Subway Train Location Overlay System

Post Date

September 30th 2008

Application Due Date

November 12th 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

D2008-STLOS-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

nonprofits; for profit companies; Public entities (e.g., transit agencies, state and local governments); nonprofit organizations; for profit companies; Public Transit Agencies

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $400000

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 support development, operational testing and evaluation of a rail transit overlay system to provide real time train location information in subways to a control center. A series of rail transit incidents that provided inexact train location during emergencies underscores the need for a proven subway train location technology for rail transit systems.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Federal Transit Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Terrell Williams; 202-366-0232
  Sr. Engineer
  Federal Transit Administration
  Office of Technology
  1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
  4th Floor - East Building - Rm E43-469
  Washington, DC 20590

• Agency Mailing Address:

  United States Department of Transportation / Federal Transit Administration

• Agency Email Address:

  Terrell.Williams@dot.gov

• More Information:

  FTA Funding Opportunities