Bureau of Transportation Statistics Awards Grants For Transportation Statistics Research

Contact BTS 7-02 David Smallen 202-366-5568

Friday, April 19, 2002 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today announced the award of $243,000 in research grants to two universities and one non-profit research institute for projects supporting the advancement of transportation statistics.

The annual grant program was authorized by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). It is designed to promote partnerships with public or non-profit private entities (including state transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations and institutions of higher education) that support the development of the field of transportation statistics or involve research or development in transportation statistics.

"BTS is funding these research projects to improve the transportation statistics that are available to decision-makers," BTS Director Ashish Sen said. "The projects BTS is funding will improve both the collection of data and our ability to analyze and draw meaningful conclusions from them."

Proposals for future grant awards should be sent to BTS Grants Program, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 3103, Washington, DC 20590. For information on eligibility requirements, cost-sharing requirements, and application contents, please visit the BTS website at www.bts.gov. For information on submitting applications for FY 2003 grant awards or for technical information, contact Promod Chandhok at (202) 366-2158, by e-mail at promod.chandhok@bts.gov or by fax at (202) 366-3640.

A table showing the grant amounts and recipients follows:

Grant Recipients