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Press Releases

If you are interested in searching for press releases prior to 2021, please visit our News Archive.

September 20, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $409.6 Million Funding Opportunity to Support America’s Transit Bus Fleets

Projects will support transit workforce development, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration...

September 14, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $25 Million Funding Opportunity to Help Transit Agencies Better Serve Their Communities

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a...

September 7, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces the Availability of $2.2 Billion in American Rescue Plan Funding to Help Transit Agencies with Additional Service Needs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)...

August 27, 2021

FTA National Transit Renewal Summit Highlights Best Practices by Transit Industry Partners to Increase Ridership

Top strategies include ridership campaigns, system design review, restoring public confidence in transit safety and leveraging partnerships

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation's...

August 24, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $81 Million Grant Award for Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit Project in Indianapolis

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a construction grant award of $81 million to the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo) for the Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit (...

August 10, 2021

100 Percent of Applicable Transit Agencies and States Now Have Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans

Transit Agencies and States Step Up to Meet Deadline, Create Safer Transit Options

WASHINGTON – More than 700 transit agencies around the United States have certified that they now have...

August 9, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $59.9 Million Grant Award for Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit Project in Seattle, Washington

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a construction grant award of $59.9 million to the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for the Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit (...

August 6, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $38 Million Funding Opportunity for Passenger Ferries & Facilities

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of up to $38 million in competitive grant funds through a...

August 2, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center

International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) in Silver Spring, Maryland Will Help Transit Agencies Nationwide Recruit and Train Workers in this Vital Sector

WASHINGTON – The U.S....

July 21, 2021

Americans Riding Public Transportation in Greater Numbers

Some Areas Seeing More Than 80 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Ridership

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that transit...