The Multimodal for All Travelers (MAT) Standards effort is working to create an interoperable foundation for seamless and secure multimodal transportation standards. The MAT project and current Reservation, Scheduling, and Dispatch (RSD) effort, like other ITE Standards, employs the systems engineering process to understand the problems and build consensus around what the system needs to accomplish. The process begins by identifying User and stakeholder needs, then developing a Concept of Operations (ConOps) describing how the system should work, System Requirements defining what it must do, and a System Design translating those requirements into the technical architecture and specifications needed for implementation. Each step builds on, and is traceable, to the preceding work, ensuring that the published standard addresses demonstrated needs rather than prescribing solutions prematurely.
Under Phase Two extended, the Reservations, Scheduling, and Dispatch (RSD) effort is applying this process to demand response transportation.
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) along with their standards development partners have worked on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) standards since the inception of the ITS Standards Program over 20 years ago. In recent years traditional ITS technologies have been a key enabler supporting the integration of multimodal and emerging transportation modes with more established forms of public sector transportation. Multimodal Access for All Travelers (MAT) use cases and systems tend to incorporate a wide range of transportation options and modes including but not limited to active transportation (e.g., walking, rolling, bicycling), shared modes (e.g., bike share, car share, ride share) and other mobility services (e.g., automated shuttles), which tend to utilize the roadways and public ways (i.e., sidewalks, bike paths) but in a manner that could expose travelers to safety risks. This project’s goal is to address ongoing convergence of ITS technologies with multimodal transportation through the development of standards that facilitate integration of new innovative forms of MAT.
This project was initiated by USDOT efforts to understand the gaps in supporting mobility devices and service innovation with technology and data standards. USDOT previously had a MAT Standards project that produced a MAT Standards Gap Analysis and Cybersecurity Coordination Plan which this project is expected to build on. A necessary step for the USDOT and ITE is to work with the multimodal community to survey existing and future standards that support ongoing economic development and deployment of ITS implementations for all travelers. In addition, one of the critical objectives of the standard development activities is to ensure that the security needs of the multimodal transportation system and safety of travelers are addressed in both standards development and ITS deployments.
Phase 2/Phase 2 Extended: Standards Action Planning and Coordination Committee: October 2023- Current
Phase 1: Gap and Priority Standards (October 2021-October 2023)
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Project Phase |
Document Name |
Document Status |
Date Completed |
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Phase 2 Extended |
MAT RSD System Design |
In-Progress |
TBD |
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Phase 2 Extended |
MAT RSD System Requirements (SyRS) |
Available |
August 2026 |
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Phase 2 Extended |
Available |
August 2026 |
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Phase 2 Extended |
Available |
July 2026 |
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Phase 2 Extended |
Available |
July 2026 |
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Phase 2 Extended |
Available |
December 2025 |
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Phase 2 Extended |
Available |
September 2025 |
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Phase 2 Extended |
MAT RSD Cybersecurity & Privacy Assessment White Paper (DRAFT) |
Available |
September 2025 |
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Phase 2 |
MAT White Paper on Reservations, Scheduling, and Dispatching |
Available |
May 2025 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
April 2025 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
April 2025 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
April 2025 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
July 2024 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
February 2024 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
January 2024 |
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Phase 2 |
Available |
May 2025 |
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Phase 1 |
Available |
December 2022 |
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Phase 1 |
Available |
February 2022 |
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Phase 1 |
Available |
November 2022 |