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Transit

SEPTA Halts $3B Rail Project Plan Amid Cost, Funding Woes

James Leggate

March 21, 2023

The King of Prussia rail project would have extended a passenger line by 4 miles and added five stations.

Transportation

FTA Pledges Funds for the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project

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Greg Aragon

May 12, 2022

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has pledged $1 billion toward LA Metro's East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project

Rail Infrastructure

Feds Green Light $11.6B Hudson River Tunnel Project With Record of Decision

Stephanie Loder

May 29, 2021

The long-stalled critical Northeast Corridor rail link replacement and upgrade between New Jersey and New York City can now seek federal funds.

Industry Veterans Appointed to US DOT Deputy Roles

Aileen Cho

January 26, 2021

New group includes former APTA chair Fernandez.

Invitations To Bid Go Out for $1.8-Billion NJ Portal Bridge Replacement

Stephanie Loder

January 15, 2021

First responses due March 11 for fixed-span bridge on NE Corridor line, with contract award set for fall.

Feds Approve Eligibility of $1.6B for New NJ Bridge, But Nix $12B For Key Hudson River Tunnel

Aileen Cho

February 11, 2020

Planned Northeast Corridor underground rail link has been held up for years.

FTA Grants Fund Light Rail in Federal Way, Rapid Bus in Portland

Tim Newcomb

February 3, 2020

A pair of Federal Transit Administration grants will help expand transit in the Pacific Northwest.

Will Ex-US Congresswoman Lead Fed Transit Agency?

August 30, 2017

Thelma Drake, a former Republican U.S. congresswoman from Virginia and former Norfolk assistant public-works director, on Aug. 23 confirmed to Washington, D.C., broadcaster Martin Di Caro that she is a nominee for Federal Transit administrator, according to his tweet.

Aileen Cho

Jim Parsons

January 18, 2017

Technology, transitions and transformation are all topping the discussions among transportation professionals.

Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl Successor is Named

Peter Rogoff, #3 at US DOT, is set to replace the ailing leader in January

Tim Newcomb

Debra K. Rubin

December 3, 2015

When he was Federal Transit Administration chief, Peter M. Rogoff in 2009 OK’d $813 million in federal grants to Seattle-area rail agency Sound Transit to boost construction of a regional light-rail line.