Specifications include, but are not limited to: The goal of this project is to select and fund projects that are beyond the basic or applied research stage. Projects that can benefit from an operational test setting or demonstrate ongoing advances in technology are desired. Those projects that demonstrate a higher potential for deployment are desired over simple demonstration projects. Respondents are required to identify with the Minnesota ITS Goals of: A. Improve the Safety of the State's Transportation System B. Increase Operational Efficiency and Reliability of the Transportation System C. Enhance Mobility, Convenience, and Comfort for Transportation System Users D. Improve the Security of the Transportation System E. Support Regional Economic Productivity and Development F. Preserve the Transportation System G. Enhance the Integration and Connectivity of the Transportation System H. Reduce Environmental Impacts