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Program Description
Contact: Office of Research, Demonstration, & Innovation 202-366-4052
The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)(2)) promotes operating effectiveness and efficiency in the public transportation industry by conducting practical, near-term research designed to solve operational problems, adopt useful technologies from related industries and introduce innovation that provides better customer service. TCRP products, such as transit security guidelines, new transit paradigms, transit industry best practices, and new planning and management tools, as well as forums for the exchange of ideas, are being used to develop and equip a quality transit workforce with the resources necessary to meet new challenges and opportunities.
The Transportation Research Board (TRB), which administers the TCRP, maintains a publications list and description of all TCRP projects on its Website. TCRP products are available online at the TCRP website, where single hard copies may also be ordered without charge.
Research problem statements are solicited annually from the transit community. TRB awards competitive contracts for research and synthesis studies of current best practices. The TCRP Oversight and Project Selection Committee selects the highest priority problems to be addressed and designates funds for conducting the research.
TCRP is sponsored by FTA and carried out under a three-way agreement among the National Academy of Sciences, acting through the Transportation Research Board; the Transit Development Corporation, the educational and research component of the American Public Transportation Association; and FTA. Funds are allocated by transit industry consensus through TRB.
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