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More than $50 million has flowed to the center since 1998, however, the site for a new building sits vacant, no transportation research is currently under way and the program lost its designation as a federal transportation center.
Read More →Pike Research forecasts that the U.S. will remain the largest singular market for hybrid trucks and buses between now and 2015, followed closely by China.
Read More →Projects to include new transportation management strategies to help public agencies operate freeways, streets and transit systems more efficiently.
Read More →At present there is no domestic manufacturer of streetcar propulsion systems. The propulsion system represents about 20 percent of the total cost of a vehicle. The FTA will fund 80 percent of the $3-million project, with a local match of $600,000.
Read More →Will advise the Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, on statistical matters.
Read More →Altair’s BUSolutions program is a collaborative effort to research, develop and commercialize advanced transit bus systems that are more fuel efficient, have lower operating costs and can operate without updating the infrastructure of existing transit authorities. Altair and Odyssey are fabricating the first technology demonstrator bus.
Read More →Equipment will permit researchers to realistically simulate innumerable conditions and scenarios encountered during railroad operations to help identify safety problems and develop effective solutions.
Read More →Allows members to download a membership database, update their profile, pay outstanding invoices (from My Association) and use the detailed member search to research business partners.
Read More →Proterra’s Greenville manufacturing and research and development center will open in 2011, and be housed in a newly constructed 250,000 square foot building on the Clemson University campus. The company plans to hire more than 1,000 local employees in the next four years.
Read More →$1.4M research collaboration to develop location awareness technology to transmit a signal to approaching subway operators notifying them of the presence of track workers.
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