FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program

Agency: DOT - Federal Transit Administration

20.530 -- Public Transportation Innovation

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY2018 Safety Research and Demonstration (SRD) Program. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of $7.3 Million Public Transportation Innovation funds to demonstrate and evaluate innovative technologies, safer designs and/or practices to improve rail transit safety.

FTA is seeking to fund cooperative agreements to engage in demonstrations that will improve the operational safety of rail transit services in the U.S. FTA is particularly interested in proposals to prevent and mitigate suicide and trespassing hazards on rail transit systems, and proposals to improve the operational safety of shared corridor fixed guideway systems, including highway-rail grade crossing safety. FTA intends to award multiple SRD demonstration projects under this announcement.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Unrestricted

Additional information

An eligible lead applicant under this notice must be an existing FTA grant recipient and eligible project partners and sub-recipients under this program may include, but are not limited to, providers of public transportation; State and local governmental entities; departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, including Federal laboratories; private or non-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and technical and community colleges.

Grantor contact information

Description

Roy Chen Safety Research Program Manager Phone 202-366-0462

Email

FTA Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation

royweishun.chen@dot.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
FRN_2020-02844.pdf	Federal Register Notice	Feb 19, 2020 03:58 PM UTC
SRD_Supplemental_Form.pdf	SRD Supplemental Form	Feb 19, 2020 04:00 PM UTC

Link to additional information

FTA NOFO Website

Archived: April 23, 2020

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$7,300,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$7,300,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

FTA-2020-004-TRI-SRD

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Transportation

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

February 19, 2020

Archive date:

April 23, 2020