Administrator Fernandez: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Testimony

Testimony of FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez during a field hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in Washington, DC.

Dear Colleague Letter: Intercity Bus Nationwide Allocation Model

This Dear Colleague letter informs State Departments of Transportation that intercity bus providers that request to use a nationwide model to allocate costs are eligible to be reimbursed for net operating costs under FTA’s Formula Grants for Rural Areas program (Section 5311(f)), including...

Biden Administration Announces Historic Funding to Modernize Ferry Service and Connect Rural Communities

New investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law focus on rural service and ferry electrification

WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration is announcing historic levels of funding to improve and expand ferry service in communities across the country,...

Transit Programs Increase Access to Voting

Public transportation plays an important role connecting millions of Americans to jobs, vital services, and civic participation, including voting. Transit providers across the country are distinctly positioned to reduce some of the obstacles Americans face to exercising their sacred, fundamental...

President Biden, USDOT Announce More Than $573 Million in Available Funding from the New Railroad Crossing Elimination Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing more than $573 million in available grant funding this year alone for the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program. This new competitive discretionary grant program – which will...

Impacts on Transit

Presented on May 10 at the 2022 CTAA Expo in Louisville, KY.

Region IV GM Webinar

FTA Region IV conducted the GM Webinar on November 29, 2022 and presented updates on: Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law, FTA Funding and Apportionment status, TrAMS, Legal, NEPA, Civil Rights, and general FTA Program and Policy discussion.

Nationwide Historic Bridges Programmatic Evaluation

Programmatic Section 4(f) evaluation and approval for FRA or FTA projects that necessitate the use of historic bridges.

Nationwide Net Benefit Programmatic Evaluation

Programmatic Section 4(f) evaluation and approval for transportation projects that have a net benefit to a Section 4(f) property.

Federal Transit Administration Issues Directives to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to Correct Safety Issues

WASHINGTON – To improve safety for the Greater Boston Area's rail transit system, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today issued a series of special directives to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Department of...