Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The same hurdles – the Keystone XL oil pipeline and funding the bill – still exist without any new solutions being posited.

The U.S. DOT received 703 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

The first-of-its-kind app that gives bus riders a quick and free way to review a bus company's safety record before buying a ticket or booking group travel.

U.S. DOT projects that $101 billion, plus increases for inflation, would be needed annually over the next 20 years from all levels of government to keep the highway system in its current state.

The FTA anticipates that for certain transit projects, the streamlined review process would be five times faster, making it the most efficient it has been in 20 years.

The program provides Federal credit assistance to nationally or regionally significant surface transportation projects, including highway, transit and rail.

The projects, included in President Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget, will put thousands of Americans to work building the vital infrastructure the nation needs to improve access to jobs while reducing U.S. dependence on oil and spurring new economic development.

The 12-mile West Rail Line project created more than 500 construction-related jobs, according to the Denver Regional Transportation District.

The notice of funding availability published in the Federal Register invites competitive proposals for three of the FTA's top policy priorities through the discretionary Bus and Bus Facilities and Clean Fuels grant programs.

Projects will be evaluated on primary criteria that include safety, economic competitiveness, livability, environmental sustainability, state of repair and short-term job creation.