Collision Safety Improvement for Light Rail Vehicles Operating in Shared Right of Way Street Environments

The summary for the Collision Safety Improvement for Light Rail Vehicles Operating in Shared Right of Way Street Environments Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Collision Safety Improvement for Light Rail Vehicles Operating in Shared Right of Way Street Environments
	CFDA Number:	20.514
	CFDA Description:	Public Transportation Research
	Federal Agency Name:	DOT Federal Transit Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Transportation
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	D2008-CEM-LRV-TRI
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Feb 15, 2008
	Creation Date:	Feb 15, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 11, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 11, 2008
	Archive Date:	May 11, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$250,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$250,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: For Profit companies; Non Profits; Public Transit Agencies
Grant Description: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requests proposals from public entities that will ultimately result in the award of one or more cooperative agreements to identify and develop innovative structural or CEM designs and associated technologies that can be retrofitted into existing LRVs such that in the event of a collision, injuries to pedestrians and passengers of street vehicles are minimized and the potential for LRV derailment in such a collision is reduced.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/cem_rfa_final.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Roy Chen; 202-366-0462 Engineer Federal Transit Administration Office of Technology 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE 4th Floor - East Building - Rm E43-440 Washington, DC 20590

United States Department of Transportation / Federal Transit Administration [Royweishun.chen@dot.gov]
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