Collision Safety Improvement for Light Rail Vehicles Operating in Shared Right of Way Street Environments

Post Date

February 15th 2008

Application Due Date

April 11th 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

D2008-CEM-LRV-TRI

CFDA Number(s)

20.514

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Transportation

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Other

For Profit companies; Non Profits; Public Transit Agencies

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $250000

Grant Description

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requests proposals from public entities that will ultimately result in the award of one or more cooperative agreements to identify and develop innovative structural or CEM designs and associated technologies that can be retrofitted into existing LRVs such that in the event of a collision, injuries to pedestrians and passengers of street vehicles are minimized and the potential for LRV derailment in such a collision is reduced.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Federal Transit Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Roy Chen; 202-366-0462
  Engineer
  Federal Transit Administration
  Office of Technology
  1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
  4th Floor - East Building - Rm E43-440
  Washington, DC 20590

• Agency Mailing Address:

  United States Department of Transportation / Federal Transit Administration

• Agency Email Address:

  Royweishun.chen@dot.gov

• More Information:

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