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U.S. Department of Transportation Signs $1.55 Billion Federal Funding Agreement to Build First Rail Transit System in Hawaii
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today participated in a ceremony to sign an agreement to provide $1.55 billion to the City and County of...
U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $120 Million Loan to Strengthen Public Transit in Dallas Investment Reflects Ongoing Commitment to Major Transit Enhancements in Dallas Region
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today approved a nearly $120...
NEW YORK – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today attended the reopening of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, formerly known as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, for cars traveling between Brooklyn and Manhattan. LaHood highlighted the Obama Administration’s continued efforts to support the...
MONTEREY, Calif. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today attended the grand opening of the first completed high-tech bus shelter on the new Monterey-Salinas Transit JAZZ Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The new BRT service, funded in part by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will...
MESA, Arizona – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today visited Mesa to take part in a grant signing ceremony providing the city with $75 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to build a 3.1-mile light rail extension connecting the city with Phoenix and Tempe. Secretary...
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an agreement to provide $942.2 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to extend San Francisco’s Third Street light rail system through the city’s busy Chinatown neighborhood, bringing light rail back to the...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood toured a significantly modernized and expanded River Cities Transit Facility in South Dakota today, which received approximately $5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the project and related transit improvements. Secretary LaHood...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has approved a $545.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan that will enable the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) to advance construction of a new light rail transit line along the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today kicked off the first meeting of the Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS) since President Obama signed the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act” (MAP-21), which, for the first time, granted the Federal Transit...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Deputy Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan today joined Missouri and Illinois officials to kick off the Eads Bridge Rehabilitation Project, which will repair and restore the historic, 138-year old bridge and ensure safe and efficient light rail service for thousands...