We recently have seen a massive federal investment in public infrastructure with billions going out to cities to help improve public transit, traffic calm streets, cap freeways and more! Let's look at what the funding is going towards
-Amtrak
First up we have 159 million going to Philadelphia for the planning and construction of a 2 block freeway cap over the vine street expressway. This will reconnect Chinatown and create a new park in Center city
Plan to 'Stitch' Philly's Chinatown back together over I-676 gets $159M federal grant One of the big plans to cover highways in Philadelphia is getting a big boost thanks to a nearly $159 million federal grant, according to pu NBC10 Philadelphia117 million has been granted to the Queensway project in Queens to build a linear park on abandoned right of way, it is frustrating that the MTA is not pursuing the Queenslink plan with a new subway line instead but it is better to have a park than an empty decaying space
$117 million federal grant boosts QueensWay Project: A 3.5-mile greenway connecting six neighborhoods in Queens – QNS.com Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and members of the Queens Congressional delegation announced a $117 million federal grant for the Que QNS.com41.9 million has been granted to Columbus Ohio for the construction of a BRT on Broadstreet, the start of a larger planned BRT network for the city
COTA Lands $42 Million Federal Grant for First Transit Corridor - Columbus Underground The Central Ohio Transit Authority has been awarded $41.9 million in federal funding for the first of several planned Bus Rapid Transit corr Columbus UndergroundJacksonville has received 147 million to build a trail network across the city separate from streets to reconnect the city
Emerald Trail awarded $147 million federal grant Press release highlighting a $147 million federal grant awarded to the Emerald Trail. thejaxsonmag.com450 million for freeway caps in Portland Oregon to reconnect the majority black Alvina Neighborhood
Feds grant $450 million toward I-5 freeway caps in North Portland’s Albina district The money will go toward building freeway covers to reconnect the Northeast Portland neighborhood. oregonliveAllston in the Boston Area has received 330 million to move the I 90 viaduct to create new park space, reconnect the city to the riverfront, and build a new Commuter Rail station
MassDOT Wins $335 Million Federal Grant for Allston Highway Megaproject - Streetsblog Massachusetts On Monday, federal officials announced the first major committment of federal funding for the Allston Multimodal Project, a massive realignm mass.streetsblog.orgThe stitch project in Atlanta has received 157 million to reconnect sections of Midtown and downtown Atlanta with a freeway lid as seems to be a trend with this funding
Atlanta receives $157M federal grant to bring the city together with ‘The Stitch’ project Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock said, "This is literally correcting and repairing an old age wall and reconnecting communities." https://www.atlantanewsfirst.comLA metro is receiving $709.9 million for the San Fernando Valley Light Rail Line and D line Extension and about 200 million more in other transit and street projects
Major Support Secured: Los Angeles Region To Receive Nearly $900 Million in Funding to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure and Metro Transpor En Español한국어 mayor.lacity.govThis was only a snippet of what has received the 3.3 billion dollars in finding realeased, but all in all the funding being released by the Federal Government has been a really good sign for the future of our cities as most of these are projects that will make the cities we live in significantly more livable and better to exist in. I hope that the reconnecting communities grants continue on because they are doing some serious good
-Amtrak
I am probably going to transfer train news more over to this blog, but I still think that it is important for you guys to hear this stuff