{"id":6978,"date":"2022-06-03T18:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T23:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/?p=6978"},"modified":"2022-06-03T18:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T23:39:59","slug":"fta-announces-25-million-through-the-american-rescue-plan-act-of-2021-to-help-transit-agencies-plan-to-restore-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-25-million-through-the-american-rescue-plan-act-of-2021-to-help-transit-agencies-plan-to-restore-service\/","title":{"rendered":"FTA Announces $25 Million through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to Help Transit Agencies Plan to Restore Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\":sp\" class=\"hP\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-thread-perm-id=\"thread-f:1734540295053447912\" data-legacy-thread-id=\"18125335574312e8\">FTA Announces $25 Million through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to Help Transit Agencies Plan to Restore Service<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Published on: <\/em><\/strong><em>June 3, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>FTA today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/funding\/american-rescue-plan-route-planning-discretionary-grant-funding-selections\">announced<\/a> the award of approximately $25 million to support 50 recipients through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to help public transportation agencies restore service that was reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Under FTA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/funding\/american-rescue-plan-act-2021\">Route Planning Restoration Program<\/a>, funding can be used for transit route restoration planning that is designed to increase ridership, reduce travel times and make service adjustments to increase the quality or frequency of transit service for low-income riders and disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/about\/news\/president-biden-and-us-department-transportation-announce-25-million-grant-awards\">Route Restoration Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/about\/news\/president-biden-and-us-department-transportation-announce-25-million-grant-awards\">News Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/funding\/american-rescue-plan-route-planning-discretionary-grant-funding-selections\">Recipient Selections<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read more about the Route Planning Restoration Program here. <\/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 - 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