Capital Investment Grant Funding Comparison Chart (June 20, 2019)

FTA has advanced funding for 23 new CIG projects throughout the nation under this administration since January 20, 2017, totaling approximately $6.31 billion in funding commitments.

Transit Automation Research Funding Opportunities

None

TSO Spotlight June 2019 Issue

This issue includes a feature article on understanding Safety Management Policy and Promotion requirements in Agency Safety Plans. It also includes:

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $74.1 Million for Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit Project in Minneapolis

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today a $74.1 million grant to the Metropolitan Council for construction of the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Minneapolis. The project will improve mobility and transit...

Capital Investment Grant Funding Comparison Chart (June 19, 2019)

FTA has advanced funding for 22 new CIG projects throughout the nation under this administration since January 20, 2017, totaling approximately $5.06 billion in funding commitments.

Integrated Mobility Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity Preliminary Data Management Plan Instructions

This document provides guidelines for creating a Preliminary Data Management Plan submitted as part of an application that describes how applicants plan to handle digital datasets over the course of a research project following federal and departmental requirements.

Determining Requirements for Automated Transit Bus Test Facilities: Considerations for Practitioners Fact Sheet

FTA conducted research to develop a set of voluntary test facility requirements for transit industry consideration. These requirements provide a resource and reference for selecting test facilities with appropriate and necessary characteristics for transit bus automation research and development...

PTASP Safety Risk Management - June 13, 2019

The webinar dicussed the Safety Risk Management Policy requirements in the PTASP rule, and key considerations for developing those sections of an Agency Safety Plan.

Listen to the webinar recording. 

Summary of Driver Assist System Technology to Support Bus-on-Shoulder Operations (Report 0135)

This report summarizes project activities and describes the components of the Gen2 DAS installed on 11 buses that operate on Cedar Avenue in the Minneapolis area and used by MVTA for bus shoulder operations.

Driver Assist System Technology to Support Bus-on-Shoulder Operations

This report documents the activities and results of the Driver Assist System (DAS) Technology to Support Bus-on-Shoulder (BOS) Operations project and demonstration. It also provides information on the approach and results of the corresponding independent evaluation of the 11 Gen2 DAS-equipped...