
Both are statutory requirements first authorized by Congress in MAP-21 Act in 2012 and reauthorized in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act in 2015.
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The project improves access to public transportation for thousands of New York City residents, and is another success for the U.S. Department’s TIGER grant program.
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Will open ahead of schedule and more than $150 million under budget. Finalizing the launch of U Link includes finishing staff training and acquiring safety certification from the FTA.
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Starting Jan. 12, 2016, Metro will begin operating the first of 44 full-size buses, first of 10 paratransit vans and two MV-1 supervisor vehicles, all powered by CNG. The new buses and vans will replace the oldest diesel vehicles currently in use.
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The unresolved safety findings cover nearly every aspect of Metro’s rail operations: maintenance, training, derailments, emergency egress, evacuations, fires, red signal violations and workplace issues.
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The 91/Perris Valley Line, constructed by the Riverside County Transportation Commission, will serve the communities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris in a regional effort to improve connections for commuters traveling from east and south of downtown Riverside.
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The MTA’s Purple Line is a 16-mile, 21-station light rail line in the northern Washington D.C. suburbs. A circumferential rail transit line linking an existing radial system, the Purple Line will connect key activity centers, four branches of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system, and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.
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Has engaged Smart Growth America to run the technical assistance and provide a variety of planning and analysis tools.
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Specifically, FTA will ensure and verify that WMATA implements the 78 corrective actions related to Metrorail as well as the more than 200 other corrective actions previously approved by the TOC, but still unfulfilled by WMATA, some dating as far back as 2008.
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In a letter from Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, he explained that under MAP-21 the FTA has expanded authority and should assume oversight instead of FRA.
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