The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) notes that over the last decade, commuter rail systems have experienced increased ridership that closely matches the increases in gasoline prices. FTA also identified highway congestion and environmental concerns as other factors that have helped to boost ridership. As a result of these and other factors, so
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Ede, W. M., Brosseau, J., Otter, D., & Matthews, J. (2012). Rail Capacity Improvement Study for Commuter Operations (Report No. FTA Report No. 0037). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503574
Ede, William Moore, Joe Brosseau, Duane Otter, and Joshua Matthews. Rail Capacity Improvement Study for Commuter Operations. Report no. FTA Report No. 0037. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503574.
Ede, William Moore, et al. Rail Capacity Improvement Study for Commuter Operations. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0037, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503574.
To advance transit asset management, this guide provides a transit-specific asset management framework for managing assets indi-vidually and as a portfolio of assets that comprise an integrated system. The guide provides flexible, yet targeted guidance to advance the practice and implementation of transit asset management. Objectives: Explain what
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Rose, D., Isaac, L., Shah, K. V., & Blake, T. (2012). Asset Management Guide: Focusing on the Management of Our Transit Investments [October 2012] (Report No. FTA Report No. 0027). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503564
Rose, David, Lauren Isaac, Keyur V. Shah, and Tagan Blake. Asset Management Guide: Focusing on the Management of Our Transit Investments [October 2012]. Report no. FTA Report No. 0027. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503564.
Rose, David, et al. Asset Management Guide: Focusing on the Management of Our Transit Investments [October 2012]. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0027, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503564.
This study offers a combination of considerations and evaluation tools pertaining to relevant means of capacity improvements (technology, operations, route, and vehicle upgrades), both conventional and emerging. Guidance regarding the economics is offered to help balance the mix to minimize cost of achieving the level of capacity improvement requir
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Ede, W. M., Vieira, P., Otter, D., & Matthews, J. (2012). Rail Capacity Improvement Study for Heavy Rail Transit Operations (Report No. FTA Report No. 0035). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503572
Ede, William Moore, Paulo Vieira, Duane Otter, and Joshua Matthews. Rail Capacity Improvement Study for Heavy Rail Transit Operations. Report no. FTA Report No. 0035. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503572.
Ede, William Moore, et al. Rail Capacity Improvement Study for Heavy Rail Transit Operations. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0035, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503572.
This report documents the results completed by the Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment (CETE) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) under Federal Transit Administration Cooperative Agreement TN-26-7034. This research has addressed the limited range of electric shuttle buses by two different methods: first, by wayside
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Bailey, J. R., & Hairr, M. E. (2012). Wayside Charging and Hydrogen Hybrid Bus: Extending the Range of Electric Shuttle Buses (Report No. FTA Report No. 0028). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503565
Bailey, J. Ronald and Mark E. Hairr. Wayside Charging and Hydrogen Hybrid Bus: Extending the Range of Electric Shuttle Buses. Report no. FTA Report No. 0028. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503565.
Bailey, J. Ronald, and Mark E. Hairr Wayside Charging and Hydrogen Hybrid Bus: Extending the Range of Electric Shuttle Buses. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0028, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503565.
Zero-sulfur diesel fuel of the highest quality, the fuel used in this project, can be made by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis from many non-petroleum resources, including natural gas, which is increasingly abundant in the United States. Zero-sulfur FT diesel fuel can upgrade, and more-than-proportionally increase the supply of, conventional ultra-lo
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Bergin, S. P. (2012). Zero-Sulfur Diesel Fuel from Non-petroleum Sources: The Key to Reducing U.S. Crude Oil Imports (Report No. FTA Report No. 0029). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503566
Bergin, Stephen P.. Zero-Sulfur Diesel Fuel from Non-petroleum Sources: The Key to Reducing U.S. Crude Oil Imports. Report no. FTA Report No. 0029. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503566.
Bergin, Stephen P. Zero-Sulfur Diesel Fuel from Non-petroleum Sources: The Key to Reducing U.S. Crude Oil Imports. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0029, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503566.
This report summarizes the results of a 13-month effort by CodeRed Business Solutions (CRBS) to consider how urban rail transit agencies can leverage data within their maintenance management systems to build asset inventories for higher-level analysis. The research goal/requirement was to provide FTA with a plan or road map for transit agencies to
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Humphrey, R. G., Lewis, J., Xia, Y., & Sharp, S. (2012). Transit Asset Inventory Development and Integration: Asset Management Methodology/Condition Assessment Methodology Research (Report No. FTA Report No. 0023). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503561
Humphrey, Ronald G., John Lewis, Yuanchang Xia, and Susan Sharp. Transit Asset Inventory Development and Integration: Asset Management Methodology/Condition Assessment Methodology Research. Report no. FTA Report No. 0023. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503561.
Humphrey, Ronald G., et al. Transit Asset Inventory Development and Integration: Asset Management Methodology/Condition Assessment Methodology Research. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0023, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503561.
Automation Alley, Altair, and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in a public-private partnership, teamed up to advance a new transit bus initiative that would improve America’s local and regional transit systems while requiring no infrastructure upgrades to operate. The goal was to develop a significantly lighter-weight, heavy-duty bus desig
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Heskitt, M., Smith, T., & Hopkins, J. (2012). BUSolutions Final Technical Report: Design & Development of the LCO-140H Series Hydraulic Hybrid Low Floor Transit Bus (Report No. FTA Report No. 0018). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503556
Heskitt, Mike, Tim Smith, and Jeff Hopkins. BUSolutions Final Technical Report: Design & Development of the LCO-140H Series Hydraulic Hybrid Low Floor Transit Bus. Report no. FTA Report No. 0018. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503556.
Heskitt, Mike, et al. BUSolutions Final Technical Report: Design & Development of the LCO-140H Series Hydraulic Hybrid Low Floor Transit Bus. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0018, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503556.
The final report for the Model Orlando Regionally Efficient Travel Management Coordination Center (MORE TMCC) presents the details of the 2½-year process of the partial deployment of the original MORE TMCC design created in Phase I of this project. The purpose of Phase II was to deploy certain modules of the original design, given the limited fundi
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Jamison, D., & Ghani, G. (2012). Model Orlando Regionally Efficient Travel Management Coordination Center (MORE TMCC), Phase II Final Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0061). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503539
Jamison, Doug and Gisela Ghani. Model Orlando Regionally Efficient Travel Management Coordination Center (MORE TMCC), Phase II Final Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0061. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503539.
Jamison, Doug, and Gisela Ghani Model Orlando Regionally Efficient Travel Management Coordination Center (MORE TMCC), Phase II Final Report. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0061, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503539.
The development of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems is relatively recent in the U.S.; however, several systems are operating and many more are being planned. A comprehensive understanding of the relationship between land uses and BRT systems is needed, particularly in comparison to other fixed-guideway modes such as rail. This report describes an ef
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Perk, V. A., Catala, M., & Reader, S. (2012). Land Use Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit: Phase II—Effects of BRT Station Proximity on Property Values along the Boston Silver Line Washington Street Corridor (Report No. FTA Report No. 0022). United States. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503560
Perk, Victoria A., Martin Catala, and Steven Reader. Land Use Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit: Phase II—Effects of BRT Station Proximity on Property Values along the Boston Silver Line Washington Street Corridor. Report no. FTA Report No. 0022. United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503560.
Perk, Victoria A., et al. Land Use Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit: Phase II—Effects of BRT Station Proximity on Property Values along the Boston Silver Line Washington Street Corridor. United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0022, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503560.
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview and preliminary analysis of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration’s TIGGER Program. TIGGER, which stands for Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction, provides capital funds to transit agencies for projects that would reduce the agency’s energy u
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Eudy, L., Burgess, R., Ainscough, C., & Lewis, J. (2012). Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program: First Assessment Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0016). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503554
Eudy, Leslie, Robert Burgess, Chris Ainscough, and John Lewis. Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program: First Assessment Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0016. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503554.
Eudy, Leslie, et al. Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program: First Assessment Report. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0016, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503554.
This report summarizes the experience and early results from a fuel cell bus demonstration funded by the Federal Transit Administra-tion (FTA) under the National Fuel Cell Bus Program (NFCBP). A team led by the Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium and UTC Power developed a next-generation fuel cell electric bus for demonstration. A total of four b
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Eudy, L., & Chandler, K. (2012). Connecticut Nutmeg Fuel Cell Bus Project: First Analysis Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0020). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503558
Eudy, Leslie and Kevin Chandler. Connecticut Nutmeg Fuel Cell Bus Project: First Analysis Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0020. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503558.
Eudy, Leslie, and Kevin Chandler Connecticut Nutmeg Fuel Cell Bus Project: First Analysis Report. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0020, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503558.
The purpose of this effort was to foster a dialogue among peers at transportation and planning agencies about their experiences with promoting public transit and, in particular, the challenges they face related to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects, as well as the solutions they have developed in response. Agencies from dozens of large cities around
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Panero, M., Shin, H. S., Zedrin, A., & Zimmerman, S. (2012). Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus Priority Best Practices (Report No. FTA Report No. 0009). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503547
Panero, Marta, Hyeon-Shic Shin, Allen Zedrin, and Samuel Zimmerman. Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus Priority Best Practices. Report no. FTA Report No. 0009. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503547.
Panero, Marta, et al. Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus Priority Best Practices. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0009, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503547.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Statistical Summaries provide information about the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) financial investment programs funded through ARRA. This report covers the Urbanized Area Formula Program and the Non-Urbanized Area Formula and Capital Program. The Capital Program is further broken into two c
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Randolph, S. (2012). American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Statistical Summaries (Report No. FTA Report No. 0025). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503562
Randolph, Shapell. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Statistical Summaries. Report no. FTA Report No. 0025. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503562.
Randolph, Shapell American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Statistical Summaries. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0025, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503562.
The objective of this project was to further develop low cost carbon fiber for a variety of potential applications. Manufacturing feasi-bility of low cost carbon fibers/composites has been demonstrated. A number of technologies that are currently using other synthetic fibers may use high strength lightweight and low cost carbon fibers to reduce wei
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Vakili, A., & Yue, Z. (2012). Low Cost Carbon Fiber Technology Development for Carbon Fiber Composite Applications (Report No. FTA Report No. 0011). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503549
Vakili, Ahmad and Zhongren Yue. Low Cost Carbon Fiber Technology Development for Carbon Fiber Composite Applications. Report no. FTA Report No. 0011. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503549.
Vakili, Ahmad, and Zhongren Yue Low Cost Carbon Fiber Technology Development for Carbon Fiber Composite Applications. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0011, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503549.
Prepared by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation (TRI), this report summarizes the accomplishments of fuel-cell-transit-bus-related research and demonstrations projects supported by FTA through 2011. It catalogs fuel cell electric bus research projects in the United States and describes their im
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Chandler, K., & Eudy, L. (2012). FTA Fuel Cell Bus Program: Research Accomplishments through 2011 (Report No. FTA Report No. 0014). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503552
Chandler, Kevin and Leslie Eudy. FTA Fuel Cell Bus Program: Research Accomplishments through 2011. Report no. FTA Report No. 0014. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503552.
Chandler, Kevin, and Leslie Eudy FTA Fuel Cell Bus Program: Research Accomplishments through 2011. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0014, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503552.
The purpose of the FTA Construction Project Management Handbook is to provide guidelines for use by public transit agencies (Agencies) undertaking substantial construction projects, either for the first time or with little prior experience with construction project management. It provides a comprehensive introduction to construction project managem
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Shadan, K. (2012). Construction Project Management Handbook: March 2012 (Report No. FTA Report No. 0015). United States. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503553
Shadan, Kam. Construction Project Management Handbook: March 2012. Report no. FTA Report No. 0015. United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503553.
Shadan, Kam Construction Project Management Handbook: March 2012. United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0015, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503553.
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. Federal Transit Administration 2012 Awards Ceremony. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2012. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/80974.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration Federal Transit Administration 2012 Awards Ceremony. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2012, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/80974.
This report documents the evolution, development, and lessons learned while attempting to identify, modify, and deploy Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and advanced technology tools to facilitate coordination of public transit and social (human) service transportation and mobility management in a “one stop shop” located in Modoc County (nort
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Couch, P., & Jaffee, M. (2012). Evolution of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Mobility Management and Coordination Serving California’s Rural Frontier (Report No. FTA Report No. 0006). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Mobility Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503544
Couch, Pamela and Marcy Jaffee. Evolution of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Mobility Management and Coordination Serving California’s Rural Frontier. Report no. FTA Report No. 0006. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Mobility Innovation, 2012. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503544.
Couch, Pamela, and Marcy Jaffee Evolution of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Mobility Management and Coordination Serving California’s Rural Frontier. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Mobility Innovation, 2012, Report no. FTA Report No. 0006, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503544.
This paper summarizes an evaluation of the Driver Assist System (DAS) used by the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MTVA) for bus shoulder operations. The DAS is a GPS-based technology suite that provides lane-position feedback to the driver via a head-up display, virtual mirror, vibrating seat, and actuated steering. MVTA’s primary goal was to e
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Pessaro, B., & Van Nostrand, C. (2011). Cedar Avenue Driver Assist System Evaluation Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0010). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503548
Pessaro, Brian and Caleb Van Nostrand. Cedar Avenue Driver Assist System Evaluation Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0010. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2011. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503548.
Pessaro, Brian, and Caleb Van Nostrand Cedar Avenue Driver Assist System Evaluation Report. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2011, Report no. FTA Report No. 0010, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503548.
Statistically, light rail transit (LRT) systems have higher injury rates on a per‐passenger‐mile basis than heavy rail and commuter rail systems, because in most cities, light rail vehicles (LRVs) operate on city streets. Passenger safety is dependent on the configuration and severity of the accident, as well as the degree of crashworthiness engine
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Olivares, G. (2011). Crashworthiness Evaluation of Light Rail Vehicle Interiors (Report No. FTA Report No. 0005). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503542
Olivares, Gerardo. Crashworthiness Evaluation of Light Rail Vehicle Interiors. Report no. FTA Report No. 0005. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2011. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503542.
Olivares, Gerardo Crashworthiness Evaluation of Light Rail Vehicle Interiors. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2011, Report no. FTA Report No. 0005, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503542.
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