JARC and Intercity carriers receive FY02 funds
FY2002 federal funding for both the Jobs Access & Reverse Commute (JARC) program and the Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility program have been announced. Of the $15.7 million available through JARC, Texas received just over $1 million with CityLink in Abilene at $100k, El Paso’s Sun Metro at $250k, Lubbock’s Citibus at $460k, and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority at $200k [Nov. 4, 2002 Federal Register pp. 67236-8].
The Over-the-Road Accessibility program totaled $7.1 million providing funding for the incremental cost of adding lifts to 149 new vehicles, retrofitting 68 vehicles, and $476,279 for training. Texas-based companies received a total of $3.56 million, including Valley Transit at $66k, Kerrville Bus Co. at $130.1k, TMN&O at $66.3k, Gulf Coast Transit at $112k, El Expresso at $123.7k, Greyhound Bus Lines at just over $3 million.
Download: FY2002 JARC earmarks.pdf (47.93 KB).
Download: FY02 ICB ada.pdf (49.5 KB).