WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that 13 organizations in nine states will receive a share of $29 million in grant funding through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the selection of 10 projects that will receive a share of $55 million in competitive grants that will help put a new generation of advanced, non-polluting transit buses on the road in...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the closing of a $120 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for major improvements to the Blue Line of CTA’s “L” rail service, which will upgrade...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today highlighted $3.2 billion recommended in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget to advance the construction or completion of 25 rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), and streetcar projects in 13 states. These projects, competitively funded...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $1.33 billion loan to Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for construction of the East Link Light Rail Extension Project. The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA...
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $996 million federal grant agreement to extend Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail service from East Cambridge to Somerville and Medford. The extension will provide faster and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the closing of a $403 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for Fairfax County and a $195 million TIFIA loan for Loudoun County to fund construction of Phase Two of the Metrorail...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today participated in a groundbreaking for a new bus rapid transit (BRT) system that will improve transit options in the greater Jacksonville area and offer faster, more convenient access to downtown. Secretary Foxx was joined by...
LOS ANGELES – The U.S Department of Transportation’s Acting Federal Transit Administrator (FTA) Therese McMillan today participated in the groundbreaking of the 3.9-mile Westside Purple Line Section 1 Extension that will – expand transit options in one of the most congested corridors in Los...
LA also awarded $1.7 million Ladders of Opportunity grant to enhance bus facilities
LOS ANGELES – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today participated in the groundbreaking of the Los Angeles Regional Connector, a key light rail transit segment connecting three...