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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 31, 2023

OLI Awards Grants for Rail Safety Public Awareness Campaigns

The grants will fund a variety of crossing safety and trespass prevention public education projects.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 1, 2023

USDOT Announces Grants for California Road Improvements

This investment comes as traffic fatalities reached a 16-year high in 2021 and preliminary data indicates will remain near those levels in 2022.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 27, 2023

New FTA Funding Aims to Modernize Ferry Services, Reduce Emissions

In total, FTA is awarding 23 grants across 11 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 18, 2023

Metra Breaks Record for Competitive Federal Grants

The Chicago area’s congressional delegation helped secure $204.1 million in competitive federal grants.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 13, 2022

NJ TRANSIT Awarded Grant to Study TOD Along HBLR Extension

The Northern Branch extension is a proposed nine-mile route through eastern Bergen County from the current terminus of Tonnelle Ave. up to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 12, 2022

FTA Awards Grants to Improve Transportation For American Indian Tribes

The competitive grants under FTA's Tribal Transit Program come on top of more than $35 million in formula funding for Tribal Transit each year.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 19, 2022

Chicago's Pace to Add Electric Bus, Partner with UZURV

Beginning August 22, elementary and high school students will also be able to ride Pace, Metra, and CTA for free.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 29, 2022

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Transportation Bill

It is unclear if the Senate will mark up this bill, but it will be a starting point for further negotiations. 

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 23, 2022

U.S. DOT Awards Grants to Help Marginalized Communities Improve Transportation

Approximately $16.2 million will fund 40 projects in 32 states and two territories through FTA’s Areas of Persistent Poverty (AoPP) program.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 15, 2022

FRA Boosts Funding for Railroad Trespassing Enforcement, Suicide Prevention Grants

The grants will fund law enforcement trespass prevention activities and educational outreach campaigns aimed at reducing railroad-related suicides on rail rights-of-way.

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