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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today the appointment of eight new and one returning member to TRACS. The safety committee was chartered in 2009 to provide a forum for the development, consideration, and communication of information regarding public transit safety.
FTA circulars provide instructions to grantees on how FTA grants are administered. This guidance provides grantees with direction on program specific issues and is a resource for grantees on how to comply with statutory and regulatory requirements. Grantees are required to comply with all...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of approximately $59 million for passenger ferry projects and ferry operators throughout the United States. The funds will support existing ferry service on many of the nation’s waterways, and...
This letter clarifies property acquisition requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Federal law requires sponsors of transit projects receiving major capital project funding from FTA to produce a Before-and-After Study that assesses the impact of the project...
The 2006 report was transmitted to Congress in August 2006 as a letter providing information on steps being taken by the Federal Transit Administration to implement the statutory requirement for conducting Before and After Studies of New Starts projects. Specific project information is not...
The 2007 report provides the results of a Before and After Study on the following New Starts project:
Utah Transit Authority - Medical Center Extension of the TRAX Light Rail System.The report was published and transmitted to Congress in September 2007.
The 2008 report, published and transmitted to Congress in September 2008, provides results of Before and After Studies on the following New Starts projects:
TriMet - Interstate MAX Light Rail ProjectPuerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority - Tren Urbano Heavy Rail ProjectSince the last Before and After Studies report of 2008, no additional studies have been due from New Starts or Small Starts project sponsors. Given that the last milestone for collecting information for the studies does not occur until two years after a project has opened, it can take a number...
The 2010 Before and After Studies of New Starts Projects reports that since the last report in 2009, no additional studies have been due from New Starts or Smalls Starts project sponsors. Given that the last milestone for collection of information for the project sponsor's Before-and-...