Posts Tagged ‘FTA’

Discretionary Grant Programs: State by State

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
FY 2011 Discretionary Program Awards: Alternative Analysis (AA), State of Good Repair (SOGP), & Bus Livability

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Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Employment, Environment, Funding, Highway, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Recovery, Roads, Smart Growth, Sustainability

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Impact of Alternate Public Transit and Rail Investment Scenarios on the Labor Market

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
Transportation investments represent an opportunity for Congress to kick the economy into a higher gear by creating millions of well-paying jobs while simultaneously boosting the condition and performance of our nation’s transportation system.

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Posted in Economic Stimulus, Employment, Funding, Infra Views, Jobs, National, Policy, Recession, Recovery

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Transit Report: National State of Good Repair Assessment

Monday, July 26th, 2010

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Roughly one-third of the nation’s transit assets (weighted by replacement value) are in either marginal or poor condition, implying that these assets are near or have already exceeded their expected useful life.

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Posted in Buses, Funding, Infra Views, National, Public Transportation, Rail, Transit, Urban Planning

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Transportation’s Role in Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Transportation GHG emissions account for 29 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions, and over 5 percent of global GHG emissions. Except otherwise noted, the estimates in this report account for “tailpipe” emissions from burning fossil fuels to power vehicles and do not account for greenhouse gases emitted
through other transportation lifecycle processes, such as the manufacture of vehicles, the extraction and refining of fuels, and the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.

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Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Buses, Carbon Tax, Clean Air, Climate Change, Congestion, Environment, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Transit

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Transit Oriented Development - A New Interactive Planning Tool

Monday, March 29th, 2010

The goal of the newly-released Mixed Income Transit Oriented Development Action Guide is to “help practitioners identify the most appropriate and effective planning tools for achieving MITOD in their transit station area, and ultimately to facilitate the development of mixed-income communities across the U.S.” It was developed by the Center for Transit Oriented Development (CTOD) along with the Federal Transit Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Posted in Competitiveness, Equity, Funding, Local, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Racism, Recovery, Smart Growth, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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