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

A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF TCRP RESEARCH ALLOCATIONS FOR 1996 POC: Steve Andrle, 202/334-3224. The Transit Development Corporation's Board of Directors met in Washington, D.C., on December 8 and 9, 1995, and selected the following new projects for the Transit Cooperative Research Program in fiscal year 1996: A-15, Development of Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Principles, Practices and Procedures; A-16, Developing a Dynamic Transit Signal Preemption Capability Without Deteriorating Network Traffic Flow; A-17, Joint Trackage Use of Light Rail Transit and/or Diesel Multiple Unit Transit with Freight Railroads; A-18, Effective Programs and Techniques to Reduce Bus Accidents; A-19, Merging Operations for Schools and Rural Providers: A Manual of Best Practices; B-12, Update the ``Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes'' Handbook (DOT-FH-11-9579); B-13, Assessment of Marketing Techniques for Small Transit Organizations; C-10, Transit Bus-Related Research; G-5, Management Practices at Smaller Transit Systems; H-12, Integrated Urban Models for Simulation of Transit and Land Use Policies; J-8, New Paradigms for Public Transit. Project statements inviting proposals for research on most of these projects will be issued in mid 1996, and research will begin at the end of 1996. Project Statements will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nas.edu/trb/about/research.html#tcrp. Inquiries may be addressed to Manager TCRP, Cooperative Research Programs, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. (026)

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