Texas Transit Association

EPA Announcement of Funding Available for Retrofiting Diesel Engines

This is a competitive process and the applications are due July 2, 2004. Please forward this to any parties that may be interested in applying for this funding.

EPA’s Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program is now accepting grant applications to assist in implementing projects that demonstrate the innovative usage of EPA verified pollution control equipment in reducing emissions from diesel fleets, including non-road fleets, that affect sensitive populations - such as children, the elderly, and the chronically ill - who are more susceptible to the effects of diesel exhaust. Applications will be accepted from state, local, multi-state, and tribal agencies, and non-profit organizations. The total estimated funding for this project is up to $1,500,000.
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The Texas Transportation Commission has proposed new rules regarding urban and rural funding formulae. The proposal is based on recommendations of their Public Transportation Advisory Committee and are available online at TxDOT’s rulemaking “page”:http://www.dot.state.tx.us/ogc/rules.htm.

Four public hearings are scheduled to take public comment on the proposed funding formulae rules. Download file

to $275 billion as agreed to by the Bush Administration. But lawmakers say the $275 level is not good enough. Read this latest on transportation reauthorization.
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A working group of local leaders are crafting a plan for seamless public transit in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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The TTC meeting produced the last funding of a five-year vehicle capital replacement program. For a list of transit agencies receiving capital funds, Download file

Education funding sits at the top of lawmakers’ minds in Austin, but transportation funding might eventually get a seat at the bargaining table.

An alliance of Texas’ largest metropolitan areas has crafted a transportation fund-raising proposal for legislators to consider while they debate public school finance methods. The key to the new measure’s political viability, supporters believe, is that it raises money for roads and rails without taking any money away from education.
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