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U.S. federal law protects critically rare animal and plant species and their habitats. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C 1531) provides for the protection of species that are at risk of extinction throughout all, or a significant portion of their range, and for the...
Location: Denver, ColoradoProject Sponsor: Regional Transportation District (RTD)
RTD is proposing to provide commuter rail service between the Denver Union Station and Wheat Ridge, Colorado. FTA's environmental document reviewers...
Project Location: Dallas, TXProject Sponsor: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
DART's 9.3-mile light rail transit extension of the Orange Line extends northwest through Irving to Belt Line Road and...
Portland, OregonProject Sponsors: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon and Metro
The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project will travel 7.3 miles, connecting Portland State University in...
Project Location: Kansas City, MissouriProject Sponsor: City of Kansas City
The City of Kansas City will construct a streetcar project on Main Street that runs on approximately two miles of doubled track, with a...
In October 2023 at APTA TRANSform, FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez presented Chicago Transit Authority with FTA’s Excellence in Environmental Document Award for the Red Line Extension project. The proposed project will extend the Red Line an additional 5.6 miles, extending into...
Maintaining the nation's bus and rail systems in a State of Good Repair (SGR) is essential for delivering safe and reliable transit service to millions of daily riders and one of FTA’s highest priorities. FTA lead the nation's effort to address SGR by collaborating with industry and state and local governments to bring our public transportation infrastructure into the 21st century.
Process-Oriented Regulatory RequirementsThere are sveral requirements that relate to the procedures FTA should follow during te environmental review process for FTA-funded projects. While many of these procedures are general, there are some that establish a process for evaluating specific...
In accordance with 23 CFR 450.316, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is required to engage in a metropolitan planning process that creates opportunities for public involvement, participation, and consultation throughout the development of the Metropolitan Transportation...
Federal regulations require Metropolitan Transportation Plans (MTPs), Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), and Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) to be “fiscally constrained.”