A new year brings new hope, renewed focus and a time to reassess what is and isn’t working. While the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have not faded with the changing of the year, there is hope now that vaccine distribution has begun that an official end to the pandemic is approaching.
USDOT launches new regional infrastructure accelerators program
A new demonstration program has been launched by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to establish several Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (Accelerators), which aims to expedite the delivery of transportation infrastructure projects through innovative finance and delivery methods. Read More
New rail delivered for DART's Silver Line in Plano
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) received new rail Dec. 18 for its Silver Line project in Plano. A total of 200, 80-foot rail sections, or 16,000 feet of rail, were delivered by special train from Steel Dynamics, Inc., of Indiana, to a location east of Shiloh Road in Plano, Texas, and off-loaded adjacent to the existing tracks. Read More
KCATA awarded KDOT technology grant
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) has been awarded a $59,000 innovation and technology grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation to integrate micro transit into Transit, RideKC’s official app for bi-state regional transit. Read More
NCRTD Launched Mora to Las Vegas Route: Represents first service in Mora and San Miguel Counties
On Thursday, December 17, the North Central Regional Transit District’s (NCRTD) RTD Blue Bus began a contracted pilot bus transit service between Holman in Mora County and the City of Las Vegas in San Miguel County. The route will operate two days a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Read more
COVID 2.0 Impacts on Transit & FY 2021 Appropriations
If you missed it over the holidays, be sure to catch up with the slew of developments in Washington at the end of the year, including $14 million in new COVID relief funding (but little of it will reach the SWTA Nation) and the transit funding through the FY'21 appropriations process. Get the full details in our legislative update.
UPCOMING EVENTS FROM STATE & NATIONAL TRANSIT ASSOCIATIONS
