FY'11
Budget and Appropriations
Public Transit Safety Legislation
- Summary of Senate Banking Committee-Passed Bill
- US DOT Announcement of Members of New Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS)
- Text of Public Transportation Safety Program Act of 2010 (HR 4643) [pdf 188kb]
- Text of Companion Senate Bill (S.3015) [pdf 188kb]
- House T&I Committee Background Information on the Bill including Hearing Summary and Witness Testimony
- US DOT Press Release and Fact Sheet
- Federal Register Notice Establishing a Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety [pdf 48kb]
FTA New Starts/Small Starts Issues
- FTA FY'12 New Start/Small Start Guidance
- FTA Urban Circulator and Bus and Bus Livability Grant Announcement
- FTA 12/8/09 Notice of Funding Availability for Urban Circulator and Bus and Bus Livability Grants #1
- FTA 12/8/09 Notice of Funding Availability for Urban Circulator and Bus and Bus Livability Grants #2
- FTA 5/28/10 Notice of Funding Availability for FY'09 and FY'10 Alternative Analysis (AA) Grants
- FTA ANPRM on Major Capital Investment Projects
- FTA FY'11 Annual Report on the New Starts and Small Starts Programs
- January 13 US DOT Secretary LaHood Letter Rescinding 2005 Dear Colleague Letter Related to New Starts/Small Starts Criteria
- FTA Q&As Related to Rescission of 2005 Dear Colleague Letter
High Speed Rail Grants
- FRA 7/1/10 Notice of Funding Availability of FY'10 $2.5B in High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Grants Document 1 [pdf 204kb]
- FRA 7/1/10 Notice of Funding Availability of FY'10 $2.5B in High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Grants Document 2 [pdf 128kb]
- FRA May 12 Draft Stakeholder Agreements for High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program
- FRA April 1 Notice of Three Grant Programs for HSR Planning and Construction [pdf 191kb]
- FRA Preliminary National Rail Plan Covering Passenger and Freight Rail [pdf 7.21MB]
- FRA Notice of FY'10 Funding for Rail Safety Technology Program (RSTP) and PTC [pdf 78kb]
- House T&I Committee Letter Supporting Dedicated HSR Source of Revenue [pdf 513kb]
- List of Regions/States/Corridors Receiving ARRA High-Speed Rail Grants [pdf 15kb]
- FRA Corridor Fact Sheets on January 28 ARRA High-Speed Rail Grants
TIGER Grants
- HUD/DOT 6/24/10 Notice of Funding Availability of HUD Community Challenge Planning Grants and DOT TIGER II Planning Grants
- TIGER II Discretionary Grant Pre-Application Instructions
- TIGER II FAQs
- US DOT Notice of Funding Availability and Final Guidance on NII/TIGER II Grants
- FTA Summary of TIGER II Grant Program [pdf 92kb]
- FTA Side by Side Comparison of TIGER I and TIGER II Grant Programs [pdf 15kb]
- US DOT Notice of Funding Availability and Interim Guidance for NII/TIGER II Grants [pdf 267kb]
- List of TIGER Grants and Project Descriptions Announced by US DOT on February 17, 2010 [pdf 4.72MB]
Livability Programs and Grants
- Senate Banking Committee-Passed "Livable Communities Act" S. 1619
- Summary of Senate Banking Committee-Passed "Livable Communities Act"
- HUD/DOT 6/24/10 Notice of Funding Availability of HUD Community Challenge Planning Grants and DOT TIGER II Planning Grants
- Guide to Leveraging the Partnership: DOT, HUD, EPA Programs for Sustainable Communities [pdf 1.5MB]
- FTA Notice of Funding for the Transit Investment for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program (TIGGER) [pdf 362kb]
- HUD Notice to Preregister for FY'10 Sustainable Communities Planning Grants [pdf 49kb]