More US DOT funding to connect communities

Transit Unplugged Weekly News Minute with Julie Gates

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded over $3 billion dollars in federal funding through the Reconnecting Communities Pilot and Neighborhood Access and Equity grant programs. This funding will reconnect communities that were divided by transportation infrastructure decades ago. Source: U.S. DOT

A one-year multi-modal pilot is underway in Vancouver, BC. The RideLink smartphone app integrates rides between TransLink, car-share, and bike-share by providing trip planning and booking services. Source: TransLink

And Pittsburgh Regional Transit will conduct an independent review of the historic Monongahela Incline to better understand what has led to multiple breakdowns over the past year. The Mon is the oldest continuously operating funicular in the United States. Source: Pittsburgh Regional Transit