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Federal Highway Administration 2023 Annual Modal Research Plan
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2023 Annual Modal Research Plan
SS4A 2023 Round 1 Award List
This document lists all of the awardees in Round 1 of the fiscal year 2023 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.
April 24, 2023: USDOT Response to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Connected Vehicles
Planning for Electric Buses
Planning for the adoption of electric buses and the installation of charging infrastructure will likely be driven by the transit agency, in coordination with the many partners previously discussed. Many existing resources provide guidance on incorporating BEBs into service, such as the Transit...
Planning for Micromobility
Given the shorter distance of many trips taken with micromobility devices, micromobility charging infrastructure planning typically occurs at the community- or site-level.
Charging of micromobility devices may take place at home, at work, or in public places. For example, Oregon...
Electric Bus Partners
The deployment of charging infrastructure for BEBs by transit agencies requires coordination with many of the same partners described above for light-duty EV chargers. Relationships and coordination with Tribal, State, and Federal agencies can provide access to information, resources, and...
Micromobility Partners
Deploying micromobility charging infrastructure, shown in the figure below, involves a smaller ecosystem of partners including shared micromobility providers, micromobility charging infrastructure providers, and site hosts. Shared micromobility providers are public or private entities that own,...
Benefits and Implementation Challenges of Bus Electrification
The number of transit BEBs currently on order or operating in the U.S. grew 112 percent from 2018 to 2021. As of 2021, more than 1,300 zero-emission transit buses were delivered or awarded to U.S. transit agencies, although this encompasses only 2 percent of the U.S. transit bus fleet. Similarly...