Sentences with phrase «new federal transit»

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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer suggested Thursday using money in a federal relief fund to bolster transit in the New York City area.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to fight back against Washington Republicans on Tuesday with a $ 168 billion state budget proposal that lays out spending on schools and mass transit while also confronting greater uncertainty in federal funding.

Westchester, NY — Westchester Congress Members Eliot Engel (NY - 16), Nita Lowey (NY - 17), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) announced today that Westchester County has been awarded a $ 3.6 million federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Pfederal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant PFederal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Program.

Minkel said transit advocates like those at the NFTA also are disappointed in Trump's first budget because, as a candidate, he promised a new federal emphasis on infrastructure development.

BOSTON — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined mayors from across the U.S. on Monday to demand increased federal transportation funding, promising a campaign to get Washington to spend more on bridges, roads and improvements to mass - transit systems.

Congress has dropped plans to slash mass transit funding for «high density» states such as New York, meaning the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority will not be losing $ 3.6 million annually in federal aid after all.

Specifically, MAS and RPA ask our federal, state and local elected leaders; the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Amtrak; the U.S. Department of Transportation; NJ Transit; MTA, LIRR, NYCTA, and Metro - North; and business leaders and property owners to commit to the following:

Republican Congressman Richard Hanna is joining fellow New York Congressman Louise Slaughter in a push to restore federal funding for local public transit systems.The money would be cut in the new federal Highway biNew York Congressman Louise Slaughter in a push to restore federal funding for local public transit systems.The money would be cut in the new federal Highway binew federal Highway bill.

For the project to begin, the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority needs the state to approve new legislation and the federal government to...

Congressional members, transit officials and labor leaders have raised an alarm about proposed Republican legislation that would end automatic federal transportation money and leave New York City's transit system in jeopardy.

«Mayor de Blasio and I are working together because it makes sense to work together, because we are in jeopardy of losing aid from the federal government that could absolutely hurt our transit system and our bus system here in New York and in Westchester,» Mr. Astorino said.

Cuomo is counting on a big chunk of the bill to be paid by others: $ 25 billion by the federal government, $ 15 billion by private investors, $ 13 billion by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and $ 12 billion by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Yesterday, in the cathedral to mass transit known as Grand Central Terminal, four members of New York's congressional delegation joined labor leaders and M.T.A. chairman Joe Lhota to rail against a House transportation bill that would theoretically deprive the transit agency that runs city subways and buses of more than $ 1 billion a year in federal funding.

Last month, Mr. Christie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York wrote to the Federal Transit Administration to explain how they planned to fund their shares of half of the first phase of the project.

The U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), launched a new initiative to help ensure that getting a ride to work, day care, or to a medical appointment is no longer an obstacle for veterans or their families.

USDOT Announces $ 55 Million in Grants to Transit Agencies to Deploy Clean Buses Jul 26, 2016 DOT Federal Transit Administration The FTA today announced selections for an expanded Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program that reflects growing interest in new technology buses.

These projects, competitively funded through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Capital Investment Grant Program (CIG), will create or sustain thousands of good construction - related jobs and help communities expand transportation choices that offer new ladders of opportunity for hard - working families.

It is the first law enacted in over ten years that provides long - term funding certainty for surface transportation, meaning States and local governments can move forward with critical transportation projects, like new highways and transit lines, with the confidence that they will have a Federal partner over the long term.

This week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the reopening of a public comment period for a proposed new rule that would improve coordination of multi-modal transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) serving urban areas throughout the nation.

The new BRT service, funded in part by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will cut commuting times roughly in half for riders on existing bus service and improve transit connections for thousands of active - duty military, hospitality workers, and tourists traveling to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other attraTransit Administration (FTA), will cut commuting times roughly in half for riders on existing bus service and improve transit connections for thousands of active - duty military, hospitality workers, and tourists traveling to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other attratransit connections for thousands of active - duty military, hospitality workers, and tourists traveling to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other attractions.

«The Federal Transit Administration is proud to help provide a new transit option for Maryland residents in one of the most highly populated corridors in the nation,» said FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn FTransit Administration is proud to help provide a new transit option for Maryland residents in one of the most highly populated corridors in the nation,» said FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Ftransit option for Maryland residents in one of the most highly populated corridors in the nation,» said FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers.

«These funds will go a long way to make transportation easier, more convenient, and more efficient for travelers in New England, with convenient access to Bradley International Airport and enhanced rail service to Boston,» said Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff.

Previously, Siemens manufactured motors for the Port Authority Trans - Hudson (PATH) rapid transit system, and the New York City Transit Authority, at the Norwood facility with $ 1.5 billion in multi-year federal grants from the Federal Transit Administtransit system, and the New York City Transit Authority, at the Norwood facility with $ 1.5 billion in multi-year federal grants from the Federal Transit AdministTransit Authority, at the Norwood facility with $ 1.5 billion in multi-year federal grants from the Federal Transit Administfederal grants from the Federal Transit AdministFederal Transit AdministTransit Administration.

FOIA Requester Service Center Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 4th Floor East Building Washington, DC 20590

FRA, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Maritime Administration (MARAD), VOLPE — The National Transportation Systems Center and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are in various stages of negotiating a new contract.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced selections for an expanded Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program that reflects growing interest in new technology buses.

The term eligible project means a new fixed guideway capital project or a core capacity improvement project, as those terms are defined in section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this section, that has not entered into a full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration before the date of enactment of the Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would improve the process for testing the safety and reliability of new transit buses funded with federal dFederal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would improve the process for testing the safety and reliability of new transit buses funded with federal dTransit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would improve the process for testing the safety and reliability of new transit buses funded with federal dtransit buses funded with federal dfederal dollars.

Big Blue Bus (BBB), a bus operator serving Santa Monica and the Los Angeles area, will invest $ 18.3 million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40 - foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006.

She has completed projects for both the New York and Chicago Transit Authorities, including a mosaic for the new Metro - North Yankee Stadium Station and is currently finishing projects for New York's Percent for Art, the Federal Art in Architecture program and for the Bossuit church in BelgiNew York and Chicago Transit Authorities, including a mosaic for the new Metro - North Yankee Stadium Station and is currently finishing projects for New York's Percent for Art, the Federal Art in Architecture program and for the Bossuit church in Belginew Metro - North Yankee Stadium Station and is currently finishing projects for New York's Percent for Art, the Federal Art in Architecture program and for the Bossuit church in BelgiNew York's Percent for Art, the Federal Art in Architecture program and for the Bossuit church in Belgium.

And the growth will continue with Toronto Transit Commission, recently awarded a federal grant to build new bike share stations outside of transiTransit Commission, recently awarded a federal grant to build new bike share stations outside of transittransit hubs.

The purchase of the new Proterra buses is underwritten in part by funding from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Grants (Low - No), which is intended «for the purchase or lease of zero - emission and low - emission transit buses» and their infrastrTransit Administration's (FTA) Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Grants (Low - No), which is intended «for the purchase or lease of zero - emission and low - emission transit buses» and their infrastrtransit buses» and their infrastructure.

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New federal lawsuit alleges that Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) willfully violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and state law by utilizing criminal records that exceed the seven - year reporting period set forth in the FCRA.

CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Transportation has invited Chicago to apply for a federal loan for the construction of an $ 884 million new public and commercial transit hub at O'Hare International Airport.

The Federal Transit Administration is testing the new busways option in ten cities, including Honolulu, as a way to rapidly and affordably reduce traffic congestion.