Transit Safety Research – Assessment of Facilities for Qualification Testing of Rail Passenger Equipment and Signal and Control Systems

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requests proposals from public entities that will ultimately result in the award of one cooperative agreement identifying tests required for all types of passenger rail equipment and the signal systems which control them to qualify or be accepted for service, assessing the adequacy of the Transportation Technology Center’s (TTC) facilities for performing each of these tests, and defining required upgrades to TTC’s facilities or recommending alternative facilities for tests that cannot currently be performed at TTC.