Public Transit
Summary of Integrated Wheel/Rail Characterization through Advanced Monitoring and Analytics (Report 0145)
This report summary 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.
Integrated Wheel/Rail Characterization through Advanced Monitoring and Analytics (Report 0145)
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.
Bus Efficiency Grant: Hybrid Beltless Alternator Retrofit Program, Final Report (Report 0136)
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...
Transit Bus Automation Policy FAQs
As the transit industry begins to explore the use of automated transit buses, many stakeholders have questions about the impact of new technologies on transit agencies, employees, riders, and the general public. In response, FTA has developed Transit Bus Automation Policy FAQs for key areas of...
Summary of Zero-Emission Bus Evaluation Results: Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) Fuel Cell Electric Buses (Report 0140)
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).
Zero-Emission Bus Evaluation Results: Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) Fuel Cell Electric Buses (Report 0140)
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-...
PTASP Technical Assistance Center Webinar - October 24 2019
This presentation provides a walkthrough of the PTASP Technical Assistance Center.
View the webinar recording.