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Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle R&D; Strategic PlanPrevious section | Table of contents | Next section 4. MILESTONES AND PRIORITIZATION OF TASKSConsistent with its dynamic, flexible, bottom-up approach to annual project portfolio development, the AVP defines research priorities on an annual basis, prioritizes project proposals based on case-by-case peer review, and develops detailed milestones specific to each project selected for funding. FY 2001 research priorities are documented in the FY 2001 Program Announcement shown in Appendix A. Milestones for projects selected in FY 1999 are documented in the project summaries shown in Appendix B. More specific milestones and priorities are appropriate for FTA’s transit bus research, which projects the following accomplishments in FY 2001:
FRA’s HSGT research also has specific milestones and priorities that are presented in other DOT budget and planning documents, and address issues such as safety, reliability, cost, noise, and migration paths for new train control systems. This R&D plan includes one new task, the development of systems in which vehicle performance and emission-related malfunctions in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are reported to remote locations that track this data and link it to other vehicle-specific data (e.g., registration status), and which are projected to be cost-effective relative to other pollution control strategies; in particular, periodic and/or roadside emissions inspection for these vehicles. The priority for FY 2001 will be to bring together potential partners (FTA, ITS JPO, EPA, and manufacturers) to develop target technical characteristics for such systems, identify leading technological and administrative approaches, and agree to a plan for research that will lead to a production prototype by 2005 to be demonstrated the following year in one or more locations. The ITS JPO will initiate this coordination and identify funding requirements for FY 2002 and beyond. |
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