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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2013

New tool calculates housing, transportation costs

The Location Affordability Portal will help consumers and communities better understand the combined costs of housing and transportation associated with living in a specific region, street or neighborhood and make better-informed decisions about where to live, work and invest.

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Newsby StaffOctober 7, 2013

33 University Transportation Centers receive $63M

Conduct research that directly supports the priorities of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote the safe, efficient and environmentally sound movement of goods and people.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

FTA, Kansas City celebrate transit improvements

The projects were funded primarily with a $10.5 million 2009 U.S. DOT Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

FTA to unveil ANPRM on Safety and Transit Asset Managment

A safety and transit asset management rulemaking is required by MAP-21 and covers several topics that signal FTA’s commitment to ensuring that efforts to keep transit systems in good working order goes hand-in-hand with efforts to keep them safe.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

U.S. DOT releases $474M for TIGER 2013 projects

Fifty-two transportation projects in 37 states will receive the funds. Applications for this most recent round of grants totaled more than $9 billion, far exceeding the $474 million set aside for the program.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2013

Rochester, N.Y. receives $15M train station grant

The project is one of 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia selected to receive funding under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s highly competitive $500 million TIGER 2012 program.

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Newsby StaffAugust 7, 2013

Federal, local officials open new Ohio transit center

The U.S.DOT provided $20 million for the $25 million project through the TIGER grant program. The remaining cost was covered by local funding sources.

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Newsby StaffJuly 2, 2013

Kansas unveils federally-funded transit center

The Mission Transit Center unites six Johnson County Transit bus routes, including the system’s newly launched JO Connex bus service. It features electronic displays with real-time bus route information and covered outdoor seating for a more comfortable rider experience.

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Videosby StaffJune 27, 2013

President Obama Nominates Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation

President Obama announces Mayor Anthony Foxx, of Charlotte, N.C., as his nominee to be the next Secretary of Transportation. April 29, 2013.

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Newsby StaffJune 24, 2013

Massachusetts transit unveils $5.2M bus terminal

Includes an enclosed, climate-controlled passenger waiting area, five off-street bus bays to accommodate 14 bus routes that serve approximately 3,500 riders each day, a full-service ticket counter, public restrooms and space for a future coffee shop. The new center replaces a small mobile trailer that had been a temporary fix since 2006.

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