This report is an addendum to the final report to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) covering the project performance and results for the development, build, and demonstration of a fuel cell electric bus in Birmingham, Alabama. Following that demonstration, the bus was shipped to the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) in Canton, Oh
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This report summarizes the experience and results from a demonstration of a fleet of battery electric buses (BEB) operated by Long Beach Transit (LBT) in southern California. In 2011, LBT was awarded a $6.7 million grant through FTA’s Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to fund an electric bus pilot project.
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Significant shifts in the types of transit buses being procured (e.g., from traditional buses to alternative fuel/low- and no-emission buses)require new and different types of frontline worker training. Responding to requests from the public transit industry, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) hosted a peer exchange to share knowledge about b
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In December 2018, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released Edition 2 of the industry’s functional safety standard for road vehicles, ISO 26262. Although the previous edition of ISO 26262 focused on light-duty passenger vehicles, this new edition includes considerations for buses. This report presents the findings from an an
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The DART Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration provided the opportunity for DART to improve the efficiency of the DART transportation system through innovative partnerships and integration of technology for enhanced service delivery and improved customer satisfaction. This project facilitated collaboration with a microtransit provider and
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Although transit bus automation could offer many potential benefits to State and local transit agencies, there may be regulatory, policy, or institutional barriers that could discourage or prevent the deployment of these emerging technologies. This report documents current or anticipated non-technical challenges that State or local transit agencies
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This report presents traveler-centric mobility performance strategies and metrics and the approach for the development of those metrics for use as supplemental measures to assess how well an integrated public/private mobility system meets the needs of individual travelers, how well the system performs while meeting overall travel demand, and what t
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This statutorily required annual report provides information on FTA’s Technical Assistance and Workforce Development Program (49 U.S.C. § 5314). This annual report provides information on any technical assistance, workforce development, standards, human resources, and training projects active in FY 2019. The report also includes information on FTA’
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This report synthesizes findings from a two-day gathering of more than two dozen transit industry labor and management representatives who engaged in in-depth discussions on frontline workforce training needs across the U.S. The purpose of the meeting was to identify immediate, short-term, and long-term training needs for the frontline public trans
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This report provides information on projects funded under Federal public transportation law (49 U.S.C. § 5312). FTA Research priorities are safety, mobility innovation, and infrastructure. Projects in these areas promoted public transportation innovation to improve operations, infrastructure, and traveler experiences. Projects active in FY 2019 pro
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Rail transit track infrastructure and its components are expected to function as a system, and the performance and correct design of each component is critical to overall system behavior. A critical component in the transfer of load through the track system is the crosstie. Concrete is the dominant crosstie material choice for rail transit applicat
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The Center for Transportation and the Environment partnered with New Flyer, BAE Systems, and MARTA to design, build, test, and evaluate the technology and market readiness of a Reduced Engine Idle Load (REIL) system for diesel and CNG (compressed natural gas) transit buses. A REIL system replaces traditional mechanically-driven accessories with ele
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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) believe that human capital is as important as physical capital. FTA held a competition and selected 17 projects to help address several identified transit workforce challenges. Although 17 were originally selected, one project was later removed from the program
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The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and Scoop Technologies, Inc. (Scoop) partnered on a program to better integrate carpool access to public transit by matching transit passengers into carpools with a transit station as their destination using the carpool matching app Scoop and providing a s
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The Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration Program provides a venue through which integrated MOD concepts and solutions, supported through local partnerships, are demonstrated in real-world settings. For each of the 11 MOD Sandbox Demonstration projects, a MOD Sandbox Independent Evaluation was conducted that includes an analysis of project
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When the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) embarked on its MOD Sandbox project in early 2017, “fexible multimodal transit trip planning” (software for trip planning that seamlessly integrates demand-responsive modes of transit with fxed-route transit) was an idea that had never been implemented. Two years later, there is an emerging marketp
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This report summarizes the activities and results of a project to develop an all-hazards emergency transportation recovery plan for Portland, Oregon. The first phase of the project was to develop, test, and refine an integrated all-hazards emergency transportation recovery plan, working directly with organizations that are involved in transit and t
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Given the potential of transit-bus automation, it is critical to evaluate the benefits and challenges from early implementations. A welldesigned evaluation can quantify such societal benefits as improving travel time, increasing mobility, and raising transit ridership. Thisguide aims to assist transit stakeholders with designing and implementing ev
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United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Program Management
2019-12-01
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This report provides an update on projects selected pursuant to two FTA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (81 FR 17549 and 83 FR 46534) for Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94, Pilot Program for Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility (ICAM Pilot Program). The primary purpose of these
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
2019-12-01
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is posting this annual report on Leasing Arrangements in response to the requirements of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114-94), Section 3019 - Innovative Procurement, subsection (c) entitled, "Leasing Arrangements." As required by Section 3019(c)(5), FTA prepares and makes p
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