ST. LOUIS – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Bi-State Development Agency (known as Metro) has been awarded a $10.3 million TIGER grant toward construction of a new light rail transit (LRT) station and other improvements for accessing St. Louis’ existing...
MIAMI – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Florida Department of Transportation has been awarded a $20 million TIGER grant that will go toward replacing the Tamiami Trail (US-41) with an elevated 2.6-mile bridge that will help restore natural storm water flows...
BOSTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Boston today to announce that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has been selected to receive $20 million in TIGER funds towards a $30 million project to modernize the Ruggles Station. The project is...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Asheville today to announce a $14.6 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant for the Asheville East of the Riverway Multimodal Network Project that will connect people in different...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department of Transportation would provide $600 million for 72 transportation projects in 46 states and the District of Columbia from its TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2014 program....
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BTS Releases July 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 75.6 percent in July, up from both the 73.1 percent on-time rate in July 2013 and the 71.8 percent mark in June 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today...
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a new initiative to reduce the growing number of pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities through a comprehensive approach that addresses infrastructure safety, education, vehicle safety and data collection. ...
Federal Funds to Help Repair Roads Damaged by Flash Floods
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $500,000 in Emergency Relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced at today’s Build America Infrastructure Investment Summit a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for $950 million to help pay for the reconstruction and widening of 21 miles of Interstate 4 in...