The ITS Program's Cross-Cutting Support are those functions that ensure the effective and successful implementation and use of ITS. These programs are the mechanism through which the ITS Program directly gathers and assesses the data on ITS needs; they are also the ITS Program's mechanisms for ensuring that implementers understand both the value of ITS and the uses for ITS technologies, systems, models, and strategies that are produced through the research initiatives. From 2010–2014, the ITS Program will provide six cross-cutting programs in support of connected vehicle and ITS modal research:

• ITS Standards
• National ITS Architecture
• Next Generation 9-1-1
• ITS Technology Transfer
• ITS Professional Capacity Building
• ITS Evaluation
• ITS Outreach and Communications