New Funding Alert: DOT Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program – Webinar 12/03; Full Proposal Due 01/17/25

Opportunity Title:

Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program

Funder/Agency:

DOT

Opportunity Number:

FTA-2025-003-TRI

Description:

In keeping with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s focus on improving safety in the nation’s transportation systems, FTA’s Bus Safety and Accessibility Program supports the development of standard designs and prototypes that will make existing and new buses safer for operators, riders and vulnerable road users, as well as more accessible for passengers.

FTA’s top priority remains to enhance the safety of America’s public transportation systems. Projects solicited by this funding opportunity must address bus operator health and safety; transit vehicle safety, and accessibility; and provide a foundation for transformative bus systems and designs that enhance safety.

Project objectives include focusing on developing driver safety systems and passenger safety systems, including:

1. Researching standard bus designs, innovations, and technologies to make existing and new buses safer for their operator and vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for their passengers.?
2. Producing a prototype that is available as a retrofit on existing buses and for installation in new buses.

Webinar:

FTA will host a webinar on December 03, 2024 at 2:30 PM Eastern Time to discuss the requirements of the funding opportunity and how to apply. Register for the webinar.

Eligibility:

• Departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the federal government, including federal laboratories;
• State and local governmental entities, including multi-jurisdictional partnerships, and organizations such as metropolitan planning organizations;
• Providers of public transportation;
• Private for-profit or not-for-profit organizations incorporated in a jurisdiction of the United States; and
• Institutions of higher education and technical and community colleges.

Award Details:

Total Amount Available:

$10,000,000

Deadline:

Full Proposals Due January 17, 2025

Opportunity Link

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