FTA Taking Applications for $226.5M in Grant Funding to Improve Transit Bus Service
The Federal Transit Administration said it is taking applications through Aug. 25 for about $226.5 million in competitive grant funding for transit bus projects nationwide, under a program to help replace and upgrade buses and related facilities. "Transit buses account for more than five billion passenger trips every year, providing vital connections to jobs and economic opportunities," said FTA Executive Director Matthew Welbes. "These grants will help more communities bring their transit in...
AASHTO Calls for ‘Simpler, More Reliable’ USDOT Process to Spur Use of TIFIA Project Loans
The group that represents state departments of transportation wants to see the USDOT increase the federal share of financing projects under TIFIA, the department's main infrastructure loan program, and "develop a simpler, faster and more reliable application process." The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials made the comments in written testimony to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for a July 12 hearing on TIFIA and innovat...
RIDOT Makes In-State Train Rides Free Rest of Year to Get Travelers Off Busy Highway
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is trying to increase traveler awareness of a transit option, and get more travelers off a busy highway, by giving free commuter rail rides through yearend on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains moving between Rhode Island stops. "Rhode Island ranks on the bottom when it comes to the percentage of travelers who use transit as opposed to cars, yet we have the infrastructure and train service to make it easy for people to get around ou...
Michael Baker International Improves Commute for Chesapeake Residents with Bridge Replacement and Boulevard Improvement Project
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, recently helped to provide a safer and more efficient commute for City of Chesapeake residents along Dominion Boulevard, U.S. Route 17 in Southeastern Virginia. The firm provided construction engineering, inspection and public involvement services for an improvement project, which replaced the 50-year-old Dominion Boulevard Steel Bridge and added modifications to the roadway and existing intersections....
Florida I-595 Corridor Improvements Project & Colorado DOT’s David Spector Honored with National Public-Private Partnership (P3) Awards
(WASHINGTON) - The I-595 Corridor Improvements Project in Florida and David Spector, director of the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE), have been recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation financing by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The awards were presented July 13 in two categories during ARTBA’s 29th Annual Public Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference, held in the Nation’s Capital. P3 Ent...
CH2M-Designed Ohio Interchange Improvements Earn Recognition as Best Urban Highway Project
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Department of Transportation's I-270/US 33 Interchange, designed by CH2M, received the 2017 ODOT/ACEC Partnering Award for Excellence in Highway Design in the Best Urban Project category. The ODOT/ACEC Awards for Excellence in Highway Design program, a cooperative effort between Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Council of Engineering Companies in Ohio, recognizes the state's best projects in three categories – structure, rural projects and urban project...
Jacobs Wins Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Awards
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has received the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) / Tarmac Health & Safety at Work Award 2017 in recognition of its Mental Health Matters program, which focuses on promoting positive mental health across the business, its staff and their families. The U.K. CIHT Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of those working in the highways and transportation sector by promoting their work as best practices to the indu...
Sen. Wyden, Rep. Barletta & Australian Ambassador Joe Hockey Scheduled to Speak July 13 at ARTBA's 29th Annual P3s in Transportation Conference
(WASHINGTON) - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee member Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), and Australian Ambassador to the United States, the Honorable Joe Hockey, are among the featured speakers the morning of July 13 at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) annual Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference. More than a dozen federal, state and local transportation agencies will also be...
Sound Trnsit Says USDOT Completes $87.7M TIFIA Loan for Light Rail Facility
Sound Transit, the public transit agency serving the Seattle area, said the U.S. Department of Transportation executed a long-term, low-interest loan of $87.7 million "that will reduce regional taxpayers' costs in constructing a new maintenance base in Bellevue to support upcoming light rail expansions across the region." The agency said the loan carries an interest rate of 2.73 percent, and is Sound Transit's second through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act under a...
Missouri DOT: Limited State Investment Program Focuses on System Preservation
The director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, Patrick McKenna, said his department will "focus limited resources" on preserving as much of the existing road system as possible, but that tight finances mean the department can "only tread water" as other roads and bridges deteriorate. He made the comments after the Missouri Highways and Transportation on June 29 Commission approved a new five-year statewide transportation improvement program, or "STIP." MoDOT Transportation Pla...
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