Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418

A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF TCRP RESEARCH ALLOCATIONS FOR FY '99 POC Brenda Sharek (202) 334-2176 Announcement of TCRP Research Allocations for 1999 (FY '99) The Transit Development Corporation's Board of Directors met in Washington, D.C., on October 29-30, 1998, and selected the following new projects for the Transit Cooperative Research Program in fiscal year 1999: A- 21, Practices of Innovative and High-Productivity Transit Services in Rural and Small Urban Areas; A-22, Simulators as an Effective Training Tool to Reduce Bus Accidents; A-23, Implementation Guidelines for Bus Rapid Transit Systems; B-19, Providing Transit Options for Older Americans; B-20, Building Market Share for Public Transportation; B-21, Effective Approaches to Meeting Rural Intercity Bus Transportation Needs. Preliminary scopes of work for each project are available on the Internet at http://www2.nas.edu/trbcrp under "Anticipated Projects." Project Statements inviting proposals will be available at the same Internet site beginning around April 1999. You may register electronically at the same site for notification of project statement postings. Inquiries may also be addressed to Manager TCRP, Cooperative Research Programs, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. Posted 12/17/98 (W-SN281345). (0351)

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