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In 2010, FTA initiated a State of Good Repair (SGR) grant program to support reinvestment in bus fleets and bus facilities for both urbanized and rural areas. Re-authorized under the 2015 FAST Act, the SGR Competitive Grants provide funding through a competitive allocation process to states and...
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...
An asset inventory is a register, repository or comprehensive list of an agency’s assets and specific information about those assets. It is intended to provide consistent information across all asset classes to support enterprise-level business processes, including capital programming and...
In 2011, the FTA awarded six one-time grants to public transportation providers to demonstrate effective TAM systems and “best practices”, which could be replicated to improve transportation asset management at the nation's rail and bus public transportation agencies.
Asset Management...
Helping transit agencies maintain bus and rail systems in a State of Good Repair (SGR) is one of FTA’s highest priorities. FTA recommends TAM practices to preserve and expand transit investments. Having well maintained, reliable transit infrastructure – track, signal systems, bridges, tunnels,...
PowerPoint presentation given during the Transit Worker Assault Online Dialogue Webinar.
Asset management is about data-driven management, using data and tools that best support an agency’s decision-making processes. An array of IT and modeling tools are available and used in the development and implementation of Transit Asset Management plans.
FTA letter to WMATA approving $20 million for SafeTrack maintenance program.
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...