LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– The Michigan Department of Transportation awarded the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA), a $1.7 million Mobility Challenge grant. The grant…
Priorities vary among administrations, an Urban Institute report found. “The president actually has substantial discretion over a lot of these…
Among the trillions of dollars approved by Congress to keep the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic were about $70…
Description The mobility management program at Maumee Valley Planning Organization began in 2020, and led to the development of a…
For the third straight year, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has awarded a $10,000 community benefit grant to the Alliance for Community Transportation…
The Murphy administration is proposing a plan for the state Economic Development Authority to purchase $100 million of NJ Transit’s…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of nearly $10.5 million in competitive grant funds for…
At the Walton Family Foundation, we’re committed to creating a more inclusive and vibrant Northwest Arkansas – one that includes…
A RAISE grant recently awarded to Kenosha, WI is going to be used to create bike trails in a former railroad corridor.
As COVID grants are ending, communities may be looking for alternative sources to fund multimodal transit projects.
Stop Hopper, a microtransit service pilot program launched by rabbittransit three years ago, has been awarded more than $50,000 by…
Representatives from the Healthcare Foundation presented a $100,000 check to SSM Health officials on Thursday. Those funds will cover costs…
Although sustainability is an important goal in transport policies, the focus is often on environmental sustainability, mostly ignoring economic and…
As part of a strategic move to bolster the public transportation system in Lancaster-Fairfield, Fairfield County is poised to assume…
A new piece of legislation introduced last month by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) from the Atlanta area will change that. The bill, Stronger…
Paris, a small city in Northeast Texas is connecting its residents through public mobility services. Supported by the community, this service is providing much needed access to healthcare, grocery shopping and socialization. Federal transportation funding in the United States is primarily allocated 80% for highways, 20% for public transit. In rural areas like Paris’s Lamar County, which has a population density of 55 people per square mile, this has led to a lack of mobility options for residents who don’t have access to a car.
On the northern banks of the Mississippi River, Dubuque, IA, is using multimodal transit projects to revitalize its historic neighborhoods. The project is being largely funded through a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant. The City of Dubuque’s $2.28 million RAISE Planning Grant from the US Department of Transportation strives to use multimodal transportation to connect and revitalize communities.
Last week, Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) reintroduced the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act, which aims to increase the amount of…
As we shift from summer into fall, I have compiled the most striking posts from the past few months. Organizations are using HHS grants for transit, making new partners, and trying new models to best support their communities.
In Fort Smith, AR, the University of Arkansas’s Civil Engineering Department partnered with the municipality to create a bikeshare program…
Judges in Western Indiana counties often see transportation access as a barrier to justice-involved individuals facing addiction. They partnered with…
Last year, a consortium of organizations lead by Bloomberg Philanthropies quietly launched a sprawling resource called the Local Infrastructure Hub, which provides…
The Missouri Public Transit Association (MPTA) Is partnering with Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) to commission an Economic Impact of…
In NW PA, the Crawford Area Transportation Authority (CATA) has been working with Pennsylvania state transportation agency PennDot to develop…
With the adoption earlier this year of an omnibus transportation bill, HF 2887, the Minnesota State Legislature and Governor Tim Waltz…
When Glen retired as an educator from a small rural middle school, he knew that volunteering and service were in…
The N.C. Department of Transportation spends about $5 billion a year building and maintaining a transportation system based primarily on…
A local university, city transit agency, community-based organization, and for-profit mobility company unite to solve first/last mile challenges in a…
As transit ridership struggles to recover to pre-pandemic levels, leaving many transit agencies facing large budget gaps, a new report suggests…
Taxing drivers for the miles they drive and imposing fuel taxes on electricity sold at commercial chargers are just some…
Iowa got a head start four years ago when it passed a tax on kilowatt hours sold. Here’s what they’ve…
Federal transportation funding is highly flexible, as we’ve pointed out; most of the federal highway funds that states and Metropolitan Planning…
The U.S. is one of the most expensive countries in the world for building transit, according to the Transit Costs…
The US Department of Transportation recently launched the Thriving Communities Program, ensuring communities have tools to compete for federal aid. Funded…
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the launch of the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI), which will help ten cities around…
The process to award $500 million in federal grants that states and local governments can use to pay for cutting-edge…
The Volunteer Transportation Center Foundation has won a $25,000 State Farm Neighborhood Assist grant. The VTC Foundation was one of…
Last year, NH received more than $24 million in Covid-related grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Georgia’s United State State Senators have introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act in an effort to fund construction of public transportation specifically…
Credit: WMATA, Photograph by Larry Levine All across the United States, public transit systems are working to ensure that investments…
Boosting transit funding would advance racial equity, an advocacy campaign is arguing as it seeks to influence lawmakers’ work on…
Earlier this year, President Biden called for electrifying the entire federal vehicle fleet — about 645,000 passenger cars, trucks and…
The chances of a reauthorization of the FAST Act appeared diminished Thursday when 11 of 12 Democrat senators on the…
The government committed C$250 million during the next five years to promote and support transit needs in rural and smaller…
In this brief, NCMM has researched and sourced national examples that support the ability of transit agencies, human service and…
Report showcases specific transportation projects on a state-by-state basis that support economic development
Governor Tom Wolf on March 12 reiterated his commitment to phase out Pennsylvania’s gas tax, which he said is becoming…
Under a new proposal, a metro area would have to have at least 100,000 people in its core city to…
Lot 9 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is an ocean of asphalt, typically occupied by thousands of…
The Formula Grants for Rural Areas program provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in…
Current transportation system investment trends could produce dire consequences for the American people and economy, a new report from the…
Richland County Regional Planning Commission (RCRPC) Executive Director Jotika Shetty announced the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) awarded $57,615 in…
As value-based care brings broader accountability for patient outcomes, payers are collaborating closely with community-based organizations (CBOs) to address the…
The goal of the U.S. transportation system is to safely, sustainably, and cost-effectively facilitate the movement of people and goods.…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently unveiled a bipartisan bill that would bolster the federal government’s funding contribution to improve…
Department of Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao announced Tuesday $464 million in grants to improve the safety and reliability of the…
Front-line workers who are at greater risk of catching the coronavirus at work are eligible for additional “hazard pay” of…
Voters would be asked to approve first using the sales tax for a workforce development/economic opportunity program before permanently shifting…
“As interest in cycling rises and electric vehicle sales drop off amid the pandemic, advocates are calling on Connecticut officials…
Federal COVID Policy and Mobility Management In late March President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES”)…
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made $11 million in funding available to support and advance innovation in the transit…
The coronavirus is expected to cost public transit around $6 billion in lost revenue in the coming months. As communities…
This toolkit compiles emerging practices and resources to support rural communities seeking to build relationships with philanthropies across the United…
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides new but limited opportunities to promote or fund specialized transportation services for older people…
This brief is written for mobility managers as they collaborate with human service agencies in their community to provided coordinated…
Transportation for older adults and adults with physical disabilities is in high demand. As the aging population grows, this demand…
This summary report focuses on transportation finance and the roles of the various branches of governments in the 50 states,…
TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 144: Sharing the Costs of Human Services Transportation, Volume 1: The Transportation Services…
Have more mobility news that we should be reading and sharing? Let us know! Reach out to Sage Kashner (kashner@ctaa.org).
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