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Transit Dispatchesby Mary Scott NabersNovember 28, 2023

Funding to ‘Connect Communities’ Results in Hundreds of New Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation oversees the Reconnecting Communities Program and supports projects that remove or mitigate barriers to community connectivity. Benefits that result include better mobility, economic stimulus, equity, and citizen benefits.

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Newsby StaffNovember 27, 2023

TransLink Receives Approval for First Phase of Transit Expansion Plan

The federal budget submission requests funding to support the building of three new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects, expansion of TransLink’s bus fleet, and more.

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Articlesby Alex RomanNovember 18, 2023

Biden Administration Marks 2nd Anniversary of IIJA

To date, the Administration has announced nearly $400 billion in IIJA funding, including over 40,000 specific projects and awards, across over 4,500 communities in all 50 states, D.C., the territories, and for Tribes.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 17, 2023

TransLink Announces 3 BRT Corridors for Metro Vancouver

The corridors were selected based on ridership potential, increasing access to jobs, future housing, and development growth projections, and more.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 17, 2023

FTA Awards $110M for Madison BRT Project

The grant will be used to build a 15-mile route that will provide fast, frequent, clean, and reliable service for the University of Wisconsin, the Madison Central Business District, and other important destinations in Wisconsin’s capital city.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 9, 2023

New TOD Legislation Renews TransLink’s Call for Provincial Funding Commitment

This legislation represents one of the most significant changes to land use and zoning policy that has ever been seen in the province, but "it won’t succeed unless the three levels of government work together to deliver better transit in this region."

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ArticlesOctober 30, 2023

Infrastructure Storytelling with Grant Writing: Current Trends and Challenges

Successful grant writing requires a multidisciplinary team to cover a wide variety of topics. The dream team includes planners, engineers, modeler economists, and graphic designers.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 9, 2023

New Flyer Announces Increased Range on 60-Foot Electric Artics

The addition of the seventh and eighth battery strings to the Xcelsior CHARGE NG raises the total capacity of the bus’s energy storage system by 33%, resulting in the addition of approximately 46 more miles of range per charge.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 2, 2023

C-TRAN Celebrates Opening of The Vine on Mill Plain

The Vine on Mill Plain will serve 37 new stations along a 10-mile corridor between downtown Vancouver and the new transit center, located near Mill Plain at 184th Avenue.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 26, 2023

MCTS Begins to Return Battery-Electric Buses Into Service

The electric buses will start returning to the mixed fleet of both battery-electric and clean-diesel buses now through November.

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