Intersection Safety Systems (ISS) Prototyping

SAM post updated on 07/16/2026 to reiterate how proposals must be submitted:

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: All proposals must be emailed directly to the contract specialist Jessica Prutz, at Jessica.Prutz@dot.gov by the date and time indicated in the Broad Agency Announcement section 2.1.

BACKGROUND:

According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), traffic crashes remain a major challenge, with 36,640 estimated U.S. fatalities in 2025 (NHTSA 2026). Pedestrians are especially at risk—a pedestrian died every 74 minutes, and a pedestrian was injured every 7 minutes in traffic crashes in 2024, on average (Traffic Safety Marketing by .... Read More

BACKGROUND:

According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), traffic crashes remain a major challenge, with 36,640 estimated U.S. fatalities in 2025 (NHTSA 2026). Pedestrians are especially at risk—a pedestrian died every 74 minutes, and a pedestrian was injured every 7 minutes in traffic crashes in 2024, on average (Traffic Safety Marketing by NHTSA). Intersections account for a significant proportion of these pedestrian fatalities, with about 18% of pedestrian fatalities having occurred at intersections in 2024 (Traffic Safety Marketing by NHTSA). 

In response to those concerns, and as part of the USDOT implementation of the .... Read More