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To support research activities that improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of public transportation by investing in the development, testing, and deployment of innovative technologies, materials, and processes; carry out related endeavors; and to support the...
This program maintains authority for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to establish a program that requires grantees to conduct pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, random, and post-accident testing of public transportation employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions.
Section 3010 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Pub. L. No. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1572 (2005), amended section 5308 of title 49 United States Code, commonly referred to as the Clean Fuels Grant Program, from...
Note: This information is provided for historical reference only. The information contained on this page reflects information about this program under the previous authorizing legislation entitled the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-...
The transit capital investment program (49 U.S.C. 5309) provides capital assistance for three primary activities:
New and replacement buses and facilities (Bus and Bus Related Equipment and Facilities program).Modernization of existing rail systems (Fixed Guideway...
October 17, 2011 - Press Release
Program OverviewThe objective of the Alternatives Analysis program (49 U.S.C. 5339) is to assist in financing the evaluation of all reasonable modal and multimodal alternatives and general alignment options for identified...
On March 27, 2012, the Bureau of the Census released its 2010 Urbanized Area (UZA) designations and accompanying population and population density data. FTA used this information for the Fiscal Year 2013 formula apportionments. The following documents provide information on how the 2010 Census...
FTA has developed flow charts to help individuals or organizations better understand the SAFETEA-LU formulas that prescribed how funds were apportioned to States and Urbanized Areas from FY 2006 through FY 2012. Beginning in FY 2013, FTA apportioned funds on the basis of formulas...
