Administration of Communications

State departments of transportation (DOTs) have various models for deploying and administering communications infrastructure to support intelligent transportation systems (ITS) networks and other operations functions — some utilizing public-private partnerships, leasing, asset sharing, resource trading, or other approaches. This ENTERPRISE project documented state DOT models for administration of communications and gathered examples of efficiencies that state DOTs are achieving due to these models and practices. The state DOTs interviewed for this research noted efficiencies and cost savings with the use of resource trades (with other public agencies and private sector broadband providers), leasing fiber, asset sharing, and leveraging federal broadband grant funding to expand communications for ITS networks.