#federal-transit-funding
#federal-transit-funding

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Transit funding hits record highs as ridership languishes, new report questions return on billions

Federal transit funding has risen to record highs while bus and rail commuting has fallen to about 3.8% of workers, revealing allocation and effectiveness gaps.

US politics

fromStreetsblog

6 days ago

Why Does Trump Wants To Punish Cities For Free Buses? - Streetsblog USA

Proposal to cut federal transit funding targets large cities with free buses, likely driven by political retribution and creating costly inefficiencies.

Washington DC

fromSustainable Bus

6 days ago

New Flyer to supply further 100 Xcelsior hybrid and BEV buses to Washington Metro - Sustainable Bus

Metro ordered 100 New Flyer buses: 75 Xcelsior 40-foot hybrid-electric and 25 Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot battery-electric to replace legacy fleet.

Environment

fromSan Jose Inside

2 months ago

Funds from 2021 Law Provide $20M to VTA for Hybrid Buses

Santa Clara VTA will receive $20 million in federal funding to buy hybrid diesel-electric low-emission buses and support emission-reduction fleet upgrades.

fromGothamist

4 months ago

Trump vows to ditch Hudson River tunnel project, leave holes in ground across NYC and NJ

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he would "terminate" federal funding for the Gateway Project, which aims to build the first new set of Hudson River train tunnels in over a century. If he gets his way, he'll leave a new mark on the region in the form of a pair of unfinished holes on either side of the river - one in North Bergen, another on Manhattan's West Side - along with three other active construction sites that would be abandoned.