{"abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of $7,000,000 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Public Transportation Innovation funds to demonstrate and evaluate innovative technologies and safer designs to improve public transportation safety. FTA is seeking to fund cooperative agreements to engage in demonstration projects focused in the following two thematic areas: collision avoidance and mitigation and transit worker safety protection. 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. This notice solicits competitive proposals addressing priorities established by FTA for these research areas, provides instructions for submitting proposals, and describes criteria FTA will use to identify meritorious proposals for funding, and the process to apply for funding. This announcement is also available on the FTA Web site at: https:/ /www.transit.dot.gov/grants. A synopsis of this funding opportunity will be posted in the FIND module of the government-wide electronic grants Web site at http:// www.grants.gov. The funding Opportunity ID is FTA-2016-007-TRI-SRD and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Asssitance (CFDA) number for Section 5312 funded program is 20.514.","action":"Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) And Solicitation Of Project Proposals.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/08/15/2016-19391.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 54181","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Complete proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 14, 2016. All proposals must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov \"APPLY\" function. Prospective applicants should initiate the process by registering on the Grants.gov Web site promptly to ensure completion of the application process before the submission deadline. Instructions for applying can be found on FTA's Web site at https://www.transit.dot.gov/grants and in the \"FIND\" module of Grants.gov. Mail and fax submissions will not be accepted.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"FTA","documents":[{"comment_count":0,"comment_start_date":"2016-08-15","updated_at":"2023-03-01T13:24:17.936-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FTA-2013-0016-0161","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FTA-2013-0016-0161","comment_end_date":null,"regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"FTA-2013-0016","title":"Federal Registers for Applications, Notices, and Orders - Miscellaneous"}],"document_number":"2016-19391","effective_on":null,"end_page":54187,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/08/15/2016-19391.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/15/2016-19391/fy-2016-competitive-research-funding-opportunity-safety-research-and-demonstration-srd-program","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-19391?publication_date=2016-08-15","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-08-15/2016-19391/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":476,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-15/pdf/2016-19391.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-19391.pdf?1471005987","publication_date":"2016-08-15","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/08/15/2016-19391.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":0,"agency_id":"FTA","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FTA-2013-0016","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"FTA-2013-0016","document_id":"FTA-2013-0016-0161","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Federal Registers for Applications, Notices, and Orders - Miscellaneous","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-03-01T18:24:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":54181,"subtype":null,"title":"FY 2016 Competitive Research Funding Opportunity: Safety Research and Demonstration (SRD) Program","toc_doc":"Fiscal Year 2016 Safety Research and Demonstration Program","toc_subject":"Funding Opportunities:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}