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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Notices
Enhance the resiliency critical highway infrastructure and help protect the environment Improve roadways vital to national energy security Address the impact of population growth on the movement of people and freight The project will be assigned an innovation rating based on how it cumulatively addresses these areas. For an application to receive credit for addressing an Innovation area, it must demonstrate both that the project incorporates an innovative technology or approach and that said technology or approach addresses one of the goals above. Applications that satisfy at least two of these three areas will be assigned a high rating. Applications that address one of these areas will be assigned a medium rating. Applications that address none of these areas will be assigned a low rating.
In Innovation Area 1: Technology, the application will be determined to have addressed the Technology Innovation Area if the INFRA project incorporates any of the following technologies and demonstrates how such technologies will improve transportation outcomes described above:
Conflict detection and mitigation technologies e.g., intersection alerts, signal prioritization, or smart traffic signals, Automated enforcement;
Dynamic signaling or pricing systems to reduce congestion;
Signage and design features that facilitate autonomous or semiautonomous vehicle technologies, provided users outside of autonomous vehicles have also been considered;
Applications to automatically capture and report safety-related issues e.g., identifying and documenting nearmiss incidents;
Vehicle-to-Everything V2X
Technologies e.g. technology that facilitates passing of information between a vehicle and any entity that may affect the vehicle;
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure V2I
Technologies e.g., digital, physical, coordination, and other infrastructure technologies and systems that allow vehicles to interact with transportation infrastructure in ways that improve their mutual performance;
Vehicle-to-Grid Technologies e.g., technologies and infrastructure that encourage electric vehicle charging, and broader sustainability of the power grid;
Cybersecurity elements to protect safety-critical systems;

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Technology at land and sea ports of entry that reduces congestion, wait times, and delays, while maintaining or enhancing the integrity of our border;
Work Zone data exchanges or related data exchanges Other Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS that directly benefit the projects users.
The application will also address the Technology Innovation Area if the project facilitates broadband deployment and the installation of highspeed networks concurrent with project construction, including broadband deployment in rural areas, per Executive Order 13821 Streamlining and Expediting Requests to Locate Broadband Facilities in Rural America.
In Innovation Area 2: Project Delivery, the Department will assess whether the applicant intends to pursue an innovative strategy to improve project design and delivery and demonstrates how such strategy will improve transportation outcomes described above and will result in more efficient project implementation.
Innovative project delivery contracting and procurement will be considered to the extent permitted by DOT
regulations. Some of these strategies may require the use of a SEP14 or SEP
15 waiver, but many do not: an application can address this innovation area without requiring a waiver.
Examples of innovative project delivery include:
Planning and Engagement Scenario Planning Access to Destinations Analysis Robust Community Engagement Contracting/Procurement:
Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contracting Alternative Pavement Type Bidding No Excuse Bonuses Lump Sum Bidding Best Value Procurement System Integrator Contracts Progressive Design-Build P3 DBFOM Procurements Pay-for-Performance and/or Outcomes-based Procurement P3 with Minority-owned Business Participation Local Contracting Plans Local and Inclusive Participation Goals Project Labor Agreements Construction Inclusion Plans Environmental Requirements NEPA/Section 404 Merger Use of Permitting/Authorization Agency Liaisons Establishment of State/Local OneStop-Shop for Permitting Programmatic Agreements
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Every Day Counts Initiative Use of proven technologies and innovations to shorten and enhance project delivery listed at https
www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/
everydaycounts/edc_innovation.cfm Environmentally Friendly Design Recycling and reuse of construction debris, especially if processed on site to reduce transport VMT.
Green street treatments, including the treatment of stormwater run-off and localized flooding within the transportation project, especially considering methods of carbon capture Innovative, regenerative, or permeable pavement Adaptive Lighting Installation Safety-Oriented Design Improving DOT and Railroad Coordination, specifically at-grade crossings to reduce death and injury Data-Driven Safety Analysis Demonstration of Vision Zero.
Towards Zero Deaths, and Road to Zero crash reduction outcomes Use of high visibility/durability pavement treatments for pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure High Friction Surface Treatment Intersection and Interchange Geometrics that improve safety for all users Road Diets, lane conversions, or other geometric safety modifications Pedestrian push-button automation, recall Application of bicycle specific signal systems ADA enhancements to intersections Pedestrian-scale lighting and/or adaptive lighting systems Safety EdgeSM
Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian STEP
Finally, in Innovation Area 3, Innovative Financing, the Department will consider if the project financial plan incorporates funding or financing from innovative sources, if the applicant describes recent or pending efforts to raise significant new revenue for transportation investment across its program, and if the innovative financing approach improves the transportation outcomes described in the beginning of this section.
Examples of innovative sources in a financial plan include:
Private Sector contributions, excluding donated right-of-way, amounting to at least $5 million, Revenue from the competitive sale or lease of publicly owned or operated asset, or
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