Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation AASHTO SCOPT / MTAP Winter Meeting Jamie Pfister Deputy Associate Administrator for Research December.

Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation AASHTO SCOPT / MTAP

Winter Meeting

Jamie PfisterDeputy Associate Administrator for Research

December 3, 2015

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Agenda

• FTA Research Office overview• Program highlights

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FTA Research under MAP-21

• Administer Sections 5312, 5313, 5318, and 5322 programs. – Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment

(49 U.S.C. 5312) ($30 M) • Low-No Vehicle Deployment Program ($22.5M)

– Transit Cooperative Research Program (49 U.S.C. 5313) ($3M)

– Bus Testing Program (49 U.S.C. 5318) ($3M) – Human Resources and Training (49 U.S.C. 5322)

• Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development Program ($500K)

• National Transit Institute ($5M)

• Provide national leadership and strategic planning of transit research programs.

• Coordinate research dissemination and sharing information.

• Serve as liaison and research coordinating body for FTA with OST and other modal research offices.

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Infrastructure Traveler

FTA Research

Operators

Research Role: - Proof of Concept

(R&D) - Demonstrations- Deployment- Technical

Assistance, Technology Transfer, & Standards (TTS)

- Evaluation

Research better business practice

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2-year “Research Business Plan”

I. Improving Safety

II. Promoting Energy Efficiency – Asset Management and Asset Innovation

III. Enhancing Mobility

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SAFETY

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Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery

(SRER)• BART

– Improving track worker safety to prevent accidents involving trains and track workers

• MARTA– Install and demonstrate Bombardier's TrackSafe system

on six miles of rail system to improve track worker safety and reduce hazards associated with track inspection, maintenance and repair.

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• Minnesota Valley Transit Authority will equip select buses with GPS-based technology to improve safety and bus service within narrow shoulder lanes along highly congested corridors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

• MTA demonstrating an automated, data-based information collection system to measure and monitor the condition of subway railcar wheels and rail infrastructure.

SRER: Resiliency

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ASSET MANAGEMENT & ASSET INNOVATION

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• Low and No Emissions Vehicle Deployment (LoNo)

• Bus Efficiency Enhancements Research and Demonstration (BEERD)

• Bus Testing NPRM• Zero emissions bus evaluation

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MOBILITY

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FTA Mobility on Demand (MOD) Program

• FTA’s long term strategic vision for a multimodal, integrated and connected transportation system.

• A concept that imagines mobility as a commodity and a service.

Conceptual Notions of MOD: Promotes choice in personal mobility Leverages emerging and existing

technologies & big data capabilities Encourages multimodal connectivity &

system interoperability Promotes new business models that

improve service quality

A New Transit Multimodal Mobility Concept

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Guiding Principles of MOD Vision

• System Integration – Integration (data exchange, common user interface)of existing MOD

products and services; development of new will be considered

• Partnership Driven– Demonstrated partnerships, public and private, evidence of

commitment to support MOD both technically and institutionally

• Innovative Business Model Focused– Innovative Business models where individually proven products can

partners to collectively deliver better service to travelers

• Equity of Service Delivery – Demonstrate and promote the unique role transit holds in providing

equitable service for all potential travelers

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MOD Sandbox Strategy • Rolling solicitation – to effectively navigate in the MOD

space where innovative mobility concepts, technologies and service models are emerging almost every day, TRI recommends a program approach that supports a “rolling proposal process”, which would allow FTA to review and select project application submissions on a regular basis, subject to funding availability.

• Full and Open Competition – With local transit agencies serving as leads in the proposed project partnerships, FTA would review and select all MOD Sandbox applications on a full and open competition basis, based on a set of predetermined and published selection criteria.

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Challenges and Opportunities• First/Last Mile Solutions• Paratransit/Demand Response Services• Integrated Fare Payment• Trip planning • Open Data/Data Sharing • Land Use and/or Service Planning • Equity and accessibility• Evolving definition of Public Transportation?• Performance Metrics (e.g., Ridership)• “The 3 Rs” – Rules, Requirements and Regulations

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Health & Transportation

• USDOT H&T staff-level work group

• USDOT - CDC Health & Transportation Tool

• Nat’l Academies, TRB & IOM – Rides to Wellness research

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PARTNERSHIPS

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TCRP 2016• Quantifying Return on Investment of Transit State

of Good Repair Investments• Improving the Health and Safety of the Transit

Workforce with Corresponding Impacts on the Bottom Line, Phase I: Safety and Health Impacts of Limited Restroom Access for Transit Operators

• Development of Open Data Standards for Demand Responsive Transportation Transactions

• Synthesis: Best Practices in Coordination of Intercity Bus and Public Transit

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FTA at TRBMonday,1:30pm – 3:15pm“New Federal transit safety requirements and FTA’s path to Safety Management Systems (SMS) Implementation” (Tom Littleton, moderator)

Tuesday,10:15 am - noon“FTA Priorities for Workforce Development” (Carolyn Flowers, moderator)

Tuesday, 1:30-4:00pmListening session: FTA Safety at USDOT

Tuesday, 2-3:30pmListening session: Mobility on Demand Sandbox

Wednesday,10:15 am - noon“Riding the Emerging Mobility Waves – Federal Transit Administration Priorities from Rides to Wellness to Mobility on Demand” (Therese McMillan, moderator)

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