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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 29, 2023

FTA Announces Available Funding for Tribal Transit Projects

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law increased competitive funding for the Tribal Transit Program by nearly 83% per year for five years.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 28, 2023

SEPTA's E&A Program Finds $38M in Benefits

The E&A Program, which began in 2020, is a grassroots framework to brainstorm, evaluate, prioritize, and implement employee-driven efficiency initiatives while simultaneously improving collaboration.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 28, 2023

Hele-On Extends Fare-Free Pilot

The free fares continue to be funded through an American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant which will cover the lost fares in 2023, 2024, and 2025.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 28, 2023

New Partnership Uses AI to Predict Fleet Maintenance

The partnership marks the first joint effort between a predictive maintenance company and a planning and operations platform. 

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 28, 2023

MBTA Names New GM

Phillip Eng is an engineer with nearly 40 years of experience in transportation, including as president of the MTA's Long Island Rail Road and interim president of New York City Transit.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 28, 2023

L.A. Metro Board Approves Hiring of Transit Security Officers

The Board also authorized the agency to re-negotiate and potentially extend for up to three years its contracts with its law enforcement partners.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 27, 2023

D.C. Metro Transit Police Starts Body-Worn Camera Program

The body-worn cameras will supplement the more than 20,000 cameras Metro has throughout the rail, bus, and paratransit system to further strengthen public safety and security efforts.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 27, 2023

N.Y. MTA Calls for Bus Camera Enforcement Expansion to Be in State Budget

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal included making ABLE camera enforcement permanent and would also create a five-year pilot program allowing New York City Transit and NYCDOT to enforce applicable local laws and regulations regarding bus operation related traffic restrictions

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 27, 2023

Sound Transit Names Preferred Alternative for Rail Extension

The board weighed community priorities, regional needs and input from agencies and the City of Seattle, analysis of alternatives included in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and results of further studies and engagement directed by the board in July 2022.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 27, 2023

FTA Announces Availability of Emergency Relief Funding

To receive funding, transit agencies must have eligible expenses resulting from an event for which the president declared a major disaster within those timeframes. 

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