The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has issued a Sources Sought Notice for any organizations capable of providing services, resources, and/or facilities for testing emerging and future 5G new radio communications technologies for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) applications. The move comes against the backdrop of last year’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that not only would spectrum available for V2X in the 5.9GHz spectrum be more than halved, but DSRC would be phased out in favor of C-V2X (cellular-based vehicle-to-everything communications). Part of the draft solicitation states: “As fifth generation (5G) new radio specifications are now becoming available and chipsets are anticipated to be in development, USDOT recognizes that the new radio technology and 5G architecture may offer transportation a wide range of opportunities that may advance current communications capabilities.