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This report summarizes the activities of the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute (NBRTI), from its inception in January 2001 to June 2024 (the final year of the program grant). The NBRTI program is housed at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida...
This document provides an overview of the Capital Metropolitan Authority's (CapMetro) Automated Transit Bus Maintenance and Yard Operations Demonstration Project. CapMetro intends to identify potential benefits and efficiencies of automating a Battery Electric Bus (BEB) fleet through...
This document provides an overview of the University of Alabama's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Transit Buses Demonstration Project. The University of Alabama will team with Perrone Robotics Inc. to deploy ADAS technologies in both diesel and electric buses and assess...
This document provides an overview of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority's (PSTA) Automated Transit Bus Maintenance and Yard Operations Demonstration Project. The objective of this project is to demonstrate how autonomy can be used in a bus yard setting to enhance safety and...
This document provides an overview of Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Transit Buses Demonstration Project. This project will expand an existing FTA sponsored transit automation program along the CTfastrak fixed guideway,...
This document provides an overview of the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Transit Buses Demonstration Project. The project goals include improving public transit safety and reliability, reducing congestion and greenhouse gas...
This document provides an overview of Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County's (Houston METRO) Accelerating Innovation Mobility (AIM) project. The goal of the Houston METRO Shuttle of the Future is to develop and demonstrate a mid-size level 4 autonomous zero emission shuttle to...
This document provides a summary of the FTA Bus Operator Compartment Redesign and Bus of the Future Listening Session held on June 22, 2023.
This document highlights transit bus automation activities from the first quarter of calendar year 2024 (January - March).
Strategic Transit Automation Research (STAR) Plan 2.0 is a successor to the original 2018 STAR Plan published by FTA. It builds upon the work accomplished from the 2018 STAR Plan (referred to now as STAR Plan 1.0) and provides strategic research and demonstration framework for the next five...