Preface

The research for this report was conducted by the Economic and Industry Analysis Division, Office of System and Economic Assessment, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation under the sponsorship of the Advanced Public Transportation Systems Division, Office of Mobility Innovation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation. Charlene Wilder was the FTA project manager. Funding was provided by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS/JPO), Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Joseph I. Peters was the sponsor. This report is the fifth in a series of biennial reports tracking the existing and planned deployments of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) technologies and services in the United States.

Appreciation goes to Jonathan Driscoll who made the contacts with all of the agencies outside of the 78 largest metropolitan areas and produced the report data tables. Appreciation also goes to Steve Gordon of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Juan Noltenius and Andrew Dixson of SAIC for supplying the survey method and instrument, the data for the 78 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, and for use of the server on which the survey responses were stored. FTA and ITS/JPO staff gave many helpful suggestions and comments on the survey, interim data summaries and reports. These staff include: Brian Cronin, Sean Ricketson, William Wiggins, Terrell Williams, Mary Beth Mello, and Yehuda Gross. Finally, appreciation goes to all the agencies that supplied information for this report.