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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...
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...
Transit serves many public purposes, among the most important ones are: affordable mobility, congestion management, and supporting neighborhoods served by intensive transit services. These objectives are not mutually exclusive and frequently overlap.
Public PurposesAffordable Mobility[...