Archive for July, 2010
DBE 2010 Challenges and Changes-Are you ready?
The American Public Transportation Association announced a workshop they are having this fall entitled “DBE 2010 Challenges and Changes-Are you ready?”
October 4, 2010
Description: Is your agency keeping up-to-date with the challenges that have been made to transit DBE programs? How do FTA’s new DBE proposals affect your agency? Do you involve your DBE’s in your agency’s goal setting process? This session will provide you with the latest information on DBE issues and best practices as well as new resources that transit agencies can draw upon to strengthen and improve their DBE efforts.
Learn more here.
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$897M Allocated To Expand CA’s Economy & Improve Transportation
Caltrans issued a press release detailing new funding to help stimulate California’s economy and improve the state’s transportation.
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $897 million to 170 transportation projects statewide, including $157 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006, and $49 million from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The remaining $691 million in allocations came from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal dollars.
“The Recovery Act and Proposition 1B are paying for vital transportation projects that help relieve traffic congestion and improve the quality of life for all Californians,” said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Investing in our infrastructure is strengthening our economy and creating jobs throughout the state at a time when we need them most.”
Since its passage, approximately $5.9 billion in Proposition 1B funding has been allocated. California has obligated nearly $2.5 billion from the Recovery Act to 931 highway, local street, and job training transportation projects statewide.
Continue reading the press release here.
