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Milestones and Schedule

07/29/87 FTA Bus Testing Transit Operators' Review Group Meeting
10/28-29/87 FTA Bus Testing Transit Manufacturers' Review Group Meeting
03/17/88 FTA Joint Operators and Manufacturers' Review Group Meeting
08/02/88 Selection of Penn State to Implement and Operate the BTC
05/25/89 FTA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Bus Testing is Published
06/23/89 Penn State Contract Award
08/23/89 FTA Interim Final Rule on Bus Testing
10/30/89 Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center and Test Track Opening  Dedication Ceremony
10/09/90 First Revised FTA IFR issued
09/13/91 Second Revised FTA IFR issued
07/28/92 Third Revised FTA IFR issued
03/08/93 Public Meeting on Small Bus Testing
06/01/94 Phase-in of Small Bus Testing
Fall 1999 Begin Bus Brake Tests at BTC
Fall 1999 Begin Bus Emissions Tests at BTC

 

 

 

 

 

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