Dallas, Austin, SA get FTA funds

Houston doesn’t get any

Marci Gilbert, Mar 03, 11.

Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio received funds from the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Alternatives Analysis Program in support of DOT’s Livability Initiative, according to the Federal Register. The Houston region received no funds.

Dallas’ DART received $700,000, Austin’s Capital Metro received $1,975,000, and San Antonio’s VIA received $900,000 in funds.

The Alternatives Analysis Program assists potential sponsors of major transit capital investments (“New Starts” and “Small Starts” projects) in the evaluation of all reasonable modal and multimodal alternatives and general alignment options to address transportation needs in a defined travel corridor.

A total of $25,700,000 was available for FTA’s Alternatives Analysis Program. A total of $73,027,950 was requested for 67 projects.

Source: Federal Register