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Source: National Transit Database, U.S. Energy Information Administration's Gas Pump Data History, and Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Data.
This exhibit contains data from July 2006 to May 2012. Weighted monthly NTD ridership data is available from 2002 onward. The ridership...
Statistical summaries provide comprehensive funding information about grants awarded as part of FTA’s major funding programs each year. View the data on fund distribution and use of funds for many of FTA’s grant programs.
Yearly Summaries FY 2021 Statistical Summary...The OTRB Accessibility program was repealed under Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 6, and effective on October 1, 2012. Therefore, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 was the last year for discretionary awards under this program.
...Congress establishes the funding for FTA programs through authorizing legislation that amends Chapter 53 of Title 49 of the U.S. Code. On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, reauthorizing surface transportation programs...
This page is about FTA's TIGGER program. For information about DOT's TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants visit http://www.dot.gov/recovery/.
Program OverviewManaged by FTA's Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation in coordination with the...
Grants for University Transportation Research (49 U.S.C. 5505) are awarded to non-profit institutions of higher learning by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) using funds appropriated to FTA.
This program focuses on the transfer of knowledge...
Promote the development and demonstration of targeted energy efficiency-enhancing for buses utilized in public transportation.
Provides funding to advance planning efforts that support transit-oriented development (TOD) associated with new fixed-guideway and core capacity improvement projects. TOD focuses growth around transit stations to promote ridership, affordable housing near transit, revitalized downtown centers...
This section establishes new requirements for transit asset management by FTA’s grantees as well as new reporting requirements to promote accountability. The goal of improved transit asset management is to implement a strategic approach for assessing needs and prioritizing investments for...