What The Eastern Transportation Coalition does

The Eastern Transportation Coalition is a public-sector partnership of 20 states and the District of Columbia, headquartered in College Park, Maryland, that connects more than 250 public agencies to coordinate transportation management, freight operations, and innovation across the eastern United States. Founded around 2000 as the I-95 Corridor Coalition and rebranded in 2025, it evolved from an informal group managing highway incidents across state lines into a multi-modal coalition operating three program pillars — Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO), Freight, and Innovation — supported by training academies (CITE, Freight Academy, Operations Academy).

Its technology platform centers on the Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS), a probe data analytics suite providing travel time reliability, bottleneck ranking, congestion cause analysis, and user delay cost measurement, and the Transportation Data Marketplace (TDM), a vendor procurement vehicle that succeeded the Vehicle Probe Project in July 2022 and offers members access to prequalified data vendors across six categories: Travel Time & Speed, Origin-Destination, Freight, Waypoint, Volume, and Conflation. Supporting products include the Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Online Portal for motor carriers across 22 member states, I-95 Live Traffic, 511 Travel Information, and the Coalition Goods Flow Tool for freight analysis. Technical operations are supported by a long-running partnership with the CATT Lab at the University of Maryland and coordination with the Federal Highway Administration on freight.

The Coalition is funded by public dollars through state agency membership contributions rather than commercial pricing, with an Executive Board comprising DOT CEOs from member states providing governance. Distribution is exclusively direct to member public agencies; there is no public pricing or commercial sales motion. The organization is not privately owned or venture-backed and does not disclose revenue or ARR.

Name

The Eastern Transportation Coalition

Legal name

The Eastern Transportation Coalition

Website

https://tetcoalition.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Eastern Transportation Coalition is a partnership of 20 states and D.C. that connects 250+ public agencies across the eastern U.S. to coordinate transportation management, freight operations, and innovation, operating data platforms including RITIS and the Transportation Data Marketplace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Data Analytics

NAICS

Support Activities for Transportation (488), Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889), All Other Support Activities for Transportation (488999)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Transit, Traffic & Mobility Data Platforms (BPAMANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Traffic Detection, Sensors & Data Collection (Loops, Radar, Video, Bluetooth/Wi‑Fi) (TLAJACAD), Data, Monitoring & Analytics for CV Compliance (Sensors, Imaging, Dashboards, Reporting) (TLAJAKAJ), CVSA/Regulatory Screening & Bypass Systems (PrePass, Drivewyze, RFID/Transponder) (TLAJAKAG)

Keywords

• Transportation data analytics
• Probe data analytics
• Freight data analytics
• Travel information systems
• Public agency coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

College Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Agency Membership Funding: The Coalition operates within a state agency and is funded by public dollars. Revenue is derived from membership contributions and public funding mechanisms associated with state transportation agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Eastern Transportation Coalition operates transportation data platforms and tools for public agencies across 20 eastern U.S. states and D.C. Its core offerings include the Transportation Data Marketplace (TDM) — a curated marketplace connecting members with prequalified data vendors — and RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System), a probe data analytics suite providing travel time, bottleneck, congestion, and user delay analytics. The Coalition also delivers programs in Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO), Freight, and Innovation, supported by training academies and member coordination activities.

Product overview

The Eastern Transportation Coalition operates a unified platform of transportation technology products and programs serving public agencies across 20 states and D.C. The core products include RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System), a probe data analytics suite, and the Transportation Data Marketplace (TDM), a vendor marketplace providing travel time, freight, origin-destination, waypoint, volume, and conflation data. Supporting products include the Commercial Vehicle Operations Online Portal (CVO Portal), I-95 Live Traffic, and 511 Travel Information. The Coalition also delivers programs in Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO), Freight, and Innovation, supported by training academies (CITE, Freight Academy, Operations Academy) and initiatives including Truck Parking and Alternative Fuels infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Transportation Data Marketplace (TDM): Provides members opportunity to select from prequalified vendors for data in six categories including Travel Time & Speed, Origin-Destination, Freight, Waypoint, Volume, and Conflation. Evolved from the Vehicle Probe Project (VPP) which began in 2008.
• RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System)
• CVO Portal (Commercial Vehicle Operations Online Portal)

Products and services

• Transportation Data Marketplace (TDM) A data marketplace providing Coalition members access to prequalified vendors offering transportation data in six categories: Travel Time & Speed, Origin-Destination, Freight, Waypoint, Volume, and Conflation. Uses economies of scale to provide multiple vendor offerings at discounted prices.
• RITIS (Regional Integrated Transportation Information System) A suite of probe data analytics tools providing travel time reliability analysis, bottleneck ranking, causes of congestion, user delay cost analysis, and performance measures for transportation system assessment.
• Commercial Vehicle Operations Online Portal (CVO Portal) An online portal providing motor carriers with access to travel information, commercial vehicle operating requirements, credentialing, registration, taxation, permitting, CDL information, truck parking, tolling, and motor truck associations across 22 Coalition member states.
• I-95 Live Traffic Real-time traffic information visualization providing live traffic data for the I-95 corridor across Coalition member states.
• 511 Travel Information Travel information service providing traffic conditions, road closures, and travel alerts across Coalition member states.
• Coalition Goods Flow Tool Interactive tool for analyzing freight movement patterns and goods flow data across the Coalition region.
• CITE Training Training program providing professional development opportunities for Coalition member agency staff in transportation technology and operations.
• Freight Academy Training program focused on freight operations, planning, and data analysis for member agency professionals.
• Operations Academy Training program for transportation operations professionals covering incident management, traffic management, and emergency response.
• Truck Parking Project Coalition initiative addressing truck parking needs and availability for commercial vehicle operators across member states.

Quantifiable outcome

• Real-time travel time and speed data across entire roadway networks without hardware investment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CATT Lab (University of Maryland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCATT Lab provides technical guidance for RITIS Probe Data Analytics tools, including workshops on GIS integration and CMP report visualizations. Key technical partner for data analytics capabilities.
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFHWA provides freight data updates, research, and tools. FHWA's Freight Analysis and Data Manager participates in coalition freight programs.
• State DOTs (Member Agencies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner20 state transportation departments plus D.C. comprise the core membership, providing governance, strategic direction, and collaborative problem-solving for eastern corridor transportation challenges.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• INRIX: INRIX is a leading provider of traffic, travel time, and freight data products and is one of the validated vendors inside TETC's Transportation Data Marketplace. It competes directly for the same state DOT data contracts while also serving as a supplier to TETC, making it the most analytically comparable peer.
• HERE Technologies: HERE provides location, mapping, and traffic data and is another prequalified vendor in TETC's Transportation Data Marketplace. It competes for state DOT travel-time, freight, and waypoint data contracts with overlapping product capabilities.
• StreetLight Data: StreetLight provides mobility and freight analytics built on aggregated location data and is a TDM vendor. It directly competes with RITIS-style analytics offerings for state DOT and MPO planning budgets.
• TomTom Traffic: TomTom provides traffic and travel-time data products and competes with INRIX and HERE for the same probe-data contracts that TETC's marketplace aggregates. It is a relevant comparator for transportation data offerings used by state DOTs.
• Iteris: Iteris offers transportation management and mobility intelligence solutions and is a TDM vendor. It competes with both RITIS analytics and broader TSMO consulting engagements pursued by TETC members.
• Geotab (LOCUS): Geotab's LOCUS product provides telematics-derived freight and origin-destination data and is a TDM vendor. It competes for freight analytics contracts that TETC's Goods Flow Tool and Freight Program serve.

Broad incumbents

• AASHTO: AASHTO is the national association representing state DOTs across all 50 states. While it operates at a broader national level, AASHTO sets policy, advocates for federal funding, and coordinates multi-state initiatives that parallel TETC's regional coordination role.
• Cambridge Systematics: Cambridge Systematics is a transportation planning and analytics consultancy that competes with TETC for state DOT freight planning, data analytics, and TSMO consulting engagements. It overlaps in providing analytical tools and freight data insights to public agencies.

Emerging players

• Waze (Google): Waze provides crowdsourced real-time traffic data and competes indirectly with probe-data offerings used by TETC members. While not a direct TDM vendor listed, it represents a competing channel for traffic data consumption by public agencies.

Others

• CATT Lab (University of Maryland): CATT Lab is TETC's core technical partner, building and operating the RITIS analytics suite. It is an enabling partner rather than a competitor, but operates similar probe data analytics capabilities for FHWA's national NPMRDS dataset.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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