http://www.nctransit.org Association Web site en-us http://www.nctransit.org/images/NewImages/NCPTAlogo.jpg http://www.nctransit.org 150 116 NCPTA Logo http://www.nctransit.org/news/index.html North Carolina Public Transportation Association (NCPTA) has launched a fresh, new web site with the latest information and interactive members-only area. Please visit nctransit.org. http://www.nctransit.org/news/099CATSinvests.html CATS Interim CEO John Muth donated a bus to CPCC President Tony Zeiss for the College’s Transport System Technology program at the Transport Systems Building, located at the CPCC North Campus in Huntersville. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/index.html The Federal Transit Administration Web site contains proposed FTA circulars or guidance documents. See circular topic is "Capital Facilities and Formula Grant Programs." Title: Urbanized Area Formula Program. Program Guidance and Application Instructions are available. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/0910ChapelHillTransitJoins.html Chapel Hill Transit will join the GoTriangle Regional Transit Information Center on October 5, 2009. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/099CabarrusCountyKicks.html A new transportation service linking rural residents to major employment, shopping, and medical offices will begin October 5 in Cabarrus County. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/0910NewWeekdayExpress.html A new weekday express bus route connecting Zebulon and Wendell with downtown Raleigh will begin on Monday, October 26, 2009. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/index.html Register today to participate in one of NCPTA’s upcoming training forums! The 5 hour training has been created for all public transit staff that interact with internal and external customers. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/0912CharolotteTopsNation.html Charlotte tops the nation in the growth of people using public transit between 2006 and 2008 in a recent report issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/index.html http://www.nctransit.org/news/0912PurdueSignsOrder.html The task force will make recommendations to ensure that people and goods are able to move efficiently across North Carolina. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/0912TriangleTransitProvides.html In support of aging citizens and increased mobility options and opportunities, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and Triangle Transit are endorsing and participating in Older Driver Safety Awareness Week which is being sponsored by the American Occupational Therapy Association. Read more... http://blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown/jacksonville-auto-dealer-picked-for-nc-board-of-transportation Michael K. Alford, a Jacksonville auto dealer, is Gov. Bev Perdue’s 11th pick for a vacant seat on the state Board of Transportation. Read full article... http://www.newsobserver.com/340/story/278534.html?story_link=email_msg A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama's first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about his argument for billions more to address an urgent need to accelerate job growth. Read full article... http://www.nctransit.org/news/1001ReactionToStimulusNews.html This week, the Associated Press released a flawed analysis of the results of the economic stimulus spending on roads and bridges.Its authors overlooked the 210,000 direct on-project transportation jobs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee determined were created by stimulus. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/1001ObamaProposesPolicyShift.html In a dramatic change from existing policy, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed that new funding guidelines for major transit projects be based on livability issues such as economic development opportunities and environmental benefits, in addition to cost and time saved, which are currently the primary criteria. In remarks at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, the Secretary announced the Obama Administration’s plans to change how projects are selected to receive federal financial assistance in the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) New Starts and Small Starts programs. Read more... http://www.newsobserver.com/356/story/282753.html Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday rescinded Bush administration restrictions on federal transit grants so that a wider range of projects will be eligible and local transit systems will receive money faster. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/1002TIGERprogramFunding.html One year to the day after President Obama signed the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will announce Recovery Act awards to states, tribal governments, cities, counties and transit agencies across the country to fund 51 innovative transportation projects. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/1002TIGERstimulusFunds.html The U.S. DOT announced the winners of its $1.5 billion TIGER grant awards today. Transit and rail projects won big, winning a much larger share of the funds than is typical from the DOT, whose typical annual allocations go 3:1 in favor of highways. Not so today. Read more... http://www.nctransit.org/news/1002FTAkillsPlan.html $70 million will be redistributed for operating funds at cash-strapped local agencies; fate of $422 million more also committed to the project is unclear. One clear outcome of the distribution of stimulus funds to transit agencies across the country was a marked preference for using the money to increase capital spending, rather than a ramp up of operations. Read more... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/22/AR2010022204804.html Aided by a handful of Republicans, Senate Democratic leaders on Monday kept alive a $15 billion job-creation measure and are poised to pass the measure later this week. Read more... http://www.washingtonpost.com The Senate has approved a $15 billion jobs bill, 70 to 28. The next stop is the House where Democratic leaders are weighing whether to pass the Senate version or go to conference to reconcile it with the $154 billion jobs bill the House passed in December. http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/030310trustfund.aspx The Senate approved a bill Tuesday night to extend legal authority for the Highway Trust Fund for 30 days, sending the legislation to President Barack Obama, who has now signed the measure. Read More...