INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT STUDIES PROGRAM
Sponsored by the Transit Cooperative Research Program of
the
Transportation Research Board
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The team for the spring 2011 mission studied the new BRT system in Guangzhou, China, which earned the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award. The system is integrated with a bike-sharing program, bike lanes, and metro stations, which has led to widespread acceptance and use of the system. The team also met with leaders of public transport systems in Ahmedabad and Delhi, India; and Hangzhou and Shanghai, China.
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2012 and 2013 Study Missions CanceledRegistration Is Open for Webinar from Spring 2011 mission (Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility) |
| The two study missions scheduled for 2012 have been canceled, as a result of the FY 2012 federal appropriations bill that included transportation, which reduced FY 2012 funding for the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) to $6.5 million from the $9.7 million anticipated when the TCRP Oversight and Project Selection ( TOPS) Committee met on October 27, 2011 to select projects for FY2012. As a result. TCRP had to de-program $3.2 million to reflect the reduced funding level.
Those funding constraints, coupled with the current sensitivity regarding international travel, led to the cancellation of the two ITSP study missions that had been scheduled to be conducted in 2012. If funding again becomes available for the TCRP Internatiional Transit Studies Program, information will be posted on this website, AIf you would like to be added to the email distribution list for any future calls for nomination, please send your request to Kathryn Harrington-Hughes. The funding issues have also resulted in the cancellation of the 2013 missions. If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Project Manager, at 443-385-0300 (khh@tcrpstudymissions.com). A free webinar recounting the team's findings from the spring 2011 study mission, "Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility," is scheduled for Thursday, September 20, 2012, from 2 to 3:30 pm (eastern time). Register now, as space is limited. Click here for more information about the webinar. Article Archives
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