Metro: Impact State of Good Repair

The Bureau of the Census released its list of Urbanized Areas (UZAs) based on data collected in the 2010 Census.

Chicago Transit Authority SGR

Section 5309 of Title 49 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), as amended by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), emphasizes the need to improve the quality of ridership...

This report sheds light on the growing use of PPPs for transit capital projects – a trend which has been driven more by local transit agencies than Federal government encouragement or promotion – to provide significant new sources of...

1. Why is FTA maintaining a WMATA CAP tracking table?

   It is about transparency in FTA safety oversight activity of WMATA Metrorail and Metrobus, and providing a means for the public to track WMATA’s progress in implementing...

In 2006, the Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights initiated the Transportation Equity Research Program (TERP) pursuant to Section 3046(a)(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act, a Legacy for...

This report summarizes the experience and the test results from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Energy Storage Demonstration Project, a project that was partially funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). WMATA...

The WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) Metrorail System is the second busiest rapid transit system in the U.S. and includes 6 lines with more than 117 route-miles of track and 91 passenger stations. The trains are powered by more...

This report documents the effort led by TriMet, the City of Portland (City), and Portland Streetcar, Inc. (PSI) to domestically manufacture a streetcar for operation in the Portland Streetcar system.