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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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A total of 49 projects in 46 states and territories will receive funding through the program.
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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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The 22 projects represent several modes of transport, including bus rapid transit, streetcar, and light rail in 13 states.
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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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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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Original funding for the electric bus came from the FTA through the Low- or No-Emission Grant Program.
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Funding is provided through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2), signed by President Biden on March 11.
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Priority will be given to projects that help improve air quality and support environmental justice.
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Under FTA’s TVIDC program, CTE formed the panel to address transit bus testing and research topics related to zero-emission bus development and adoption.
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