WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx today outlined his top priorities for the Department of Transportation, highlighting America’s infrastructure deficit and identifying ways for the Department to use innovation and improved planning to stretch transportation dollars as...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Availability of $24.9 Million to Put More Zero-Emission Buses into Service Across America
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the availability of approximately $3 billion to strengthen the resiliency of public transportation systems affected by Hurricane Sandy, which triggered the worst transit disaster in U.S. history just over a year ago. The...
BALTIMORE – U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari and Federal Transit Administrator (FTA) Peter Rogoff today participated in a groundbreaking to replace the Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) aging Kirk Avenue bus maintenance garage with a modern facility that will...
New tool provides renters and homeowners with housing, transportation calculatorWASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled the Location Affordability Portal (LAP), a new cost calculation tool that allows...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $29 Million to Fund New Research on Strengthening Transit Safety and Disaster Recovery Capabilities
Projects Support President Obama’s Calls to Create Ladders of Opportunity, ‘Fix it First’ and Contribute to Economic GrowthWASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that 52 transportation projects in 37 states will receive a total of approximately $474 million from...
EL PASO, Texas – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today celebrated the groundbreaking for the new Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System (BRT) – the first 8.6-mile segment in a planned bus rapid transit (BRT) system serving El Paso. When completed, the...
WORCESTER, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) applauded today’s opening of the new Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) Union Station Bus Hub, a state-of-the-art facility that will improve transportation connections at the city’s historic...
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that, for the first time, it is making $21.9 million available to help strengthen public transportation safety for millions of riders and transit workers nationwide. In addition...