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| File:Transportation Technology Center logo.jpg TTCI logo | |
 Aerial view of Transportation Technology Center, facing approximately north-northwest. The prominent buildings on the right side of the photograph are the RDL (foreground) and CSB (background). | |
| Industry | Railroad equipment testing and training |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | High Speed Ground Test Center |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | North America |
Key people | Lisa Stabler, President |
Number of employees | 300 |
| Parent | Association of American Railroads Federal Railroad Administration |
| Website | www |
Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) is a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) which serves its member railroads.[1] Since 1982, operations at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) have been managed by a public-private partnership under the "care, custody, and control" contract awarded to AAR/TTCI. In March 2021, the contract renewal was awarded to ENSCO, Inc. and ENSCO will assume responsibility for research and development, testing, engineering, and training services at the TTC starting in October 2022.
The TTC is a railroad equipment testing and training facility located northeast of Pueblo, Colorado, owned by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). It was built in 1971 as the High Speed Ground Test Center (HSGTC) for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its original purpose was to test several hovertrain concepts. When those projects were completed in the 1970s, the site was handed to the FRA.
History
Public-private partnership
Due to reduced funding that threatened to close the facility, the FRA entered a public-private partnership with AAR in 1982, who would take over "care, custody, and control" of TTC.[2] AAR formed its TTCI subsidiary to administer the contract in 1998[3] and the contract has been renewed periodically as a single-source award since then.[4][5]
In March 2021, the FRA awarded the "care, custody, and control" contract to ENSCO, Inc., who will assume responsibility for operations and maintenance of TTC from TTCI. In addition, ENSCO will expand the use of TTC to support more general ground transportation research.[6]
References
- ^ "Testing Facilities & Equipment". Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ Holmes, Nathan D. (April 19, 2008). "A Look Inside the Transportation Test Center". Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "TTCI Is Evolving" (Press release). Transportation Technology Center, Inc. March 5, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Federal Railroad Administration Announces Contract Agreement with the Transportation Technology Center, Inc" (Press release). Federal Railroad Administration. September 15, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ Luczak, Marybeth (March 8, 2021). "TTC Management Transitioning to 'DOT-Wide' Contract". Railway Age. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "ENSCO awarded contract to manage Transportation Technology Center". Progressive Railroading. March 9, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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