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Newsby StaffMay 14, 2010

FTA bestows $886K to Calif. bus facility project

Yolo County Transportation District project, estimated at $5.9 million, is expected to be complete in 2011.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2010

UTA launches 3 flex bus routes

The routes will bring new all-day service to areas that previously had no service or had only morning/evening commuter buses. Funding for the routes comes from FTA grants administered through the Utah Department of Transportation.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2010

FTA announces TIGGER fund availability

These discretionary program funds will be distributed in accordance with the mission of each program and in support of the U.S. Department of Transportation's environmental sustainability efforts.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2010

FTA announces additional $765M for ARC project

Reaffirms the administration’s intent to enter into a full funding grant agreement to provide $3 billion in discretionary FTA New Starts funds for the $8.7 billion project.

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Newsby StaffApril 1, 2010

D.C. Metro problems jeopardize new transit projects

FTA is considering the safety and reliability of the Metro system before granting money for new transit lines including a Purple Line light-rail system in Maryland and streetcar networks in Arlington County and the District.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2010

Honolulu rail planned too close to runways

FTA says the planned route for the city’s $5.3 billion rail system runs too close to runways at Honolulu International Airport. The final environmental impact statement will be delayed while officials meet to decide how the train can serve the airport without encroaching on airspace.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2010

FTA finds safety, oversight flaws at D.C. Metro

Reports on inadequacies of D.C. Metro's safety and oversight efforts. Findings suggest that passengers and workers are at risk, feds say.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2010

Biden, LaHood announce funding for 191 projects

In making the more than $600 million in new awards, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) met an aggressive deadline to award 100 percent of its Recovery Act transit formula dollars by March 5.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2010

Transit systems vying for BART’s lost funds

After the FTA rejected BART's request for $70 million in stimulus money for a $492 million rail link to the Oakland airport, 19 local public transit agencies will have a shot at getting a piece of the funding.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2010

New Starts/Small Starts policy shift proposed

FTA will soon initiate a separate rulemaking process, inviting public comment on ways to appropriately measure all the benefits that result from such investments.

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