Assistance program
Motor Carrier Research and Technology Programs
-$22,003 committed in FY2019–FY2019
- Agency
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Project Grants;Project Grants (Contracts)
- CFDA number
- 20.239
- What it does
- The Analysis Research and Technology (ART) Office administers FMCSA Research and Technology (R&T) Program. Through the R&T program, FMCSA seeks to reduce the number and severity of crashes to reduce injuries and fatalities contributing to a safe and secure commercial transportation network. The R&T program is targeting crashes involving Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) and the efficiency of CMV operations through conducting systematic studies directed toward fuller scientific discovery, knowledge, or understanding, adopting, testing, and deploying innovative driver, carrier, vehicle, and roadside best practices and technologies, and expanding the knowledge and portfolio of deployable technology. The development, testing, and deployment of simple and advanced innovative driver/vehicle technologies and integrated IT solutions support the Agency’s priorities by demonstrating new roadside safety technologies and operational concepts, accelerating the deployment of vehicle-based and other safety and security technologies. Also by managing IT projects that integrate data collected and exchanged by various information systems and networks, and providing technical support and assistance to States and the motor carrier industry.
- Who benefits
- Federal, State, Local, Sponsored organization, Public nonprofit institution/organization, Other public institution/organization, individual/Family, Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization.
- Who applies
- Government - General, Interstate, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Sponsored organization, Individual/Family, Profit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals).
- Authorized by
- Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, Section 32601, 32603.
- Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1992
- Program site
- http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov ↗
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