Transit Research Analysis Committee Letter Report: April 22, 2019 (2019) / Chapter Skim
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April 22, 2019 Vincent Valdes Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Mr.
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2 The findings and advice in TRAC letter reports are based on the professional judgment of its 14 members, appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for their wide-ranging expertise in the public transportation field (see Attachment B for membership)
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3 The remainder of this letter report begins with a summary of FTA's and FHWA's RD&T programs, as presented during the meeting. Recognizing that neither program could be described at length in the constrained time available, both agencies were asked to provide brief overviews of their programs, including funding levels and sources, main focus areas of the work, and ongoing efforts to evaluate the results of the projects and programs.
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4 Research Evaluation FTA staff described its research evaluation as a three-tiered process. The highest tier is the impact of the overall research portfolio, the middle tier is the result of each research priority area, and the bottom tier is an evaluation of each demonstration program.
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5 Fairbank and beyond, include improvements and innovations to safety processes and technologies, new or improved methods of construction, and more efficient monitoring and recording of transportation construction and operations. For its FY 2019-2020 highway research plan, FHWA identified and described 33 specific programs; 14% of the program funding applies to safety projects, 46% to infrastructure projects, 35% to innovation projects, and 5% to accountability projects.
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6 Transit Research Recommendations In an era of fast-moving technological change, any federal program can struggle to keep pace with the innovations and deployments coming from the private sector. This is a challenge without an end, but TRI should consider its own internal barriers to implementing pilots, new processes, and new delivery models.
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7 data are available. Fourth, the transit industry would also benefit from a better understanding of the state of the industry's ability to manage and use data.
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