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Denver Transit Oriented Development

The Denver metropolitan area is home to more than 2.6 million people. This number represents more than half the population of Colorado, which was the third-fastest growing state in the nation during the 1990s and is the eighth-fastest growing since 2000. Metro Vision 2030, the Denver Regional...

Frequently Asked Questions: Urban Circulator

On December 8, 2009, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of Section 5309 funds for exempt discretionary grants for Urban Circulator Systems which support the Department of Transportation Livability Initiative. Visit the Notices of Funding Availablility page...

Atlanta Regional Commission Livable Centers Initiative (LCI)

Atlanta Regional Commission Livable Centers Initiative (LCI)

Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in America. Under the leadership of the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), local governments and nonprofits in the area are thinking creatively about how to manage the many challenges that...

Examples of Integrating Bicycles With Transit

Washington DC Union Station Bike Transit Center

The Union Station Bike Transit Center provides secure 24/7 access to sheltered bike parking, an onsite bicycle store, a locker room, and bike rentals adjacent to Union Station, a terminal for numerous bus, rail, and subway lines. The design has won...

Bus Rapid Transit Resources

Reports and Publications BRT Examples Applicability of Bogota's TransMilenio BRT System to the United States Bus Rapid Transit Developments in China, April 2006 - Report of National Bus Rapid Transit Institute's 2006 mission to China to better understand the urban transportation...

Tunnel Design and Construction

Tunneling for transit projects is as much an art as a science. Variables affecting the design and construction of a project include predicting the behavior of ground mass during construction and the vagaries of ground-water hydrology. Predictive models are only of some use because no two...

Rail Technology and Systems Information

Rail Technology and Systems Information

The FTA Rail Infrastructure Technology program examines innovative technology solutions and practices on issues that affect facility design and construction, vehicles, transit operations, program management, structures, and equipment.

The main program...

Bus Technologies and Testing Information

An Evaluation of the Market for Small-to-Medium-Sized Cutaway Buses: Bus Technologies and Testing Information (PDF)FTA National Fuel Cell Bus Program Projects (MS Word)Alternative Fuels and Propulsion Vehicle Incentives (MS Word)National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Development Program Solicitation...

National Fuel Cell Bus Program

The American Fuel Cell Bus. A new generation of powerful electric vehicles marries federal investments with domestic innovation and entrepreneurship.Find out more (PDF)

What's New for National Fuel Cell Buses?

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $13.1 Million To Advance the...