{"id":5406,"date":"2021-07-23T21:40:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T02:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2021-07-23T21:40:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T02:40:13","slug":"fta-announces-request-for-information-on-the-capital-investment-grants-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-request-for-information-on-the-capital-investment-grants-program\/","title":{"rendered":"FTA Announces Request for Information on the Capital Investment Grants Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FTA Announces Request for Information on the Capital Investment Grants Program<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Published on: <\/strong>July 23, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2021\/07\/15\/2021-15079\/request-for-information-concerning-the-capital-investment-grants-program\">Request for Information (RFI)<\/a> to receive input from the public on improvements that could be made to the evaluation process for projects seeking funding from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/CIG\"> Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Transit stakeholder input is critically important in identifying evaluation measures and data sources that can better capture the benefits and costs of transit and how the CIG program can facilitate outcomes that maximize those benefits for the transit community. Through this RFI, FTA will solicit public input to help inform FTA\u2019s development of future CIG processes and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Comments should be submitted on or before October 13, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2021\/07\/15\/2021-15079\/request-for-information-concerning-the-capital-investment-grants-program\">RFI on CIG Program<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/CIG\">FTA&#8217;s Capital Investment Grants Program<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FTA seeks input from the public on improvements that could be made to the evaluation process for projects seeking funding. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FTA Announces Request for Information on the Capital Investment Grants Program - 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