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TIGER Grant Update: Agencies Collaborate on Joint Application; Amtrak Receives 10M Grant
Two Florida public transportation agencies, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) in Tampa and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) in St. Petersburg, have partnered on an application for a $9 million joint TIGER program grant.
HART and PSTA would use the joint grant to partially fund a new region-wide electronic fare management system that would streamline the ticket-buying process, allowing riders to use a single farecard for travel across all eight counties served by the two agencies.
“This project is not only critical to HART and PSTA, but to the region as a whole,” said Katharine Eagan, HART chief executive officer. “This will significantly move our region into the future of transit fare collection and allow our riders an unparalleled, flexible rider experience. We’re in a position where we think we have a competitive application.”
PSTA Chief Executive Officer Brad Miller concurred. “With the full support of our local and regional leaders, we are poised and prepared to begin the regionalization of transit in Tampa Bay,” he said. “By uniting our counties and strengthening our transit network, we will be better able to provide value to our riders and communities.”
If they receive the grant, the agencies would be required to provide $2.4 million in matching funds, which they could pay over a three-year period.
$10 Million for Amtrak in Vermont
In other TIGER news, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx and FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg recently announced a $10 million grant to extend Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express passenger train service to Burlington, VT.
The service begins in New York City and currently stops in Rutland, VT.
The grant will fund approximately 11 miles of new track along the state-owned line and three passenger platforms in Middlebury, Vergennes and Burlington. The project will also reduce long-term maintenance costs for the state, allow passenger trains to operate up to 60 mph and enhance safety at multiple railroad crossings.
“This is a day Burlington has been waiting a long time for,” Feinberg said. “This funding will help not only take us back to a time when passenger rail extended to Burlington but, more importantly, it will take us into the future.”
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