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Public Transportation

FTA Awards $1.4 Billion for Bus, Rail Transit Projects

Tom Ichniowski

April 9, 2019

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Five new Bus Rapid Transit projects will divide $225 million in Capital Investment Grant aid.

Infrastructure Funding

What Must Happen In The Next Three Weeks To Avoid Another Shutdown

States may be cautious about spending commitments in the face of uncertainty

Tom Ichniowski

January 26, 2019

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Funds should start to flow again at reopened agencies but month's backlog could slow permitting, other approvals.

Transportation

Transit Systems Start to Feel the Squeeze from the Shutdown

Tom Ichniowski

January 14, 2019

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Lack of FTA personnel on the job hampers needed approvals.

Seattle's Sound Transit Gets $1.2B Fed. Grant for Light Rail Extension

Tim Newcomb

January 9, 2019

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A nearly $1.2-billion grant from the Federal Transit Administration to the Seattle-area Sound Transit agency marks the largest transit grant since Donald Trump became president.

Federal Spending

Shutdown Affects Some, But Not All, Infrastructure Programs

Tom Ichniowski

January 3, 2019

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UPDATE: House, now under Democrats' control, passes bills to end shutdown, but White House issues veto threat.

Will Ex-US Congresswoman Lead Fed Transit Agency?

August 30, 2017

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Thelma Drake, a former Republican U.S. congresswoman from Virginia and former Norfolk assistant public-works director, on Aug. 23 confirmed to Washington, D.C., broadcaster Martin Di Caro that she is a nominee for Federal Transit administrator, according to his tweet.