The FLC is one of the primary mechanisms for making federal government research resources and results available to others. It was organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 to promote and to strengthen technology transfer nationwide. Over 600 major federal laboratories and centers and their parent departments and agencies participate in the FLC. Among the organizations' different technology categories are: automotive, energy and transportation.

This was a successfully completed partnership between Iowa DOT, Michigan DOT, Minnesota DOT, Iowa State University, FHWA, and several private companies to develop an advanced highway winter maintenance and snow removal vehicle, incorporating automatic vehicle location and navigation systems, on-board computers and data recorders, and advanced communication systems.

This is a partnership between Minnesota DOT, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Hennepin County, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and several private companies, to implement Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) innovations for both the highway and transit modes in the Twin Cities area.

NASA research announcements in several different categories can be accessed from this site. Scientific and technical information is available at http://www.nasa.gov/techinfo.html With particular regard to transportation, the NASA Aerospace Technology Enterprise includes a number of NASA Aerospace Research and Technology (R&T) Base Programs and Aerospace Focused Technology Programs with relevance to civil aviation. They can be accessed at http://www.aero-space.nasa.gov/programs/index.htm

This is a partnership between a rural transit agency, PRTC, and several federal, state, and private sector partners including FHWA, FTA, and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, to apply ITS innovations to a rural transit system. Specifically, it includes technologies such as GPS-based Advanced Vehicle Location (AVL), and operating concepts such as demand-responsive dynamic route and schedule planning, to provide cost-effective transit service for elderly and disabled persons as well as the general population in a low-density suburban/rural region not amenable to traditional fixed-route transit.

NIST manages the Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program (ATP), accessible a http://www.atp.nist.gov/

This site lists the Commerce Department's current 'domestic and international 'Activities and Partnerships'. Transportation-related partnerships under the Technology Administration include the following:

DARPA is the primary research and development organization within the Department of Defense. DARPA utilizes industry briefings and symposia, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, and the federal procurement process to enter into research projects, including partnerships. DARPA also has been granted broad authority to enter into "innovative agreements and other transactions" to support research and development activities. Thus, DARPA is able to channel its support through a variety of legal instruments and flexible arrangements. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) are not applicable to agreements under this authority.

Information about OTT's other advanced technologies projects is accessible on http://www.ott.doe.gov/technologies.shtml

• Advanced Vehicle Technologies Program (AVP). http://scitech.dot.gov/partners/nextsur/avp/index.html Authorized in 1998 under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century, AVP is managed DOT in partnership with other federal agencies (DOD, DOE), the private sector, research institutions, and state and local governments. The AVP is designed to complement the activities of the PNGV and other vehicle-related programs by addressing needs not currently met in these federal initiatives. Among the program activities is the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle (EHV) Technologies Program, originally managed by DARPA since its inception in 1992, and including seven regional consortia in California (2), Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Aviation Research. http://www.research.faa.gov/aar

• FAA, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ. http://www.tc.faa.gov

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Research, Development and Technology Service Business Unit. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/sburdat.htm

• FHWA, Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center, McLean VA. http://www.tfhrc.gov

• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Research and Development. http://www.fra.dot.gov/o/dev/index.htm

• FRA, High Speed Ground Transportation, http://www.fra.dot.gov/o/hsgt/

• FRA. Positive Train Control, http://frarnd.volpe.dot.gov/html/ptc/fra-ptc.html

• Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Research and Technology Programs. http://www.fta.dot.gov/research/

• FTA, Advanced Technology Transit Bus (ATTB). http://www.fta.dot.gov/research/equip/buseq/attb/attb.htm

• FTA, Joint Partnership Program for the Deployment of Innovations (JPP). http://www.fta.dot.gov/research/implem/jpp/jpp.htm The JPP was authorized by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) of 1998. It enables FTA to enter into joint-funded programs to deploy advanced transit technologies with the private sector, transit agencies and other government organizations.

• Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO). http://www.its.dot.gov

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Research and Development. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/

• NHTSA, Crash Injury Research and Evaluation Network (CIREN). http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov

• Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge MA. http://www.volpe.dot.gov/

• U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Groton CT. http://www.rdc.uscg.mil/

This is a series of local partnerships between the EPA and local governments, citizen groups, businesses, and associations, to develop transportation choices tailored to the needs of a community, which enhance quality of life and the environment and reduce vehicle miles traveled.