FY24 CRS Congressionally Directed Spending-Track Intrusion System and Positive Train Control Project, CA
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: November 5, 2025
Archive date: December 14, 2025
Close date: November 14, 2025
Opportunity ID: 360834
Opportunity number: FR-CCD-24-009
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: DOT - Federal Railroad Administration
Agency code: DOT-FRA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
- Special district governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dot_fra
- category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:special_district_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Project will demonstrate the efficacy deploying artificial intelligence for prototype track intrusion detection, integrated with PTC, on a 4.1 mile stretch of railroad on the Ventura Subdivision to detect potential trespassers on the rail right-of-way and prevent strikes by alerting the train automatically. The funding will support the purchase of track intrusion equipment, i.e. cameras, LiDAR and/or radar to identify trespassers. Significant public benefits and preservation of life are anticipated by successful demonstration, upscaling, and transfer of this innovative approach to integrate technologies to prevent train strikes.