Recompete Contract

Contractor Performance Assessment Reports are published and transmitted to Congress in October. These reports analyzes the consistency and accuracy of cost and ridership estimates made by contractors involved with the current projects, which were in preliminary engineering/final design for...

For Contractors

The Best Practices Procurment Manual and Third-Party Procurement Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are both excellent resources for what is expected or required of contractors.  Definitions, resources, and helpful advice are provided.

By law, recipients using FTA funds to award...

Online Tools & Resources

For the user's convenience, we have provided some useful web links. Access the desired link below:

TIGGER Program

This page is about FTA's TIGGER program.  For information about DOT's TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants visit http://www.dot.gov/recovery/.

Managed by FTA's Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation in coordination with the...

University Transportation Centers Program (TEA-21 5505)

Grants for University Transportation Research (49 U.S.C. 5505) are awarded to non-profit institutions of higher learning by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) using funds appropriated to FTA.

This program focuses on the transfer of knowledge...

Bus Efficiency Enhancements Research and Demonstration (BEERD) Projects

Promote the development and demonstration of targeted energy efficiency-enhancing for buses utilized in public transportation.

Transit Oriented Development Planning Pilot

Provides funding to advance planning efforts that support transit-oriented development (TOD) associated with new fixed-guideway and core capacity improvement projects. TOD focuses growth around transit stations to promote ridership, affordable housing near transit, revitalized downtown centers...

Transit Asset Management (5326)

This section establishes new requirements for transit asset management by FTA’s grantees as well as new reporting requirements to promote accountability. The goal of improved transit asset management is to implement a strategic approach for assessing needs and prioritizing investments for...

Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Projects (5312)

To support research activities that improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of public transportation by investing in the development, testing, and deployment of innovative technologies, materials, and processes; carry out related endeavors; and to support the...

Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing

This program maintains authority for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to establish a program that requires grantees to conduct pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of public transportation employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions.