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This report documents a multi-year, multi-member collaborative research effort to demonstrate machine-vision enabled wheel/rail characterization, monitoring and analytics. A unique suite of data acquisition equipment was employed.
This report includes the results of an analysis aimed at determining the cost-savings resulting from the installation of a "Hybrid-Beltless Alternator" (HBA) system. The HBA system was installed on 41 Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) buses to reduce alternator maintenance cost and...
This report summarizes the experience and results from a demonstration of five fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs) operated by Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA).
This report summarizes the experience and results from a demonstration of five fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs) operated by Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA). FTA collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to conduct in-...
This market assessment report summary includes research findings in the areas of market environment, technical challenges, and research and outreach needs.
This market assessment is intended to help appropriately manage expectations and to communicate a realistic depiction of the current state of the industry with respect to the availability, capabilities, and limitations of automated transit bus technologies. The report may be used as a resource...
This report summarizes the current state of the practice, potential benefits, challenges, and risks associated with Mobility Payment Integration.
This report documents the current state of the practice, potential benefits, challenges, and risks associated with Mobility Payment Integration. Included in this report are findings collected through an extensive literature search and an Internet inventory of deployments through January 2018.
This report summarizes the experiences and results from the development, testing, and demonstration of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) under FTA’s Bus Efficiency Enhancements Research and Demonstration (BEERD) program.
This report documents the experiences and results from the development, testing, and demonstration of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) and presents a narrative description of the development and demonstration of the thermoelectric generator. FTA’s Bus Efficiency Enhancements Research and...