applications to address safety, operations, cost reduction, congestion mitigation, and other transportation challenges; and research and development to identify solutions that use on board sensor data for vehicle safety purposes, such as— identifying when a vehicle has either entered or passed an exit ramp traveling in a direction opposing the legal flow of traffic; employing vehicle-to-infrastructure
(VI2)communications in combination with onboard sensor data to enhance roadway safety; and developing applications to notify at-risk drivers and law enforcement agencies of a wrong way driver in the area. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce and Transportation of the Senate a report detailing— a summary of the activities of the pilot program under subsection (a); and recommendations for continuing such pilot program or integrating such pilot program into the activities of the Department of Transportation. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall apply all applicable privacy protections of the Department of Transportation. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities of this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024.