Community Development Digest

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Private Contractor Garners Austin Transit Contract Renewal

With projected revenue of approximately $70 million per year, this is one of the biggest urban bus public transportation contracts in the nation.

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Massive $70 Million Bridge Project Moves to Next Phase

The project will convert the existing shoulders on the bridge to create a new vehicle travel lane on the bridge’s lower deck (eastbound direction) and a new bicycle and pedestrian path on the upper deck (westbound direction). A movable barrier would be installed on the upper deck to separate bicyclists and pedestrians from motorists. The project also includes ancillary improvements to enhance access to the new eastbound travel lane and the new bike/ped path.

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Bus Rapid Transit Seen Leveraging More Investment Than Rail

A BRT project along a major thoroughfare in Cleveland -- the Cleveland Healthline -- has already generated $5.8 billion in development, or $114 for each transit dollar invested. By comparison, the Blue Line, a light rail project in Portland, OR, has generated just $3.74 per dollar invested, according to reports.

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Agency to Open Dialogue on Transportation Funding

The Federal Transit Administration establishes a multi-faceted Expedited Public Transportation Improvement Initiative -- a.k.a., XPEDITE -- and solicits participation in a forthcoming online dialogue on the initiative.   The goal of XPEDITE is to facilitate the transit industr...

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Project Explores New Transportation Accessibility Model

The project envisions a new location-based information access system, one that provides personalized information to each user regardless of possible sensorial or cognitive impairments, with the goal of potentially increasing ridership to large segments of the community who are currently unable or unwilling to travel independently.

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Mississippi Port Expansion Project Revisited

HUD Secretary Julian Castro arrives in Gulfport, MS bearing a big gift for the Mississippi Development Authority -- a three-year reprieve on a promise by the authority to provide 1,300 jobs by the port expansion’s completion.

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Federal Report Recommends Changing ADA Mobility Requirements

Research emerging from an initiative sponsored by Federal Transit Administration resullts in a series of bold recommendations for changing federal requirements that apply to mobility assistance devices used by transit operators to accommodate people in wheelchairs.

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‘DamWatch’ App Helps Communities Protect Infrastructure

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says the intent of the tool is to provide “a 'one-stop' source for accessing critical documents, databases, onsite electronic monitoring devices and geospatial information …to help keep the public safe and protect infrastructure."

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King Cove Moves One Step Closer to Getting Its Road

Long-awaited by King Cove residents, the road will provide reliable and safe transportation needed to medevac seriously ill or injured patients during frequent periods of harsh weather when travel by plane or boat is too dangerous.

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House Passes Two Bills Aimed at Improving Airport Security

The House has overwhelmingly passed HR 720 and HR 719 -- legislation designed to bolster security at airports and provide oversight of the Transportation Security Administration’s Office of Inspection.

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