National Transit Safety Research and Assistance Center

The National Center for Transit Research will establish a National Transit Safety Research and Assistance Center. The Center will employ a number of methods to successfully provide resources to public transportation providers, local and state governments, the private sector, and other transit stakeholders to improve public transportation safety in the United States. This Center will be a resource for public transportation agencies from the smallest to the largest, in operating environments from the most rural to those operating in our nation's largest cities. The focus areas will include, but not be limited to operational and vehicle related safety topics, human factors, and substance abuse management. Technical assistance and training aspects will be structured to provide ample support to transit agencies that are improving or modifying their safety programs to comply with the transit safety regulations included in Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Resource website/research repository

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $150000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12-G-UTC22

  2117905020

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Transit Research

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT 100
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Project Managers:

  Volinski, Joel

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Transit Research

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT 100
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Principal Investigators:

  Staes, Lisa

• Start Date: 20120801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20140131
• Source Data: RiP Project 33995

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal assistance programs; Highway operations; Human factors engineering; Safety; Technical assistance; Transit operating agencies
• Identifier Terms: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Substance abuse
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01494551
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transit Research
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC22, 2117905020
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 27 2013 1:00AM