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King County Metro in Washington to receive nearly $80M grant for rapid transit line

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By Liz Carey  |  January 17, 2025

King County Metro in Washington state will receive $79.7 million to support a bus rapid transit line that will provide service for cities south of Seattle. The grant for the RapidRide I Line that will feature “green” hybrid electric buses is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program that helps communities with transformational transit projects. The CIG program is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure...

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U.S. Transportation Department loans $1.89B to NY/NJ Port Authority for Midtown Bus Terminal project

By Liz Carey
January 16, 2025

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey received a nearly $2 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Inn...Read More »

Buy America requirements updated by Federal Highway Administration

By Liz Carey
January 15, 2025

A new final rule announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration will e...Read More »

FTA awards Chicago $2B to advance Red Line Extension project

By Liz Carey
January 14, 2025

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration awarded the Chicago Transit Authority nearly $2...Read More »

U.S. Transportation Department announces $634M for EV charging infrastructure projects

By Liz Carey
January 13, 2025

More than $635 million in EV charging and alternative fueling infrastructure grants to fund projects across the country,...Read More »

Atlanta board adopts transportation electrification plan to guide EV infrastructure investments

By Liz Carey
January 10, 2025

The Atlanta Regional Commission Board adopted a Regional Transportation Electrification Plan (RTEP) Tuesday, the first o...Read More »

TSA’s enrollment process in security threat assessment programs streamlined under new law

By Kim Riley
January 9, 2025

President Joe Biden recently signed into law a bipartisan bill that will streamline the process for individuals applying...Read More »

New York makes $102M available for rail, port projects

By Liz Carey
January 8, 2025

The state of New York is accepting applications for mor than $101.8 million in funding for rail and port infrastructure ...Read More »

Report: Aviation industry adds $88B to North Carolina’s economy

By Liz Carey
January 7, 2025

A new report from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation has found that the industry a...Read More »

Transportation Department penalizes JetBlue $2M for chronically delayed flights

By Melina Druga
January 6, 2025

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently penalized JetBlue $2 million for operating multiple chronically delayed f...Read More »

Kansas receives $2.69M federal grant under State Electronic Data Collection program

By Melina Druga
January 3, 2025

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently awarded the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDO...Read More »

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