December 3, 2021

KCATA Operational Innovations and Performance Manager Makes Mass Transit Magazines 40 Under 40 List

Congratulations to Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s Shofi Ull Azum Shofi, MBA, Operational Innovations, and Performance Manager for making Mass… Read the rest

November 23, 2021

Weigh in with MoDOT on Need to Fund Transit

MoDOT is currently hosting meetings across the state and taking comments on its $1 billion annual Unfunded Needs List (https://www.modot.org/unfundedneeds ).  From… Read the rest

November 22, 2021

State Transit Funding Tops 2022 MPTA Policy Agenda

Members of the Missouri Public Transit Association (MPTA) help people get where they need to go every day in nearly every county in that state, resulting in more than 60… Read the rest

November 22, 2021

Missouri Public Transit Association 2021 Year in Review: Advocating, Educating, Advancing

Public transit is delivering more than $3 billion to the state’s bottom line annually while ensuring transportation accessibility to nearly everyone in every county,… Read the rest

November 22, 2021

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $2 Million Funding Opportunity to Advance Innovation in Transit

Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $2 million in competitive… Read the rest

November 22, 2021

MoDOT Hosting Series of Public Input Meetings; Weigh in on TRANSIT

The Missouri Department of Transportation, working with its statewide regional planning partners, have identified $1 billion in annual unfunded needs. From the broader… Read the rest

November 18, 2021

MPTA Education Series Highlights Opportunities for MO Transit Providers through TWC

MPTA hosted its latest Education Series on November 18, spotlighting the formation of the Transportation Workforce Center, a new FTA-funded initiative to assist transit… Read the rest

November 15, 2021

Transit Receives Unprecedented Federal Funds; It’s Time for the State to Step Up

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Nov. 5 by a vote of 228 to 206. It includes $550 billion in new spending… Read the rest

November 8, 2021

Congress Passes Historic Infrastructure Package; President Signs into Action

Late on November 5, the House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA by a vote of 228 to 206 that includes $550 billion… Read the rest

November 2, 2021

Congress Passes Another Extension to Authorization Bill

Unable to work out their differences on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure alongside a $1.75 trillion domestic funding bill, the House of Representatives passed… Read the rest