Senior Senate Appropriator Collins Sounds Alarm on Highway Trust Fund
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees transportation programs, warned that the Trump administration's approach to project investment "fails to address the greatest threat to our nation's infrastructure, which is the ever-growing insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund." The senior appropriator continued with several criticisms of the administration's approach on various programs in her opening statement at an April 11 hearing on the Department of T...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $22.5 Million Grant for Commuter Rail Extension in San Rafael, California
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of a $22.5 million grant to the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) for the San Rafael to Larkspur commuter rail extension. The project will provide an important connection for North Bay residents to access regional ferry service serving downtown San Francisco and destinations throughout the Bay Area. "This grant will improve transportation links for the hund...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $43 Million Grant For Bus Rapid Transit Project in Everett, Washington
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of a $43.2 million grant to Community Transit of Everett, WA, for the Swift II (Green Line) Bus Rapid Transit Project. The Green Line will connect major employment and residential centers including Canyon Park, Paine Field, and Mill Creek Town Center. The project will also establish a new regional transit hub near Paine Field to improve public transportation access to the t...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $30 Million Grant For Bus Rapid Transit Project in Kansas City, Missouri
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of a $29.89 million grant to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) for its proposed Prospect MAX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. The project will extend BRT 10 miles south from downtown Kansas City and serve the area’s second-busiest transit corridor. "This grant will provide more options to Kansas City commuters in a very busy transit corridor," said U....
FTA Awards $264.4M in 2017-2018 Grants to Improve Bus Systems
The Federal Transit Administration said it is awarding $264.4 million in fiscal 2017 and 2018 funds to state departments of transportation and transit agencies to buy new buses and develop infrastructure to improve bus systems and enhance mobility for transit riders. The agency said that a total of 139 projects in 52 states and territories will receive funding from the FTA's Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program. "Every day, working families across America rely on buse...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $264 Million in Grants to Modernize and Improve America’s Bus Infrastructure Nationwide
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $264 million in project selections to improve the safety and reliability of America’s bus systems and enhance mobility for transit riders across the country. A total of 139 projects in 52 states and territories will receive funding from FTA’s Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program. "Every day, working families across America rely on buses, and these gran...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $25 Million TIGER Grant for Northstar Boulevard Project in Loudoun County
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today joined Congresswoman Barbara Comstock and representatives from Loudoun County government to announce the awarding of a $25 million Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grant to Loudoun County, Virginia for the expansion of Northstar Boulevard. “This $25 million investment in the Northstar Boulevard project will help grow the local economy, create jobs and...
More than $160 Million Going to Rural Communities for Infrastructure Improvements
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation announced today that $161.2 million in federal transportation funding is being awarded to 66 cities, towns, and counties in rural portions of Indiana to invest in local road and bridge improvements as well as sidewalk and trail projects. Combined with local funds, approximately $212 million is being invested in infrastructure in communities receiving funds. Types of projects receiving funds include 27 bridge rehabilitation/replacement pr...
Current-Year Spending Bill Adds Billions to Highway, Transit, Rail, Air, Grant Programs
Congress approved a government-wide spending measure for the 2018 fiscal year that began Oct. 1 and included billions of dollars in additional funds for federal-aid highway, transit, rail and transportation grant programs. After negotiating the deal and releasing the documents March 21, the House and Senate were pushing to pass it ahead of the midnight March 23 expiration of the previous stopgap appropriations bill that had held most federal programs to 2017 funding levels. The House voted...
World Water Council Launches Report on Financing Sanitation to Lead Way Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
- Prepared by the World Water Council, the report details action points to improve urban sanitation - Based on analysis of eight contemporary case studies, the report focuses on cities across three continents, identifying barriers to financing sanitation provision - Without immediate action, as recommended in the report, the sanitation target of Sustainable Development Goal 6 may not be achieved by 2030, leaving millions worldwide without adequate access to sanit...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
