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TRB’s Transit Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) has delivered a letter report to Ronald Hynes, the deputy associate administrator for research, demonstration, and innovation for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The March 10, 2006, letter report presents the committee’s response to the September 30, 2005, version of FTA’s strategic research plan, including recommendations for disseminating and updating the plan and putting it into practice by linking it to FTA’s annual program of research. The report also addresses the role of earmarked and designated research within the context of FTA’s efforts to identify and conduct a balanced portfolio of research to meet the agency’s strategic goals and serve the transit community. In addition, the report explores opportunities to pursue research in support of three of FTA’s high-level goals--increasing ridership, improving capital and operating efficiencies, and protecting the environment and promoting energy independence. On this last topic, the report includes a discussion focused on transit applications of electric drive technologies.
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