New IDEAS for Transit: Transit IDEA Program Annual Report

TRB’s Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program has issued its New IDEAS for Transit: Annual Report of the Transit IDEA Program, which summarizes recent investigations conducted under the Transit IDEA program.

The Transit IDEA Program is designed to foster innovative concepts that have the potential to enhance security, increase ridership, improve efficiency for transit agencies, and protect the environment. IDEA programs differ from traditional research programs in two ways: IDEA projects are initiated by researchers rather than by a request for proposals, and funding can support initial testing of unproven concepts.

The Transit IDEA Program is funded by the FTA as part of the Transit Cooperative Research Program, a cooperative effort of the FTA, TRB, and the American Public Transportation Association. The program is managed by TRB.