20.514 — Public Transportation Research/Research & Development
The Federal Transit Administration's research program seeks to deliver solutions that improve public transportation. Its primary goals are to increase transit ridership, improve safety and emergency preparedness, improve capital operating efficiencies, protect the environment and promote energy independence, and provide transit research leadership. To accomplish this, FTA funds research on mobility management, transit operational efficiency, safety and emergency preparedness, transit capacity building, energy independence and environmental protection, infrastructure and equipment protection and innovation, and strategic research program planning.
20.500 Federal Transit_Capital Investment Grants; 20.507 Federal Transit_Formula Grants; 20.515 State Planning and Research
Fiscal Year 2008: (1) FTA initiated the Bus Rapid Transit Demonstration Program integrating vehicle technology, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), coordinated services, traffic engineering enhancements, and innovative urban design. Seventeen cities have formed a BRT consortium to share ideas and experience in implementing BRT. (2) The Advanced Technology Transit Bus (ATTB) test vehicle was successfully developed and tested. This revolutionary low-floor, light- weight, easily accessible bus features low-emission propulsion. (3) FTA, working with an industry committee (natural gas suppliers and transit operators) produced a detailed technical guideline document defining basic safety requirements for fueling facilities, vehicles, bus garages and storage areas. (4) Four-quadrant gates l ... »read moreinked to a vehicle detection system are being demonstrated on a commuter-rail highway grade crossing in the Boston area to prevent motorists from attempting to drive around closed crossing gates. (5) Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation in Our Nation) has implemented accessible transportation initiatives, made national presentations on accessible transportation and distributed thousands of copies of "how-to" publications. (6) The JobLinks program provided Welfare-to-Work pilot demonstrations, evaluations and technical assistance that were instrumental in designing the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program enacted in TEA-21. (7) In collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration, FTA published a 3-volume guidance manual on developing and implementing Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures and developed and tested a pilot training course on TDM. (8) FTA prepared and disseminated descriptions of FTA Research and Technology programs and projects and annotated bibliographies of recent technical reports related to transit; these are available on the FTA Research and Technology website: http://www.fta.dot.gov. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available
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