The funding is provided through FTA’s Public Transportation Emergency Relief (ER) Program.
FTA’s Areas of Persistent Poverty (AoPP) program provides support to state and local governments, transit agencies, and nonprofit organizations to create better transit for residents with limited or no transportation options.
Ridership continues to grow for microtransit services in two communities in Southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads following the completion of a pilot showing the effectiveness of on-demand transit services in rural areas.
Recipients will demonstrate technologies that reduce bus collisions, improve facility operations, and improve the accessibility and efficiency of service.
The program provides two years of no-cost intensive technical assistance to under-resourced and disadvantaged communities to help identify, develop, and deliver transportation projects that strengthen communities.
The grants will fund a variety of crossing safety and trespass prevention public education projects.
This investment comes as traffic fatalities reached a 16-year high in 2021 and preliminary data indicates will remain near those levels in 2022.
In total, FTA is awarding 23 grants across 11 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Chicago area’s congressional delegation helped secure $204.1 million in competitive federal grants.
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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