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ARRA Reports

Updated ARRA Reporting Technical Assistance Documents:1512 Reporting Tips (MS Word)Revised Recipient Reporting Data Model (MS Word)ARRA 1201c Reporting Fields for FTA Grantees (MS Word)Questions and Answers for 2012 1201c Reporting (MS Word)January 2012 1512 and 1201c reporting webinars (PowerPoint...

ARRA Operating Assistance

Operating Assistance Q & A - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009ARRA Operating Assistance Message from FTA AdministratorARRA Apportionment Tables illustrating the 10% Available for Operating Assistance for Urbanized Areas (PDF) and Nonurbanized Areas (PDF)

ARRA Fact Sheet: Montgomery Area Transit Hybrid-Electric Buses

Project: Montgomery Area Transit System Hybrid-Electric Buses

City: Montgomery

State: Alabama

ARRA Award Amount: $2.7 Million

Program: TIGGER

Description:

Montgomery Area Transit System is using its ARRA TIGGER funds to purchase five (5) GILLIG 30’ low-floor...

ARRA Fact Sheet: Advance Transit Maintenance Facility

Project: Advance Transit Maintenance Facility

City: Wilder

State: Vermont

ARRA Award Amount: $1.5 Million

Program: Non-Urbanized Area Formula Program

Description:

The Recovery Act is helping to fund construction of an expanded administrative/maintenance...

ARRA Fact Sheet: New Jersey Transit-Pennsauken Transit Center

Project: New Jersey Transit - Pennsauken Transit Center

City: Pennsauken

State: New Jersey

ARRA Award Amount: $36.2 Million

Program: Urbanized Area Formula

Description:

New Jersey Transit (NJT) is using its ARRA formula funds to construct a new intermodal...

Rail Transit Vehicles and Systems

Analysis of Capital Cost Elements and Their Effect on Operating Costs - Analysis of light rail transit capital cost increase.Collision Safety Improvements for Light Rail Vehicles Operating in Shared Right of Way Street Environments - Study to investigate the potential for reducing injuries to...

ARRA Transit Programs

ARRA appropriated $8.4 billion for three major transit programs. ARRA funds may be used only for capital projects (as defined in 49 USC 5302(a)(1)), and no local share is required. Less than one percent of the total funding ($64 million) was made available to FTA for oversight and administration...

ARRA Transit Project Fact Sheets

Click the links below to see examples of ARRA transit projects across the country.

AlabamaMontgomery Area Transit Hybrid-Electric BusesCaliforniaAVTA Solar Panel ProjectColoradoDenver Union StationKansasJohnson County Transit Facility Improvement and Bus ReplacementKentuckyTARC Facility...

State of Good Repair

Helping transit agencies maintain bus and rail systems in a State of Good Repair (SGR) is one of FTA’s highest priorities. FTA recommends Transit Asset Management (TAM) practices to preserve and expand transit investments. Having well maintained, reliable transit infrastructure – track, signal...