Tag: FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff

Roadbuilding

FTA makes available $29 million for safety, disaster solutions

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the availability of $29 million in competitive research funds to help transit agencies  improve safety, natural disasters and emergency resiliency and emergency response capabilities. For first time, funds available through the FTA’s Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Program are dedicated to creating and implementing […]

October 22, 2013

Equipment

LaHood: $100 million for innovative, clean-fuel transit projects

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Nov. 17 announced that 46 innovative transit projects chosen for their capacity to help cut the nation’s dependence on oil and create a marketplace for 21st century “green” jobs will share $112 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). “These grants will put thousands of Americans back […]

November 17, 2011

Equipment

LaHood: $101.4 million to promote innovative clean-fuel technologies in transit

Transit providers will be able to compete for a share of $101.4 million in federal funding by proposing innovative projects that create ‘green’ jobs, promote the use of clean fuels and cut our nation’s dependence on oil, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on June 30. “This money supports President Obama’s plan to improve the […]

July 5, 2011