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Research Recipients’ Tool

The Office of Research Management, Innovation and Outreach, a component of the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (TRI), provides oversight and technical assistance to its FTA research recipients.  TRI is strongly committed to sound research design, application of...

2015 Statistical Summaries of FTA Grant Assistance Programs (Report 0114)

This report provides information about FTA’s major financial aid programs for Fiscal Year 2015 that were authorized under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal legislation, which was signed into law in July 2012. The data in this report were compiled from the capital...

Transit Bus Automation Overview Factsheet

FTA is exploring the use of automation technologies in transit bus operations. This fact sheet provides an overview of bus automation technologies and FTA's Strategic Transit Automation Research plan.

Summary of Strategic Transit Automation Research Plan (Report 0116)

This summary provides information on the Strategic Transit Automation Research Plan, enabling the transit industry to engage more broadly with automation technologies, spur technology development and growth through application in real-world settings, and leverage research projects and...

Strategic Transit Automation Research Plan (Report 0116)

The Strategic Transit Automation Research Plan outlines an FTA research agenda for transit bus automation over five years. The plan provides a framework for the transit industry to pursue transit bus automation in a safe, efficient, and economically sound manner. Built on a foundation of...