The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is seeking informed views of the opportunities and challenges to the development, deployment, operation and use of increased automation of the surface transportation system, including vehicles, drivers, users, road-based infrastructure, information systems and applications for the purpose of developing a U.S. DOT multimodal research plan for automation.

The focus for this RFI is to learn the views of government, industry, academia, and the American public.This is an area of great interest to the public, which may have significant impacts on many societal issues such as driving safety, personal mobility, energy consumption, operating efficiency, environmental impact, and land use.

The RFI can be found on FedBizOps and here: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/RITA/VNTSC/DTRT57-13-S-PNOTC/listing.html.

Responses are due by 12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday 23 April 2013, and shall be sent electronically to the Contracting Specialist, Michael Rigby, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .