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WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today highlighted $3.5 billion recommended in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget to advance the construction or completion of 31 rail, bus rapid transit and streetcar projects in 18 states. These projects...
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that seventy-seven cities have submitted applications for the first-of-its-kind U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. Medium-sized cities from across the country from Reno to Rochester and Anchorage to...
New York – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Acting Administrator Therese McMillan today participated in the unveiling of the reconstructed Fordham Plaza, a major intermodal public transportation hub in the heart of The Bronx. The project...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $19.1 million for Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit Southeast Corridor Project
DOT Releases Plan for Accessing Federally Funded Research Results. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released its Public Access Plan: Increasing Access to Federally Funded Research Results. This plan sets out a framework for enhancing the tracking of the complete...
Federal Transit Administration Kicks Off Initiative to Help Communities Develop Successful Transit-Oriented Development Projects
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Transportation Assistant Secretary Carlos Monje, Jr. announced today that the Department of Transportation has awarded the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority a $10 million TIGER grant to replace and modernize the terminal at the New Orleans Canal Street Ferry. The project...
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Federal Transit Administration Acting Administrator Therese McMillan today announced that the Department of Transportation will provide $20 million in TIGER funds to support development of a 15-mile bus rapid transit system that will aid city-wide revitalization...
When I started in the transportation industry decades ago, my primary goal was to learn as much as possible about the transportation industry and the operational /technical aspects of running a complex system like the New York MTA. This goal was closely followed by my passion for providing...