Transforming the I-80 Corridor: A New Era of Connected Freight Movement Panel Brief

On October 2, 2024, ITS America’s AV Freight Working Group hosted a discussion with Tracy Larkin Thomason, Director of the Nevada Department of Transportation. Tracy discussed one of the AASHTO Moonshot projects announced in 2023, an effort to create a cohesive national transportation vision of the future. Interstate 80: Expanded Coalition/ Next Gen Multi State Operation & Data Sharing Project (I-80 Corridor Project) focuses on supply chain management and creating an interoperable and connected infrastructure across states. The project aims to focus on building a backbone (enabled by broadband connectivity) for data sharing for operations to help improve safety and freight movement along the 2900-mile corridor from California to New Jersey.