Program Overview
The transit capital investment program (49 U.S.C. 5309) provides capital assistance for three primary activities:
New and replacement buses and facilities (Bus and Bus Related Equipment and Facilities...
News Archive
- January 3, 2016
- January 3, 2016
Note: This information is provided for historical reference only. The information contained on this page reflects information about this program under the previous authorizing legislation entitled the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,...
- January 3, 2016
Program Overview
Section 3010 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Pub. L. No. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1572 (2005), amended section 5308 of title 49 United...
- January 3, 2016
This program maintains authority for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to establish a program that requires grantees to conduct pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of public...
- January 3, 2016
To support research activities that improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of public transportation by investing in the development, testing, and deployment of innovative technologies,...
- January 3, 2016
This section establishes new requirements for transit asset management by FTA’s grantees as well as new reporting requirements to promote accountability. The goal of improved transit asset management is to implement a...
- January 3, 2016
Provides funding to advance planning efforts that support transit-oriented development (TOD) associated with new fixed-guideway and core capacity improvement projects. TOD focuses growth around transit stations to...
- January 3, 2016
Promote the development and demonstration of targeted energy efficiency-enhancing for buses utilized in public transportation.
- January 3, 2016
Program Overview
Grants for University Transportation Research (49 U.S.C. 5505) are awarded to non-profit institutions of higher learning by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) using funds...
- January 1, 2016
November 6, 2014
Safety Message from the FTA Administrator
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is working diligently to stand up the National Public Transportation Safety Program under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st...