[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31541-31543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12241]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Announcement of Project Selections for FY 2008 Bus and Bus 
Facilities Discretionary Program Funds

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) announces the discretionary selection of projects 
that will be funded using the unallocated Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Bus and 
Bus Facilities Program funds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The appropriate FTA Regional 
Administrator for grant-specific issues; or Kimberly Sledge, Office of 
Program Management, 202-366-2053, for general information about the Bus 
and Bus Facilities Program.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Bus and Bus Facilities Program

    A total of $96.02 million is available for discretionary allocation 
under the Bus and Bus Facilities Program (Bus Program) in FY 2008. FTA 
published a notice of funding availability on March 23, 2007, inviting 
proposals for funding under the FY 2007 program. Proposals submitted 
addressed a number of FTA priorities under the program, including 
replacement of vehicles that had met their useful life criteria, fleet 
expansion to improve service, bus related facilities, and investment in 
rural transportation systems. FTA received proposals totaling over $3.2 
billion in response to the NOFA.
    FTA reviewed all proposals submitted and rated them based on the 
criteria specified in the NOFA. FTA was not able to fund any of the 
meritorious projects submitted in response to the March 23, 2007, NOFA 
using FY 2007 discretionary funding; however, FTA has elected to 
utilize the proposals submitted in response to that NOFA to distribute 
most of the discretionary Bus Program funds that remain available in FY 
2008.
    Of the amount allocated, $9.60 million--or 10 percent of total 
program availability--is made available to the Chicago Transit 
Authority to support its request to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation's Solicitation of Proposals for its Congestion-Reduction 
Demonstration Initiative, issued November 13, 2007. The 26 other 
projects selected for funding reflect a number of urbanized areas of 
various sizes as well as several statewide requests for funding to meet 
State-defined urban and rural bus and bus facility capital needs.
    Projects selected for funding are shown in Table 1 that accompanies 
this announcement.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 28th day of May, 2008.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.

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