Federal Transit Proposals
The Federal Transit Administration recommended 17 projects for federal funding yesterday. The overall proposed budget for FTA is $7.3 billion, with $1.6 billion allocated to major capital projects.
Among the projects recommended are:
- $30 million for a 9.6 mile light rail system in Charlotte, N.C.'s South Corridor
- $20 million for a 35.2 mile commuter railroad in Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
- $100 million to NYC for a second concourse at Grand Central Station, for LIRR extensions, and for a new Queens subway station.
- $25 million for BRT lanes on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland
- $55 million for a 1.5 mile rail extension in Pittsburgh
- $75 million for the 20-mile Phoenix light rail line
- $40 million for the Las Vegas monorail extension
Two other transportation proposals (via the NYT) which make no sense include:
- A 13.6 percent cut in the budget for modernizing air traffic control equipment and facilities.
- Cutting Amtrak funding from $1.2 billion to $900 million -- unless Amtrak adopts a Bush administration restructuring proposal, in which case funding would increase to $1.4 billion.
[Sources: Charlotte Observer, US Newswire, and The New York Times]
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amg | 11:03 AM |
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Adding a stop on Euclid in Cleveland will increase the number of useful stops on that system to approximately three (3), and maybe ridership to approximately twelve (12) people per day. I never met anyone who used the system, really.
I thought the money is for a BRT line along the length of Euclid. Hhmph.
