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Will serve as the administrative and operating facilities of the Brownsville transit system and national and international private transportation providers. It will also serve as a transfer point for rural and intercity operators and taxi cabs.

The Obama Administration’s Public Transportation Safety Program Act of 2009 would authorize the Secretary to establish and enforce minimum federal safety standards for rail transit systems — effectively breaking through the 1965 prohibition.

Project includes the expansion of the bus storage facility for Advance Transit's fleet of 30 buses and ADA vans, expanded maintenance areas and rehabilitation of the existing administrative offices.

Money will be used to build the $20.9 million, 167,000-acre Emil “Lucky” Reznick Operations, Administration and Maintenance Facility, the largest transit project to be built in Indiana in more than a decade.

The new measure enables transit agencies to amend previously submitted applications to redirect ARRA funds toward operating needs.

McMillan currently serves as the deputy executive director of policy for the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

The agency will make a “down payment” toward an eventual commitment of $3 billion by approving a $1.35 billion Early Systems Work Agreement (ESWA). The project will allow NJ Transit to double rail service capacity into Manhattan.

John Porcari's nomination as deputy secretary of transportation was also approved by the Senate. He previously served as secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation.