U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million Award to Launch New National Transit Workforce Center

International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) in Silver Spring, Maryland Will Help Transit Agencies Nationwide Recruit and Train Workers in this Vital Sector

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today...

Americans Riding Public Transportation in Greater Numbers

Some Areas Seeing More Than 80 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Ridership

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that transit ridership is rebounding in communities across the nation. Thanks to the...

Transit Renewal Initiative, America’s Open and Transit’s Open

Federal Transit Administration Announces Request for Information on High-Priority Transit Safety Concerns

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit feedback from transit riders and transit agencies to help identify high-priority safety concerns and help better assess and mitigate them.

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $16 Million Funding Opportunity to Help Communities Prosper through Transit

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $16.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects that help lift communities out of poverty by supporting transit service improvements in...

Apply for funding for planning studies to improve transit in communities experiencing a high poverty rate

Supporting electric and advanced technology buses to improve reliability & air quality

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $182 Million in Grants to Expand Low or No Emission Transit Vehicles & Facilities Nationwide

49 projects in 46 states & territories selected to receive funding to improve service, air quality

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $182 million in funding for...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Nuria Fernandez as 15th Senate-Confirmed Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration

Fernandez is First Senate-Confirmed Woman of Color to Lead FTA

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced Nuria Fernandez has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)....

U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Announces $250 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding Allocations to Advance 22 Transit Projects in 13 States

Federal funding allocations will assist project sponsors with their local funding contributions

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced a total of $250 million in federal funding allocations to help communities across the...