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FTA Awards $6.2MM in TOD Grants Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Arizona’s Phoenix Public Transit Department will receive $1 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for transit-oriented development (TOD) planning at three stations of the proposed 1.6-mile Northwest Extension Phase II Light Rail project (station rendering above).
Nine projects seven rail-specific will share $6.2 million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants through the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning.
The funding will help “communities examine ways to improve economic development and multimodal connectivity, and encourages mixed-use development near transit stations,” FTA reported Dec. 15.
The selected projects are:
• California’s San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), $350,000 for TOD planning at nine existing rapid transit stations along the Green and Orange lines from F