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NewsAugust 3, 2021

FTA Announces $5M Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center

Based in Silver Spring, Md., ITLC will serve as FTA’s first ever national technical assistance center to help transit agencies recruit, hire, train, and retain a diverse workforce needed now and in the future.

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NewsJuly 21, 2021

FTA: Americans Riding Public Transportation in Greater Numbers

Ridership is up for several agencies by up to 80%, including OKC's EMBARK and Richmond, Va.'s GRTC.

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NewsJuly 15, 2021

FTA Releases High-Priority Transit Safety Concerns RFI

The agency expanded its safety oversight capabilities in 2019, when it established an internal Safety Risk Management process to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor safety concerns impacting the transit industry.

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NewsJuly 15, 2021

UC Davis Adding New Flyer Battery-Electric Buses

The purchase is supported by FTA funds and begins conversion of the current Unitrans fleet, comprised of CNG buses, to zero-emission as existing vehicles reach end of life.

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NewsJuly 1, 2021

FTA Announces $16M Funding Opportunity to Help Communities Prosper through Transit

FTA’s Areas of Persistent Poverty Program supports planning, engineering and technical studies, or financial planning to improve transit services in any areas experiencing long-term economic distress, in rural and urban communities alike. It can also fund low and no emissions transit vehicles and associated infrastructure.

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NewsJune 25, 2021

FTA Awards $182M in Low or No Emission Grants

A total of 49 projects in 46 states and territories will receive funding through the program.

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NewsJune 15, 2021

Fernandez Confirmed as FTA Administrator

The Senate approves Nuria Fernandez as the nation’s 15th FTA administrator. She is also the first woman of color to lead the agency.

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NewsJune 14, 2021

FTA Allocates $250M in American Rescue Plan Funds to Small Starts Projects

The 22 projects represent several modes of transport, including bus rapid transit, streetcar, and light rail in 13 states.

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NewsJune 8, 2021

FTA Thanks Transit Agencies for Helping Americans Access COVID-19 Vaccination Sites

More than 350 transit systems are providing free transportation to vaccination sites or using their transit stations and facilities as vaccination sites, and some have even converted buses and other transit vehicles into mobile clinics.

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NewsApril 22, 2021

FTA makes $10M Available for TOD Planning

The funds will support comprehensive planning efforts that help connect communities, improve access to public transportation and affordable housing, and promote equitable delivery of benefits to underserved communities.

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