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Overview

FTA is responsible for projects to support and improve public transportation through research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects, and evaluation of research and technology. Per statute, the goal of these projects is to develop and deploy new and innovative ideas, practices, and approaches to advance the interests of public transportation.

Relevant Projects and Programs

• Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM)
• Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems Program (ADCMS)
• Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program
• Component Assessment Program
• Cybersecurity Program
• Enhancing Mobility Innovation (EMI)
• Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI)
• Mobility, Access & Transportation Insecurity: Creating Links to Opportunity Research and Demonstration Program (MATI)
• Real-Time Transit Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Condition Assessment Research and Demonstration Program
• Safety and Research Demonstration Program (SRD)
• Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
• Transit Bus Automation Research
• Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
• Transit Research & Innovation Program (TRIP)