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PUBLIC LAW 100-17—APR. 2, 1987 SEC. 314. UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS. (a) GRANT PROGRAM; NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 11(b)
49 USC app. 1607c.
of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows: "(b) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.— "(1) GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—In addition
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'"•^ to grants authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the Sec-' retary shall make grants to one or more nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate one regional transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions which comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System. no "(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of each transporfii tation center established under this subsection shall include, %iX but not be limited to, the conduct of infrastructure research
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interpretation, publication, and dissemination of the results of such research. The responsibilities of one of such centers may include research on the testing of new model buses. The program of research at all research centers should cover more than one mode of transportation, and should take into consideration pj the proportion of funding for this subsection from funding available to carry out urban mass transportation projects under this Act and from the Highway Trust Fund. "(3) APPLICATION.—Any nonprofit institution of higher learning interested in receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and ,|,, containing such information as the Secretary may require by regulation. "(4) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall select recipients of grants under this subsection on the basis of the following criteria: "(A) The regional transportation center shall be located in a State which is representative of the needs of the Federal region for improved transportation services and facilities. "(B) The demonstrated research and extension resources available to the grant recipient for carrying out this subsection. "(C) The capability of the grant recipient to provide leadership in making national and regional contributions to the solution of both long-range and immediate transporters,, tation problems. "(D) The grant recipient shall have an established transportation program or programs encompassing several Q^j modes of transportation. "(E) The grant recipient shall have a demonstrated ts^'iii commitment to supporting ongoing transportation research " „ * programs with regularly budgeted institutional funds of at %," least $200,000 per year. "(F) The grant recipient shall have a demonstrated abil;, ity to disseminate results of transportation research and ' educational programs through a statewide or region wide f: continuing education program. "(G) The projects which the grant recipient proposes to carry out under the grant.
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