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Innovation in PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION Fiscal Year 1977 A DIRECTORY of U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT Urban Mass Transportation Administration Washington, D.C. 20590 and DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS innovation IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION A DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FISCAL YEAR 1977 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Urban Mass Transportation Administration Washington, D.C. 20590 URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION Administrator Deputy Administator of Office of Executive Office Office of Chief Public Secretariat Civil Rights Counsel Affairs Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Administrator for Administrator for Administrator for Administrator for Administrator for Technology Planning, Management, Policy and Program Administration Transit Assistance Development and Development and Demonstrations Deployment T Office of Office of Office of Bus and Office of Policy Development Office of Grants Assistance Management Systems Planning Assistance Paratransit Technology Office of Office of Planning Office of Rail and Office of Program Evaluation Support Financial Management Methods and Support Office of Program Construction Technology Office of Office of Service and Office of New Systems Program Audits Methods Demonstrations Office of Policy Research Office of Program Analysis and Automation Office of Office of Transit Office of Automated Applications Administrative Services Management Guideway Transit Office of Safety and Office of Management Product Qualification Information Systems Office of Socio Economic Office of Personnel and Special Projects Regional Offices Office of Procurement and Third Party Contract Review INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW This annual publication contains descrip- professional growth in fields relating to The charts show UMTA's organization tions of current research development and transportation. Because the Special Stu- structure and a summary of RD&D activi- demonstration (RD&D) projects sponspored dies and University Research Programs ties as indicated by funding. Organizational and funded by the U.S. Department of contribute materially to transportation re- units which are responsible for RD&D are Transportation's Urban Mass Transporta- search and to the urban transportation shaded in the organization chart. The sum- tion Administration (UMTA). knowledge base, summaries of their proj- mary of activities indicates the relative ef- ects and listings of available reports are in- fort in each program area and identifies the RD&D projects are conducted under the cluded in this publication. chapter where project descriptions are lo- authority of Section 6 of the Urban Mass cated in this report. Transportation Act of 1964. This statute authorizes the Secretary of Transportation "to undertake research, development, and Urban Transportation Administration demonstration projects in all phases of ur- Mass ban mass transportation. ..which he deter- Summary of RD&D and Related Funding mines will assist in the reduction of urban (dollars in thousands) transportation needs, the improvement of mass transportation service, or the contri- Prior FY 1977 FY 1978 bution of such service toward meeting total Years Actual Estimate Chapters urban transportation needs at minimum Technology Development and Deployment: costs." The Act also authorizes "the devel- Bus and Paratransit Technology $ 59,571 $ 7,059 $ 6,800 1 & 2 opment, testing and demonstration of new Rail and Construction Technology 116,713 13,742 14,000 3 facilities, equipment, techniques and me- thods." New Systems and Automation 66,336 7,913 11,725 4 Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) Applications 66,942 4,921 6,975 5 Each year a portion of the funds which are Safety and Product Qualification 1,776 784 1,300 6 made available for local transportation AGT Socio-economic Research 1,426 964 750 7 planning studies (Technical Studies) is used for Special Studies to help local plan- Special Projects 11,961 967 1,050 7 ning the qual- agencies and UMTA improve Service and Methods Demonstrations 65,000 14,000 15,500 8 thru 11 ity of information used for local transporta- Planning Methods and Support 9,825 3,200 3,250 12 tion planning. Technical Studies activities are authorized under Section 9 of the Urban Special Studies (Section 9 Funds) 10,420 2,000 3,000 12 Mass Transportation Act. In addition, Sec- Transit Management Techniques and Methods 13,431 2,950 3,000 12 tion 11 of the Act authorizes a program of Policy and Program Development 4,500 2,200 2,150 13 University Research and Training Grants. These grants are designed both to meet University Research (Section 11 Funds) 19,247 2,000 2,000 14 UMTA's research needs and to stimulate TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND The approach used by UTD to meet its ob- ment and Deployment efforts are commu- DEPLOYMENT (CHAPTERS 1-7) jectives involves sponsoring research, de- nicated by conferring and cooperating di- velopment, test, evaluation, and demon- rectly with representatives of these groups, Although technology cannot provide direct stration of selected new technologies to which include transit operating properties, solutions to many of the economic and in- prepare for their deployment in operational transit equipment suppliers and developers, stitutional problems of urban mass trans- transit service. In addition, the Office of consultant firms, State and local govern- portation, it is clear that the influence and Technology Development and Deployment ment agencies, public interest groups, uni- resources of the Federal Government participates actively in developing and re- versities, foreign governments, and foreign should be used to maximize the contribu- viewing equipment specifications, in pro- industrial firms. tion of modern technology toward solving moting standardization of transit vehicles Responsibility for developing and introduc- these problems. Accordingly, UMTA has es- and equipment, and in qualification of new ing new or improved systems and techno- tablished the following objectives for its and improved transit products. UMTA con- research, development, and demonstration ducts evaluations and assessments of ex- logies is delegated to the Associate Admin- efforts in Technology Development and De- isting technology, publishes state-of-the-art istrator for Technology Development and ployment: summaries, and cooperates with agencies Deployment (UTD), George J. Pastor. The such as EPA, ERDA, and the National Bur- principal organizational units which man- age programs in this area are: In conventional bus and rail transit de- eau of Standards in carrying out programs sign, equipment manufacture, or con- of national importance. Office of Bus and Paratransit Technol- struction, to obtain either (a) substantial ogy, Bernard J. Vierling, Director reduction in life-cycle costs without UMTA's delivery system for new or im- . sacrificing performance, safety, or ser- proved transit technologies depends, ultim- Office of Rail and Construction Technol- vice capability, or (b) substantial ately, on the purchase of new products ogy, Russell K. McFarland, Director improvements in safety, performance, or with UMTA capital grant assistance. The service capability in a cost-effective man- fundamental strategy for improving the de- Office of Systems and Automation, ner; ployment process for new transit technol- New Director ogy will be to coordinate the efforts of Charles Broxmeyer, UMTA's Office of Technology Development To support selected high-risk, high-tech- Office of AGT Applications, Steven Bar- and Deployment (UTD) and its Office of nology R&D initiatives which promise sony, Director Transit Assistance (UTA) in such a way as significant potential increase in produc- to foster the timely introduction of proven tivity through the introduction of automa- Office of Safety and Product Qualifica- new products, and to conduct the field tion into transit operations (where such tions, William J. Rhine, Director demonstrations in revenue service neces- initiatives are beyond the financial or sary to prove them. other capabilities of the private sector); Office of Socio-Economic and Special and Projects, Henry Nejako, Acting Director UMTA attempts to meet the technical infor- mation needs of client groups through con- To support national priorities, such as ferences, seminars, workshops, technical SERVICE AND METHODS central city revitalization, accessibility papers, project reports, and special reports DEMONSTRATIONS (CHAPTERS 8-11) for elderly and handicapped persons, targeted at particular groups of users. The safety, energy conservation, and environ^ needs of client groups are ascertained, and UMTA's Service and Methods Demonstra- mental protection. the results of UMTA Technology Develop- tions Program is intended to develop new techniques for using the current generation Improve the reliability of transit service. provide improved transportation by increas- of transit equipment in providing improved This is one of the most important factors ing vehicle occupancy in a number of ways. quality, quantity and efficiency in public in maintaining and increasing ridership. transportation. A large number of innova- Service for Special User Groups, which tive methods for increasing the level of ser- Increase the productivity of transit ve- seeks to develop specialized services that vice and the productivity of transit have hicles. This is most important in the con- will provide for the needs of the transit de- been developed both by UMTA and by var- tinuing struggle to reduce operating defi- pendent person
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