FY26 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity
Funds building and testing a bus safety or accessibility concept meant to be widely deployable, not a one-off fix.
Buses are where transit systems are most exposed — drivers and passengers share a small, moving space with strangers, and that is where this money is aimed. The Federal Transit Administration wants prototypes that make existing and new buses safer for the people operating them and safer and more accessible for the people riding them.
The money funds developing and prototyping a concept under the …
Prototyping and developing bus safety, accessibility and operator-protection concepts meant for wide deployment across US transit fleets, awarded as a cooperative agreement with a required team role the notice calls a "TVM."
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