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Feds Announce Nearly $300 Million in Grants to Modernize America’s Ferry Systems

September 16, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced grants totaling nearly $300 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which some call the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to expand and modernize ferry systems nationwide.

New York Receives $6.8 Billion for Tunnel Project

July 7, 2023 The Center Square

New York is getting nearly $6.9 billion in federal funding to help build a long delayed second tunnel beneath the Hudson River in what state leaders say is the largest transportation grant in U.S. history.

FTA Announces More Than $700 Million to Replace Aging Passenger Railcars in Six Systems

May 5, 2023 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the selection of six projects in six states to replace aging passenger railcars.

A N.J. Transit train in Montvale, N.J., in March 2018.

FTA Awards NJ Transit Grant to Study ‘Equitable’ Transit-Oriented Development

December 12, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded NJ Transit a $592,000 grant to study equitable transit-oriented development (TOD) along the proposed nine-mile extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) into Bergen County.

Costs Surge as Transit Ridership Remains Below Prepandemic Levels

November 6, 2022 The Center Square

Transit agencies across the U.S. were still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

DeFazio to FTA: Aggressively Enforce ‘Buy America’ Provisions

September 28, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, wants the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to aggressively enforce the “Buy America” provisions within their jurisdiction.

Gateway Development Commission Will Sponsor Hudson Tunnel Project

September 13, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) board voted to make the GDC the project sponsor for the complete Hudson Tunnel Project.

Transit Flush With Cash After Federal Pandemic Bailout, but What Happens Next?

July 15, 2022 The Center Square

Data from the Federal Transit Administration sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic crippled public transportation in the U.S.

FTA Awards N.J. Transit Grant to Study Newark Light Rail Modernization

July 13, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded N.J. Transit a $519,750 federal grant to conduct a modernization study for Newark Light Rail.

FTA Awards $10.3 million in Tribal Transit Program Grants

January 19, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $10.3 million in Tribal Transit Program grant awards to three dozen Tribal governments for projects that support transit services for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages in rural areas.