This report provides information on projects funded under Chapter 53 of Title 49 Section 5312. FTA Research priorities are safety, mobility innovation, and infrastructure. Projects in these areas promote public transportation innovation to improve operations, infrastructure, and traveler experiences. Projects active in FY 2017 promoted research, in
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Public transportation play a critical role in providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective mobility to the communities it serves. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) launched the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Technical Assistance Initiative in 2015 to provide technical assistance activities leading to im
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This report provides information to the Secretary of Transportation for the required review of public transportation safety standards and protocols to document existing standards and examine the efficacy of those standards and protocols. This effort establishes the adequacy of minimum transit safety standards and identifies subject areas for public
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United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of General Counsel
2017-01-01
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The Federal Transit Administration’s objective in implementing 49 CFR part 661–Buy America Requirements and 49 CFR part 663–Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Audits of Rolling Stock Purchases is to support U.S. jobs and the U.S. manufacturing industry. As part of the federal grant application for any revenue service rolling stock grant, an agency that us
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The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to disclose and analyze the environmental effects of their proposed actions. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) currently believes that assessing the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change for transit projects at a programmatic level is practicable. T
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The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to disclose and analyze the environmental effects of their proposed actions. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) currently believes that assessing the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change for transit projects at a programmatic level is practicable. T
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This research collected information on the frequency and impact of safety and security incidents (threats) at selected facilities and identified priority incidents at each facility. A customized “all hazards” approach was used to determine the hazards that could impact the facilities to determine which assets (people, property, and materials) were
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United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Budget and Policy
2016-12-01
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This report responds to the requirements in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114-94), Section 3019–In¬novative Procurement, subsection (c) entitled “Leasing Arrangements.” The statute requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and make public an annual report that includes the following information from this
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The objectives of this guide are to explain what transit asset management is and the business benefits to an agency; provide an enterprise asset management framework and business model that agencies can refer to as best practice; describe the elements of a transit asset management plan; detail, for each major asset class, the major enabling compone
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Recipients of the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development grants and FTA partners gathered for a one-day event, the Workforce Development Summit: Implementing, Disseminating, and Modeling Ladders of Opportunity, on June 7, 2016, to share information, network, and learn from each other as they
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This manual provides Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recipients with examples of procurement practices and lessons learned from a variety of third party procurements undertaken by FTA recipients. It is divided into four major sections that cover the entire procurement cycle: Planning, Selecting Type of Contracting Method, Evaluation of Proposa
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The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) Section 3024 calls for FTA to submit a report to Congress on the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve transportation services in rural, suburban, and urban areas. This report was prepared to provide background information on IoT and how it relates to the provision of transpo
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The 2014 Statistical Summaries report provides information about the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) major financial aid programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. The report covers the following programs: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Program, Formula Funds for the Enhanced Mobility for Senior
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As the first in a series of evaluations, the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development Program report will evaluate award recipient in federal fiscal year 2011. As a component of the current Administration’s Ladders of Opportunities initiative, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and FTA
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This project identifies and documents best practices from transit agencies that have implemented open data practices to improve operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction and to provide guidance to FTA regarding measures it could take to encourage open source data to the entire transit industry. The mechanisms used to identify best p
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This report presents findings from the evaluation of the radio and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) deployments at Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) in Cleveland, Ohio. GCRTA implemented an Enhanced Digital Access Communication System (EDACS) voice and data radio system and ITS technologies that include Computer-Aided Disp
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The Federal Transit Administration’s 2012 Asset Management Guide focuses on the management of our nation’s transit investments and provides practical guidance for how individual agencies can apply appropriate asset management business processes to maintain their assets. This Asset Management Guide for Small Providers is a supplemental resource for
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This report is an addendum to the second assessment report of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) Program. The TIGGER Program provides capital funds to transit agencies for projects that work to reduce the agency’s energy use and/or greenhouse g
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