Texas Transit Association

APTA’s 12/04/03 Report on FY Appropriations contained in Omnibus appropriations bill pending approval, plus further definition of TEA-Legacy for Users reauthorization bill that dramatically increases highway and transit spending. Download file

Texas Earmarks in Omnibus bill listed on following page…

*Texas New Starts and Extensions:*
-Dallas, Texas, North Central Light Rail Extension: $30,161,283
-Houston Advanced Metro Transit Plan: $8,000,000

*Buses and Bus Facilities:*
-Austin Capital Metro buses and bus facilities: $3,000,000
-Brazos County Bus Replacement Program: $200,000
-Capital Metro Hybrid Electric Buses: $500,000
-CityLink van and technology replacement, Abilene: $500,000
-Corpus Christi buses and bus facilities: $2,000,000
-El Paso Sun Metro Bus Replacement: $1,000,000
-Fort Worth Transportation Authority Fleet Modernization/Bus Transfer Centers: $1,500,000
-Galveston Maintenance Facility Renovations: $800,000
-Grapevine Bus Purchase: $160,000
-Hunt County Committee on Aging Transportation Facility: $400,000
-Laredo Bus Facility: $850,000
-Lubbock/Citibus Buses: $1,500,000
-Nacogdoches Vehicle Replacement: $800,000
-North Side Transfer Center Brownsville Urban System (BUS): $350,000
-Public Transportation Management, Tyler/Longview: $350,000
-San Antonio VIA Metropolitan Transit buses and bus facilities: $5,000,000
-South East Texas Transit Facility Improvements and Bus Replacements: $250,000
-The District-Bryan Intermodal Transit Terminal/Parking Facility & Pedestrian Improvements: $400,000
-The Woodlands Capital Costs: $350,000
-The Woodlands Park and Ride Expansion: $275,000

*Job Access and Reverse Commute program:*
-CityLink Public Transportation Services: $100,000
-Corpus Christi Welfare to Work Project: $376,000
-El Paso Sun Metro Job Access: $775,000
-Galveston Job Access Reverse Commute Program: $475,000
-Lubbock Citibus Job Access Reverse Commute: $230,000
-San Antonio VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority JARC: $550,000
-South East Texas Transit Facility Improvements and Bus Replacements: $300,000
-Texas Colonias JARC Initiative: $2,400,000
-Ways to Work, Tarrant County: $300,000