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USDOT Proposes New Rule to Improve ‘Mega-Region’ Transportation Planning
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) jointly proposed a new rule this week that would improve coordination of multi-modal transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) serving the nation’s...
FTA Seeks Nominations for Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS)
The Federal Transit Administration recently published a Federal Register notice seeking nominations for up to 20 representatives from the public transportation safety community for TRACSmembership.
Federal Transit Administration Allocates Final $834.6 million in Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Funds
WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary Foxx announced the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will allocate the final $834.6 million available in Hurricane Sandy disaster recovery funding.
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces a TIFIA Loan of $874.6 Million for the Maryland Purple Line Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan of $874.6 million to Purple Line Transit Partners, LLC, for implementation of the Maryland Purple Line. The TIFIA loan will support the...
FTA Announces National Online Dialogue on Transit Worker Assaults
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is conducting a National Online Dialogue on preventing and mitigating transit worker assaults from June 13 to July 25, 2016. The online dialogue will provide public transportation stakeholders and others an opportunity to help identify risks and...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $37.45 Million for Bus Rapid Transit in Columbus, Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of $37.5 million in federal grant funds to the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) for a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service in Columbus. The new BRT Line, called CMAX, will...
Federal Transit Administration Acting Administrator Testifies About WMATA Metrorail Safety Oversight
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) temporary safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Metrorail system is seeing initial results across the system, FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers today...
FTA Requests Comments on Public Transportation Safety Standards
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) this week issued a Request for Comments to a compendium of existing public transportation safety standards and protocols.
FTA Issues Safety Advisory to Collect Information on Third Rail System Hazards
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) this week issued Safety Advisory 16-2 to collect information from State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs) regarding the condition and safety performance of contact rail (third rail) traction power electrification systems at rail...