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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2024

Hudson River Tunnel Project Lands $11B in Fed Grants, Financing

The Hudson Tunnel Project encompasses a range of components, including a new double-track tunnel between the Bergen Palisades in New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City, rehabilitating the North River Tunnel damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and creating a concrete casing at Hudson Yards to allow the new tunnel to connect to New York-Penn Station.

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Newsby StaffJuly 2, 2024

RIPTA Celebrates First Electric Bus In-Line Charging Station

The cutting-edge charging station, located along the R-Line — RIPTA’s most frequently-used route connecting Providence, Cranston, and Pawtucket — can charge up to four electric buses simultaneously while they are in service.

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Newsby StaffJuly 1, 2024

FTA Makes $1.9M Available to Improve the Transit Customer Experience

The Notice of Funding Opportunity is intended to advance emerging technologies, strategies, and innovations that make transit easier and more accessible for transit riders across the country.

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Newsby StaffJune 20, 2024

Houston METRO Will Not Pursue Fed Funding for BRT Project

Financial estimates for the project in 2019 were aspirational, but the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced ridership and increased costs — variables that were not calculated at the time the project was proposed, according to Houston METRO officials.

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Newsby StaffJune 18, 2024

SEPTA Breaks Ground on New Accessibility Project

When completed, the $38 million project will make Erie Station fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Work includes the installation of a new elevator from street level to the station mezzanine and new elevators from the mezzanine to the northbound and southbound platforms.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 6, 2024

Feds Award $7.8M in Grants to Help Connect People to Health Care, Critical Services

The grants support organizations that coordinate public transportation for underserved groups, allowing them to access healthcare, community services, education, and jobs by building partnerships among health, transportation, and human services providers.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 29, 2024

Modine, RYDE Racine Team to Increase ZEB Efficiency

As part of an initiative to modernize and reduce public transit fleet emissions, the City of Racine operates nine all-electric buses with the Modine EVantage Thermal Management System, with up to four additional EVs on order.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMay 28, 2024

Feds Award $343M to Modernize Rail Transit Stations

The investment, created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, has been awarded through the All Stations Accessibility Program.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 23, 2024

Feds Make $10.5M Available for Housing Near Transit

FTA’s Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning supports local planning and investment near transit hubs to promote sustainable, livable, and equitable communities, with a focus on projects that plan for affordable housing.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2024

Carter, Flowers Join Mpact's Board

Mpact, formerly Rail~Volution, has shaped and advanced the movement for transit-oriented communities for nearly 30 years.

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