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PROJECT 20-65 OVERVIEWRESEARCH FOR THE AASHTO STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
T R A N S P O R T A T I O N R E S E A R C H B O A R D
N A T I O N A L A C A D E M I E S
S A N A N T O N I O , T E X A S
N O V E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 3
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
Flexible
Ongoing
Quick Response
PROJECT PURPOSE
Designed to Support
The SCOPT
Committee
State DOT activities
FUNDING ALLOCATION (BY FISCAL YEAR)
Total: $2,900,000
RESEARCH SOLICITATION
SCOPT and 20-65 Project Panel
Members of AASHTO’s MTAP and APTA’s State Affairs
Staffs of AASHTO, FTA, CTAA, and APTA
ALLOCATION GUIDELINES
Research Need
Policy Related and technical
issues
Not editorial in nature
For use by SCOPT with widespread benefits to
state DOTs and transit industry
Less than $100,000
Short in duration
Usually less than 12 months
Not appropriate for
TCRP
TASK ORDER CONTRACTORSAECOM Consult, Inc.
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
ICF Incorporated, L.L.C.
Kittelson & Associates
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Parsons Brinkerhoff (PB)
PUBLISHED REPORTS: NOVEMBER 2012 Research Results Digest 379, Estimated Impact of Selected State DOT Cost Reduction Initiatives on the Administration of State Public Transportation Programs (December 2012)
Research Results Digest 381, Guidebook for Construction Management Practices for Rural Projects (March 2013)
Research Results Digest 383, Impacts of the New Health Care Bill on Mass Transit (June 2013)
Research Results Digest 384, New Small Urbanized Area System: A Guidance Brief (December 2013)
RECENTLY COMPLETEDREPORTS
Task 35Development of Appropriate
Tools to Evaluate the Efficiency and Effectiveness
of Selected Specialized Public Transportation Programs
Task 43Best Practices in the
Electronic Administration of Federal and State Transit
Grants
STUDIES IN PROGRESSTask & Title Agency Expires
Task 46, Successful Methods to Acquire and Oversee the Outsourcing of Tasks and Projects Related to State DOT Management of Transit Grant Programs
AECOM 12/21/13
Task 47, MTAP Survey Tool Used to Assess FTA Contractor Performance of State DOT Triennial and Other FTA Reviews--An Update
CSI (KFH) 12/30/13
Task 48, Condition of State and Federally Funded Transit Assets Kittelson 12/06/13
Task 49, Impact Assessment Indicators for Administration of Public Transportation Grants
AECOM 05/21/14
Task 50, Strategic Plan for the Standing Committee on Public Transportation ICF 04/09/14
Task 51, Approaches To Improving the Grant Approval Processes for Transit Projects
Kittelson 10/09/14
Task 52, Selected Indirect Benefits of State Investment in Public Transportation CSI 04/21/14
Task 53, Independent Cost Estimates for Design and Construction of Rural and Small Urban Transit Facilities
ICF 04/10/14
Task 54, Determine the Benefits and Costs of Alternative Methods Used by States to Administer FTA's State Rail Safety Oversight Program
TBD TBD
Task 55, Estimating the Long Term Impacts of MAP-21 on the Nation's Local Rural Transit Bus Infrastructure
PB 04/15/14
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