Seattle Department Of Transportation Passes Critical Federal Milestone To Move Forward With Madison Bus Rapid Transit Rapidride G Line Project

We’ve passed an important milestone with the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) moving the Madison Bus Rapid Transit (Madison BRT) project, also known as the RapidRide G Line, forward in the Small Starts Grant review process.

draft report released by the FTA this month

determined SDOT has the resources, skills, capacity, and sound plan necessary to move forward with the

. Read more about this important project on our website.

The Madison BRT—RapidRide G Line will create a fast, frequent, and safe east-to-west public transportation line between 1^stAve in downtown’s Central Business District and Martin Luther King Jr Way.

This is the culmination of much hard work by many at SDOT, the FTA, and across the City to move a project of critical importance to our transit network forward and move many steps closer to qualifying for the City’s first Small Starts Grant funding, which will cover about 45 percent of total costs toward the transit project.

This report, formally known as a “

Readiness to Execute Small Starts Grant Agreement (SSGA) Review

”, is prepared by a Project Management Oversight Contractor (PMOC) on behalf of the FTA, and renders the professional opinion regarding SDOT’s readiness to execute the grant agreement. Clearing the way for the final grant agreement, which is necessary for construction, the report concludes that, “the Sponsor has the organizational capacity and qualified personnel to plan, develop, manage, and complete the MBRT [Madison BRT] project and has demonstrated the ability to recognize and mitigate risks.”

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We’ve passed an important milestone with the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) moving the Madison Bus Rapid Transit (Madison BRT) project, also known as the RapidRide G Line, forward in the Small Starts Grant review process.

The Madison BRT—RapidRide G Line will create a fast, frequent, and safe east-to-west public transportation line between 1st Ave in downtown’s Central Business District and Martin Luther King Jr Way.

Parul Dubey

The Madison BRT—RapidRide G Line will create a fast, frequent, and safe east-to-west public transportation line between 1^stAve in downtown’s Central Business District and Martin Luther King Jr Way.