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Newsby StaffFebruary 4, 2015

Obama budget includes $100 million for L.A. subway extension

The President's budget also recommends that Section 2 -- a 2.6-mile extension of the subway receive a Full Funding Grant Agreement which, if granted, would serve as the commitment to provide federal matching funds for this portion of the subway.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 22, 2015

Pace unveils $2.3 billion plan for rapid transit network

The plan for which the agency aims to tap federal funding would create arterial bus rapid transit and suburban expressway services.

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Newsby StaffNovember 18, 2014

Report: Parking subsidies leave taxpayers shouldering $7.3 billion burden annually

Report found that the federal parking subsidy puts 820,000 more cars on America’s most congested roads in its most congested cities.

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ArticlesOctober 16, 2014

2014 Women In Transportation: Petra Mollet

Chief of Staff APTA Washington, D.C.

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ArticlesSeptember 25, 2014

Rail Projects Find Ways to Cope with Scarce Federal Dollars

Despite record levels of funding, demand for rail transit investment continues to outstrip available funding. Here is how several cities are finding ways to fill the gap.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 19, 2014

House panel approves Amtrak overhaul

The Northeast Corridor operating between Boston and Washington also would be the only part of the passenger rail system to qualify for high-speed rail funding – to improve the speed of its Acela trains.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2014

U.S. DOT announces $12.2 million for M-1 RAIL in Detroit

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx joined local, state and federal government officials, private donors and the Detroit community at a “Track Signing Ceremony” in Detroit to announce the TIGER grant for the M-1 RAIL project.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2014

Cincinnati streetcar unlikely to receive $5M fed grant

The regional transit authority's grant application rated poorly in a standard scoring process completed by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments transportation planning agency, according to documents obtained by The Enquirer.

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Videosby StaffJune 26, 2014

Why Care About the Highway Trust Fund?

The Highway Trust Fund -- our federal funding for roads, bridges, and transit systems -- is on course to become insolvent by August, jeopardizing America's infrastructure and its economy.

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Newsby StaffMay 28, 2014

Edmonton light rail project receives $150M infusion

The project is the first funding announcement since the launch of the New Building Canada Fund, the Government of Canada's unprecedented long-term infrastructure plan.

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