August 3, 2009

Final Guidance on New Starts/Small Starts Policies and Procedures

On July 29,
2009, the Federal Transit Administration published the 2009 final guidance on
New Starts/Small Starts policies and procedures. On May 20, 2009, FTA announced… Read the rest

August 3, 2009

Environmental Impact and Related Procedures (FHA & FTA)

The Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued
this final rule that modifies our regulations to make certain changes mandated… Read the rest

August 3, 2009

Notice of Policy Statement for Eligible New Freedom Projects

The Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) is expanding the type of projects it considers to
be “beyond the ADA'' and thus increase the types of projects… Read the rest

July 20, 2009

OATS Honors Driver

OATS is honoring driver Rosalie Wuthnow for 15 years of service.  You can read more here.… Read the rest

June 26, 2009

KC Star: Nixon slashes spending by $430m

The Kansas City Star has details on spending cuts from Gov. Nixon.… Read the rest

June 10, 2009

Bus Transit Safety

The US Transportation Dept. has released its latest Bus Transit Safety Quarterly Newsletter. It includes an interview with Mike Flanigon, the FTA director of Safety… Read the rest

May 15, 2009

McCaskill wants operational needs covered by stimulus money

Sen. Claire McCaskill wants federal stimulus money to cover some of the operational costs of transit systems. A highlight from her press release:

Across the country,

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May 14, 2009

Legislature passes bill to include transit employees in assault definition

The the Missouri Senate has passed House Bill 116.  The same bill
already passed the House.  The next step is the Governor.  House Bill
116 expands… Read the rest

May 11, 2009

Lawmakers send Metro bill to Gov. Nixon

The state Legislature last week passed a bill (HB-22) that includes $12 million for St. Louis Metro.  St. Louis Metro Memo has more.… Read the rest

May 5, 2009

LaHood dismisses gas tax hike

Mass Transit Magazine reports that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood does not want to see gas taxes go up.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday he

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