(SBIR) DOT/ - Methods for Upgrading Existing Automatic Train Control (ATC) Systems
Score: **** Methods for Upgrading Existing Automatic Train Control (ATC) Systems DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FT3 Federal Transit Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Develop and test methods for modifying existing ATC systems to improve ride quality, energy conservation, safety or operational performance....
(SBIR) DOT/FHWA - DGPS Receiver/Demodulator with Location Determination by Time/Phase Difference of Arrival
Score: *** DGPS Receiver/Demodulator with Location Determination by Time/Phase Difference of Arrival DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FH1 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 The U....
(SBIR) DOT/FHWA - Tools to Improve Real-Time Highway Construction Quality Control
Score: *** Tools to Improve Real-Time Highway Construction Quality Control DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FH3 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 An important focus of FHWA's vision of the future is long-life pavements and structures....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Development of Consolidated Six-Degree-of-Freedom Kinematics Sensor Array for Impact Testing
Score: *** Development of Consolidated Six-Degree-of-Freedom Kinematics Sensor Array for Impact Testing DOT SBIR - Topic 07-NH1 National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 The development of sensor technology to improve occupant and vehicle kinematics measurement during impact events will provide researchers with improved data for the evaluation of occupant response and vehicle crashworthiness....
(SBIR) DOT/PHMSA - Pipeline Safety
Score: *** Pipeline Safety DOT SBIR - Topic 07-PH1 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 America receives over two-thirds of the crude and petroleum products for more than 55 million residential and commercial customers, through more than 160,000 miles of pipelines (based on year 2004 liquid pipeline operator national mileage information)....
(SBIR) DOT/FHWA - Time-Resolved Microwave Thermoreflectometry for Corrosion Detection in Concrete
Score: *** Time-Resolved Microwave Thermoreflectometry for Corrosion Detection in Concrete DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FH2 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Corrosion of steel reinforcements in concrete is a major problem for the transportation infrastructure....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Non-contact Roof Measurement System for Use in Dynamic Rollover Testing
Score: *** Non-contact Roof Measurement System for Use in Dynamic Rollover Testing DOT SBIR - Topic 07-NH2 National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Roof deformation during rollover crashes and its relationship to occupant safety has been the subject of considerable safety discussion....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Continued Communication Capability in the Event of a Train-line Break in a Passenger Train
Score: ** Continued Communication Capability in the Event of a Train-line Break in a Passenger Train DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FR3 Federal Railroad Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 In the event of an emergency or an unusual occurrence in which the communication train-line circuit is broken, passenger rail vehicles equipped with public address (PA)/intercom systems lose the capability for communications throughout the entire train....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Very High Speed Third Rail Insulator Cleaning
Score: ** Very High Speed Third Rail Insulator Cleaning DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FT4 Federal Transit Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 The third rail carries electricity, some 600 to 1,000 volts, that powers rail rapid transit systems....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Quick-release Emergency Egress Panel on Cab Car End Doors
Score: ** Quick-release Emergency Egress Panel on Cab Car End Doors DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FR2 Federal Railroad Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 The NTSB has identified end door kick panels as a potential mechanism for emergency egress of passengers subsequent to a train accident....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Locking Mechanism for Rotating Seats
Score: ** Locking Mechanism for Rotating Seats DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FR1 Federal Railroad Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 The NTSB has identified inter-city rail passenger seats which have rotated out of position as a potential impediment to emergency egress, after an accident....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Linear Induction Motors (LIM) Door Closer for Rapid Rail Vehicles
Score: ** Linear Induction Motors (LIM) Door Closer for Rapid Rail Vehicles DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FT1 Federal Transit Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Dependable, swift, silent, energy-efficient door closure for transit railcars is essential to smooth operation and fast, safe exit and entrance of passengers....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Better/Faster Breaking Systems
Score: ** Better/Faster Breaking Systems DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FT5 Federal Transit Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Apply advanced mechanical, electrical, and computer control technologies to braking for rapid rail transit and light rail transit trucks, commuter rail locomotives, and unpowered passenger railcars....
(SBIR) DOT/PHMSA - Hazardous Materials
Score: ** Hazardous Materials DOT SBIR - Topic 07-PH2 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Hazardous materials are essential to the economy of the United States and the well-being of its people....
(SBIR) DOT/FHWA - Quick Highway Incident Detection and Incident Warning Systems
Score: ** Quick Highway Incident Detection and Incident Warning Systems DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FH4 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Highway incidents have been a major cause of highway congestion (for example, up to 75% of delays on freeways are caused by incidents), and also a major source for secondary crashes, due to slowed or stopped traffic....
(SBIR) DOT/FMCSA - Safety Belt Device or Technology to Increase Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers and Their Passengers
Score: ** Safety Belt Device or Technology to Increase Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers and Their Passengers DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FM1 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 FMCSA research has shown that drivers of about 59% of commercial motor vehicles (those weighing 10,000 pounds or more that operate in interstate commerce) buckle their safety belts as compared to about 82% of passenger vehicle drivers....
(SBIR) DOT/ - Hybrid Propulsion for Rail Locomotives
Score: ** Hybrid Propulsion for Rail Locomotives DOT SBIR - Topic 07-FT2 Federal Transit Administration DTRT57-07-R-SBIR - Opens: February 15, 2007 | Closes: May 1, 2007 Reduce energy consumption and emissions from diesel locomotives through hybrid propulsion, using either hydraulic energy storage systems or electric drives and batteries. 6 Phase I may be up to $100,00 and Phase II $500,00....