| UPDATE: Transit Applications Due 10-15-10 |
8/16/2010 |
Funding is available for JARC, New Freedom and PTIG grant programs. All applied for projects must be in the PTP and TIP/STIP. Please be sure applications are complete, concise and accurate. You may click on this link to get the most recent application materials.http://www.iatransit.com/resources/applications.asp
As an additional reminder, I am also including grant application guidance that was sent out in May of this year after receiving the first round of applications. ... More  |
| UPDATE: Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Discretionary Projects. |
7/13/2010 |
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At their monthly meeting this afternoon, the Iowa Transportation Commissioners approved discretionary portions of the FY2011 Transit Program. This included three projects under the Public Transit Infrastructure Grant program, 18 Job Access/Reverse Commute projects, with 10 being for transit systems in small urbanized areas and eight in non-urbanized areas, and 22 New Freedom projects, with 3 being for transit systems serving small urbanized areas and 19 being for systems in non-urbanized parts... More |
| UPDATE: FY11 Transit Program Recommendations; 2nd Round of Applications for FY11 Transit Programs to be Accepted Oct. 1; ECIA Position Available |
6/14/2010 |
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FY11 Transit Program RecommendationsStaff recommendations for the competitively awarded FY11 transit programs were presented to the Iowa Transportation Commission this week. This includes the Public Transit infrastructure Grant program, and the JARC and New Freedom programs for both non-urbanized areas and urbanized areas with less than 200K population. A copy of that presentation showing which candidate projects were recommended for funding and which weren’t is attached. ... More |
| UPDATE: OPT staff position posted |
6/3/2010 |
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The Iowa Department of Transportation has an Executive Officer 2 position on the state employment website run by the Department of Administrative Services. You may reach the posting by clicking on this link: http://das.hre.iowa.gov/iowa.jobs.html, then selecting “Story County” and “Transportation,” with a key word of “Transit.” Note that the deadline for applications is June 6th.
Peter Hallock, Assistant DirectorOffice of Public Transitph. 515-239-1765 fax 515-233-7983 More |
| UPDATE: Transit Fellowships Available for Mississippi Valley Conference |
5/25/2010 |
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The Iowa DOT is hosting a meeting of the Mississippi Valley Conference of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials at the Marriott in downtown Des Moines, July 6-8th. The meeting will include sessions on the outlook for reauthorization, the incorporation of public art into projects, etc. A copy of the full draft agenda can be found at http://www.mvc2010.com/draftagenda.pdf.
Because the DOT is hosting the event, transit training fellowships... More |
| UPDATE: FTA Publishes Final FFY10 formula Apportionments |
5/17/2010 |
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FTA published the final FFY10 formula apportionments in yesterday’s Federal Register. The full notice can be accessed at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-05-13/pdf/2010-11479.pdf. I’ve tried to pull out the numbers that relate to Iowa in the attached sheet. A special congratulation to Sioux City Transit for increasing their ridership per revenue mile sufficiently qualify for a share of the Transit Incentive Cities incentive tier of 5307 funds. Peter Hallock, Assistant... More |
