Indian Country Gets $32 Million for Public Transportation Projects

One hundred transit projects on tribal lands will share in $32 million in Public Transportation on Indian Reservations funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration, according to a press release issued by the DOT.

The $32 million, of which $17 million will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Tribal Transit Program, will be funding a wide range of projects across Indian Country, including new buses, vans and other capital equipment and the construction of new transit facilities.

A list of winning projects may be found at: http://www.fta.dot.gov/news/news_events_10912.html.