TEA-21 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century Moving Americans into the 21st Century
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TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION
Year	1997*	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Technology Deployment**	$61M	$35M	$35M	$40M	$45M	$45M	$50M
LTAP	$8.827M	$7M	$7M	$8M	$9M	$10M	$10M
NHI	$4.269M	$5M	$6M	$6M	$7M	$7M	$8M
Fellowships	$2M	$2M	$2M	$2M	$2M	$2M	$2M

* Funded from multiple sources (ISTEA, GOE)
** Includes funding amounts to support TDIPP, Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program, and all designated projects (see details below)

Program Purpose

To significantly accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies by the surface transportation community.

Funding

Provides contract authority funding for technology deployment totaling $250 million. [5001(a)(2)]. Funding previously provided for technology deployment initiatives through annual appropriations for General Operating Expenses (GOE) is no longer available for these activities.

Funds continue to be subject to the overall Federal-aid obligation limitation, but will no longer receive limitation equal to 100 percent of available funding. They will now be included in the formula distribution of the limitation and will receive a prorated share on the same basis as other Federal-aid programs. [1102(c)(5)]

Obligations will now also be subject to a separate limitation within the overall Federal-aid obligation limitation. [5002]

Limitation set aside for research and technology programs may be carried over for 3 years. [1102(e), TRA 9002(b)(2)]

Program Elements

Technology Deployment Initiatives and Partnerships Program (TDIPP)—

Will focus on not more than 5 deployment goals to be determined by the Secretary that will produce tangible national benefits.

Use domestic and international technology to develop strategies and initiatives to achieve deployment goals, including technical assistance in deploying technology and mechanisms for sharing information among program participants.

Strategies will be established in cooperation with public, private, and academic partners; and will emphasize leveraging of Federal funds with other resources.

Program is to include technical assistance, information sharing mechanisms, and be integrated with efforts to disseminate DOT research.

Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program

Demonstrates the applications of innovative materials in the repair, rehabilitation, replacement and new construction of bridges and other structures.

A total of $108 million is targeted to demonstrate the application of innovative material technology in the construction of bridges and other structures by—

• the development of new, cost-effective innovative material highway bridge applications

• the reduction of maintenance costs and life-cycle costs of bridges, including the costs of new construction, replacement, or rehabilitation of deficient bridges

• the development of construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic congestion

• the development of engineering design criteria for innovative products and materials for use in highway bridges and structures

• the development of cost-effective and innovative techniques to separate vehicle and pedestrian traffic from railroad traffic

• the development of highway bridges and structures that will withstand natural disasters, including alternative processes for the seismic retrofit of bridges•1570

• the development of new nondestructive bridge evaluation technologies and techniques

Designated Technology Deployment Projects

The following projects are specifically identified to be funded from Technology Deployment funds authorized under Section 5001(a)(2):

Under University Grants—

• Advanced Vehicle Research at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) at $400,000 in each of FYs 1999-2003. [5116(d)]

• Geothermal Heat Pump Smart Bridge Program at Oklahoma State University at $1 million for FYs 1999-2001, and $500,000 for FY 2002. [5116(e), TRA 9001(f)(1)]

• Intelligent Stiffener for Bridge Stress Reduction at the University of Oklahoma at $1 million for FYs 1999 and 2000, and $500,000 for FY 2001. [5116(f), TRA 9011(f)(2)]

• Study of Advanced Trauma Care at University of Alabama (Birmingham) at $750,000 for each of FYs 1999-2003. [5116(g)]

• Center for Transportation Injury Research at Calspan University of Buffalo Research Center at $2 million for each of FYs 1998-2003. [5116(h)]

• Head and Spinal Cord Injury Research at Louisiana State University Medical Center and George Washington University’s Virginia Transportation Research Institute at $500,000 for each of FYs 1999-2003. [5116(i)]

Under the Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration program—

• Motor Vehicle Safety Warning System at $700,000 for each of FYs 1998-2000. [5117(b)(1)]

• Motor Carrier Advanced Sensor Control System at $700,000 for each of FYs 1998-2003. [5117(b)(2)]

• Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure at the 2 largest metropolitan areas in Pennsylvania at $1.7 million for each of FYs 1998-2003. [5117(b)(3)]

• Advanced Traffic Monitoring and Response Center at Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at $1.7 million for each of FYs 1998-2003. [5117 (b)(6)]

• Transportation Economic Land Use System at the New Jersey Institute of Technology at $1million for each of FYs 1998-2003. [5117(b)(7)]

Under Research, Development, Demonstration, and Training Projects–

• Advanced Technology Pilot Project for low speed magnetic levitation technology for public transportation purposes in urban areas at $5,000,000 in each of FYs 1999-2003. [3015(c)]

Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

Program to provide access to surface transportation technology.

Authorizes HTF contract authority totaling $51 million for 1998-2003. [5001(a)(3)]

Will continue to serve highway and transportation agencies in rural areas and urban areas of 500,000 to 1 million population; TEA-21 adds contractors that do work for these agencies as eligible recipients of LTAP program products.

Will continue to be administered through the national network of Technology Transfer Centers in each State and Puerto Rico and through the six regional centers serving over 540 native American tribal governments.

National Highway Institute (NHI)

Program to provide education and training to a broader group of transportation professionals.

Authorizes HTF contract authority totaling $39 million for 1998-2003. [5001(a)(3)]

The NHI may assess and collect fees from organizations receiving training to defray the costs of the NHI in developing or administering education and training programs under the authorizing subsection.

States may use up to ½ of 1 percent of STP funds for the payment of up to 80 percent of the cost of training through the NHI.

Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program

Program to attract qualified students to the field of transportation.

Authorizes HTF contract authority totaling $12 million for FYs 1998-2003. [5001(a)(3)]

September 14, 1998