Research Results Digest 103: Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility

摘要

The International Transit Studies Program (ITSP) is a part of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), authorized by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and reauthorized, in 2005, by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. TCRP is managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies and is funded annually by a grant from the FTA. ITSP is managed by Harrington-Hughes & Associates, Inc., under a contract with the National Academies. The TCRP has sponsored the ITSP since 1994. The primary purpose of the program is to broaden the professional development of U.S. transit managers by providing them with opportunities to visit transit systems abroad; the managers return with insights and knowledge useful to their organizations, the transit industry, and their own transit careers. ITSP carries out its mandate by offering transportation professionals practical insight into global public transportation operations. The program affords the opportunity for them to visit and study exemplary transit operations outside the United States.