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The following page contains currently relevant FTA-funded and supported research reports published in the year 2002.
Copies of these research publications can be located via the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS), a searchable database of publications, reports and articles...
The following page contains currently relevant FTA-funded and supported research reports published in the year 2003.
Copies of these research publications can be located via the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS), a searchable database of publications, reports and articles...
The following pages contain abstracts of research reports published in the year 2003 and before by the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation. Reports published in the year 2004 and after may be found on the...
FTA has many partners, stakeholders, and customers, who share an interest in and a concern about the vitality of transit. This group of organizations makes easily accessible information about transit issues available to the public. The following are links to FTA partner-stakeholder-customer...
Welcome to the Federal Transit Administration's Transit Research and Industry News Update, a report that provides a variety of information about transportation-related research and technology.
FTA Research Digest - Issue 2 (PDF) - (August 2012)FTA Research Digest - Issue 1 (PDF) - (April...The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (TRI) presented a Research Recipient Workshop on April 19, 2007, to inform TRI funding recipients of FTA’s Strategic Research Plan; requirements for receiving, managing, and expending FTA research...
To further its strategic research goals, FTA focuses on technological advances in bus and rail operations, safety features, fuel efficiencies and alternatives, intelligent transportation system applications, and information dissemination. These areas help to promote passenger safety and...
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) provides leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange. TRB is one of six divisions within the National Research Council, the primary operating agency of the National Academies of Science.
TRB...
FTA actively participates in the TRB Annual Meeting by development and presentation of sessions, research panel reviews, committee meetings, conferences and workshops and publications.
FTA sponsors several public panel sessions at the TRB Annual Meeting. They are listed in...
FTA’s Model Bus Testing Program tests new transit bus models for safety.