CIVIC-FA Track B: Revitalizing Legacy Infrastructure Using Rapidly Deployable Pop-Up Metro — NSF Award to Carnegie Mellon Universi
The objective of this NSF Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) Stage 2 project is to explore and demonstrate an alternative model of rail transit development that revitalizes underutilized—or “legacy”—rail through partnerships. Rail transit in the United States faces several challenges that drive up costs and delay imple
| Award title | CIVIC-FA Track B: Revitalizing Legacy Infrastructure Using Rapidly Deployable Pop-Up Metro |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2527269 |
| Awardee | Carnegie Mellon University |
| City | PITTSBURGH |
| State | PA |
| Amount obligated | $700,000 |
| Principal investigator | Katherine Flanigan |
| Program | S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun |
| Start date | 10/01/2025 |
| Abstract | The objective of this NSF Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) Stage 2 project is to explore and demonstrate an alternative model of rail transit development that revitalizes underutilized—or “legacy”—rail through partnerships. Rail transit in the United States faces several challenges that drive up costs and delay implementation: technical complexity requiring expensive signaling and inspection systems, complex regulatory hurdles, rigid funding structures that limit financial innovation, and reli |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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