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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...
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...
FTA issued two Requests for Comment (RFC) notices that will help the agency develop funding opportunities for bus automation demonstration projects and inform the U.S. Department of Transportation's guidance on advancing automated vehicle technologies
This summary provides information on Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA) systems aimed to demonstrate the technical merits and feasibility of VAA applications in bus service. VAA systems enable lane-keeping and precision docking of transit vehicles and offer the opportunity to ...
This report provides information on Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA) systems aimed to demonstrate the technical merits and feasibility of VAA applications in bus service. VAA systems enable lane-keeping and precision docking of transit vehicles and offer the opportunity to ...
This summary provides information on the multilevel challenges—technological, human, organizational, and systematic—that SCRRA faced implementing the new technology as well as many of the lessons the railroad industry can learn from these challenges.
This report investigates the multilevel challenges—technological, human, organizational, and systematic—that SCRRA faced implementing the new technology as well as many of the lessons the railroad industry can learn from these challenges.
This manual summary provides a compendium of best practices to help transit and other transportation professionals improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and access to transit, including information on evaluating, planning for, and implementing improvements to pedestrian and bicycle access...
This manual provides a compendium of best practices to help transit and other transportation professionals improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and access to transit, including information on evaluating, planning for, and implementing improvements to pedestrian and bicycle access to transit.
This report provides information on FY 2016 training, technical assistance, and standards development projects authorized by Federal public transportation law 49 U.S.C. § 5314 (Section 5314). These projects further key public transportation goals, as authorized by Section 5314. This report...