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Transit projects frequently produce social and economic externalities and may influence the character and nature of communities. These impacts should be addressed in environmental documents and generally fall into the following categories: land acquisition, community impacts, land use...
Navigable waterways are those waters of the U.S. that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide shoreward to the mean high water mark, and that are presently used, have been used in the past, or may be susceptible to use for transport of interstate or...
Commonly called the Section 106 process, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C 470) requires projects which include federal...
Uncontrolled disposal of industrial waste creates adverse impacts on public health and the environment. Materials that may constitute a hazardous waste include petroleum products, pesticides, organic compounds, heavy metals, or other compounds injurious to human health and the...
A floodplain is the lowland adjacent to a river, lake, or ocean. Floodplains are designated by the rarity of the flood that is large enough to inundate them. For example, a 10-year floodplain is likely to be inundated by a 10-year flood and a 100-year floodplain by a 100-year flood....
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...
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...
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.