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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/.
Program OverviewManaged by FTA's Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation in coordination with the...
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...
Promote the development and demonstration of targeted energy efficiency-enhancing for buses utilized in public transportation.
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...
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...
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...
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.
Section 3010 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Pub. L. No. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1572 (2005), amended section 5308 of title 49 United States Code, commonly referred to as the Clean Fuels Grant Program, from...
Note: This information is provided for historical reference only. The information contained on this page reflects information about this program under the previous authorizing legislation entitled the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-...
The transit capital investment program (49 U.S.C. 5309) provides capital assistance for three primary activities:
New and replacement buses and facilities (Bus and Bus Related Equipment and Facilities program).Modernization of existing rail systems (Fixed Guideway...