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Fiscal Year 2022 grants through the Tribal
Transit Program to more than two dozen
American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native
communities that will use the grants to
improve transit services in their communities.
The competitive grants awarded
by FTA are in addition to the more than
$35 million in formula funding Tribal
Transit programs receive from the federal
government annually. Competitive funding
for Tribal Transit programs will see an
83 percent increase during the next
five years due to the Infrastructure Investment
in Jobs Act, which includes
nearly $46 million for the programs.
The grants ranged between $16,000
to $1.6 million, but the impact of the
funding is measured beyond dollar
amounts. In a press briefing held in
Seattle, Wash., a state home to more
than 100,000 Native Americans, representatives
from the C'oeur D'Alene
Tribe and Nez Perce Tribal Committee
explained without transit service,
the alternative transport mode for
their communities would be walking
long distances or relying on friends,
neighbors and relatives for rides.
According to the National Transit
Database, nearly 12 million vehicle
miles of service are provided by Tribal
Transit systems each year nationwide,
providing critical access to jobs,
schools, healthcare and shopping and
to provide eldercare.
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MORE NEWS AT A GLANCE
▶ The California High-Speed Rail Authority's
Board of Directors approved
awarding the design and support services
contract for the Merced, Fresno,
Kings/Tulare and Bakersfield stations
that will serve high-speed rail passengers
on the initial 171-mile segment to
Foster + Partners and Arup.
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▶ Hitachi Rail revealed the final
designs and images for its new $70
million train factory and 800-yard test
track, built on a 41-acre site located in
Washington County, Md.
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▶ Spokane Transit Authority (STA)
launched the Connect fare system, an
account-based fare collection system
supplied by INIT.
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▶ National Express Transit signed a
three-year contract with the Regional
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Transportation Authority (RTA) of Pima
County in Arizona. The services took
effect Oct. 1, 2022, and builds on a partnership
that began in 2012. The contract
includes two one-year options to extend.
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▶ Skanska and its joint venture partner,
New Jersey-based Railroad Construction
Company was selected by the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA)
to make improvements on the Flushing
Line in New York, N.Y., for $200 million.
AECOM serves as the project's engineer.
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▶ Tolar Manufacturing Company has
been selected by Tranzito-Vector to
build 3,450 state-of-the-art bus shelters
for the city of Los Angeles's Sidewalk and
Transit Amenities Program.
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