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FTA grant will enable the Rockford Mass Transit District to add 17 new bus shelters along key routes. The agency has seen a recent spike in senior riders and riders in wheelchairs.
Read More →Located in the heart of Albuquerque, the Montaño Intermodal Center will be an integral piece to the regional transportation network, linking ABQ Ride buses and New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail, as well as a catalyst for redevelopment in the area.
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The 11-mile Central Corridor light rail line, which includes 18 new stations, 31 new rail cars and a new vehicle maintenance facility in St. Paul, is scheduled to open in 2014.
Read More →The new Forden station, a 9,000-square-foot indoor transfer facility, will serve approximately 1.5 million riders a year. The FTA contributed $600,000 in Recovery Act funds to the $5.3 million project.
Read More →The Connecticut DOT proposes to construct the New Britain-Hartford Busway, an exclusive-guideway BRT system along a 9.4-mile corridor between downtown New Britain and downtown Hartford.
Read More →The attorney was hired to sue the City and County of Honolulu and the FTA to stop the $5.5 billion project.
Read More →Approved the $1.49 billion Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project to enter into Final Design. The project can now be developed from its current 30 percent design to 100 percent design. TriMet expects to sign the Full Funding Grant Agreement by mid-2012, moving the project into full construction.
Read More →What seemed like a run-of-the-mill transportation regulation story attracted lots of mainstream media attention. Their angle: Americans are getting fatter. Beyond that, though, what will the FTA's potential passenger weight changes mean for the industry?
Read More →The FTA will look into allegations leveled last fall that service cuts made by the transit agency during the last three years discriminated against minority and low-income transit riders.
Read More →To more accurately reflect the average American's weight, the agency is proposing an adjustment, from 150 lbs. to 175 lbs.
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