Project Grant R01OH012695

This $365,955 project grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will fund research by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute related to preventing rural crashes involving logging trucks and improving data collection on such crashes. Specific objectives include identifying topics for risk communication messaging and training tailored to logging truck drivers and law enforcement. This will be done through a literature review on risk factors for logging truck crashes or those...

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute was awarded $385,261 under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The two-year project grant will support research to improve commercial motor vehicle safety in work zones. Key deliverables include identifying factors contributing to crashes in work zones and developing crash profiles by...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $325,949 Project Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 20.237) program to the Truck Safety Coalition, a non-profit organization. The purpose of the grant is to work collaboratively with state law enforcement to conduct training on properly identifying and documenting underride crashes in an effort to improve the...

This $241,128 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will support North Dakota State University in developing and delivering large truck safety education programs through September 2024. As part of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program, the University will analyze crash data to identify at-risk driver groups and regions for outreach. It will then create training and informational materials on topics like...

The Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $113,904 Project Grant to Truck Driver Institute Of Florida, Inc. under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants program (CFDA 20.235). The grant aims to expand commercial driver's license (CDL) holders' enhanced operator safety training to help reduce crashes involving commercial motor vehicles on U.S. roads, as defined in Title 49 of the U.S. Code. Specifically, from August 1, 2021...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration provides $1,751,504 to the Regents of the University of California, San Diego through September 30, 2024 to address problems of distracted driving and work zone crashes among commercial motor vehicle drivers. Through the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237), the University will conduct research and deliver...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $426,857 Project Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The goal of this 2-year project is to improve large truck data analysis using a systematic crash chain and contributing factor classification system based on the Federal Aviation Administration's Human Factors Analysis and...

This $250,045 National Science Foundation project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on developing technologies and policies to enable remote operation of long-distance trucks. The research team will develop data-driven systems to continuously monitor challenging traffic conditions for remote operators. They will also develop safety filters mediating commands between autonomous systems and remote operators. The project will...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $184,984 Project Grant to Tidewater Community College in Virginia. The grant, provided under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants program (CFDA 20.235), will fund the college's efforts to recruit and enroll at least 63 students, including from underserved communities, in its commercial driver's license (CDL) training program. The goal of the program is to expand the number of CDL...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $429,221 project grant to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program. The grant aims to augment existing teen driver education programs conducted by the Institute related to quality driver training, law enforcement engagement, effective outreach strategies, and parental involvement. This will be accomplished through peer-to-peer...