| Americans Drove 1.4 Billion Fewer Highway Miles in April of 2008 than in April
2007 While Fuel Prices and Transit Ridership Are Both on the Rise |
DOT Press Release |
New Videos on YouTube Showcasing Projects and Highway Safety Efforts MoDOT has just posted four new videos on YouTube about highway and bridge projects, highway safety and other progress as promised at http://www.youtube.com/modotvideo |
http://www.youtube.com/modotvideo |
MoDOT Director Testifies in Washington D.C. On Looming Transportation Funding Crisis The United States is at risk of falling behind other countries in transportation funding, meaning lost jobs and lost lives, MoDOT Director Pete Rahn warned federal lawmakers recently. Testifying before a House Congressional committee, Rahn laid out the funding crisis, encouraging Congress to take action to dramatically improve the nation's transportation system. |
Testimony |
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| Local Dump the Pump Information |
St.Joseph, MO news release |
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Springfield, MO news release |
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St. Louis Metro news release and Dump the Pump Pass |
| House Approves Amtrak Reauthorization and Funding Increase (PDF file) |
House Vote on Amtrak Funding |
| This link provides copies of the KC Star articles from May 13 through June 7, 2008 related to the Kansas City's light rail efforts. |
KC Star articles |
| Powerpoint Presentation - Overview |
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| The National Resource Center
has released the Transit Pass Toolkit, an online
resource designed to foster partnerships in the
development of transit pass programs. |
Transit
Pass Toolkit |
| The Interagency Coordinating
Council on Access and Mobility's Education and Technical
Assistance Working Group has developed a set of
four fact sheets including “United We Ride,” “Family
of Transportation Services,” “Transportation Services
Coordination Plan,” and “Mobility Management.” |
Fact
Sheets |
| Older driver safety promotional
materials |
Why
Drive Poster and Why
Drive Brochure |
| SB 30 Fuel Tax Exemption Legislation |
http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB30.pdf |
The Federal Transit Administration
recently released a Construction Project Management
Handbook. The handbook is intended for use by transit
agencies without recent experience in managing construction
projects but planning to build a bus maintenance
facility, downtown transfer center or other substantial
facility. The manual is posted on the FTA's public
website. |
Click
here for the manual. |
On November 15, 2006, the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) announced the availability
of final guidance on the application of section
6002 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
(Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144) to projects funded
by the FTA, the FHWA, or both. The final guidance
is available at the following URLs:
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http://www.fta.dot.gov/environment/guidance/
for FTA and
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/section6002/
for FHWA |
| The American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the
American Public Transportation Association (APTA),
and the U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau
of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released results
of the joint 2005 Survey of State Funding for Public
Transportation. Transportation departments in all
50 states and the District of Columbia responded
to the survey. To access the "Survey of State
Transit Funding 2005" click on the link to
the right. |
Survey
of State Transit Funding 2005 |
| To assist in promoting the ridership
initiative, the FTA created a ridership website.
The website contains a variety of resources for
transit operators including results of Pilot Ridership
Assistance Projects, Ridership Enhancement Study
and a final report on the results of an FTA Individualized
Marketing Campaign Demonstration undertaken with
a number of transit agencies. In addition, the website
features a section entitled "Innovative Practices
for Increased Ridership", which brings together
the most innovative practices that have been undertaken
by transit operators across the nation to increase
ridership.
You can review innovative practices as well as
submit your own innovative practice to FTA or
search the complete database of practices through
the "Innovative Practices for Increased Ridership"
tool at http://www.fta.dot.gov/bpir. |
Ridership
Website |
For an updated noise and vibration
guidance manual
from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), click
on the link to the right. This manual can be used
to assist in environmental analysis for major transit
projects. FTA is also working with NTI to offer
a short training course on this subject in the near
future. If you have any questions about the manual
or its application contact Joni Roeseler at (816)
329-3936 or at joan.roesler@dot.gov.
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Transit
Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment |
| Transit Agency Participation
in Medicaid Transportation Programs 2006 - This
synthesis documents and summarizes the tasks necessary
for a public transit Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
(NEMT) partnership to be successful. |
TCRP
Synthesis 65 |
| For more information, please
click on the FMCSA link on motor carrier safety
requirements for passenger carriers: |
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/eta/MCpassengers.html |
March 2006 brochure from the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
giving a concise overview of the motor carrier safety
requirements for passenger carriers.
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March
Brochure |
