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As the project sponsor, Santa Clara VTA is applying for $1.5 billion in FTA New Starts Program funding, completing the Phase II funding plan.
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Approximately $232.3 million will be dedicated to response, recovery, and rebuilding projects, with $44.2 million going toward resiliency projects.
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PIPP allows grantees the ability to identify FTA "barriers" that may impede project development using private partners.
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Will fund comprehensive planning to support transit ridership, multimodal connectivity, and mixed-use development near transit stations.
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Federal law requires states with rail transit systems to obtain FTA certification of their SSO Programs by April 15, 2019.
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With this most recent announcement, 12 states have now achieved SSO Program certification. By federal law, the deadline cannot be waived or extended.
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Low-No Program supports projects bringing bus technologies such as battery-electric power and hydrogen fuel cells into service.
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FTA is prohibited by law from awarding new federal transit funds to any transit provider in a state that fails to meet the deadline, until certification is achieved.
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The public debut of the battery-electric buses comes on the heels of a recent award of $3.165 million in FTA 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities funds to MetroLINK for the purchase of five additional Proterra battery-electric buses and charging equipment.
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There are 30 states that must obtain FTA certification of their SSO Programs by April 15, 2019.
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