In the Fast Lane-- Safety, Resilience, and Emergency Response initiative funds transit preparation

From FTA's Therese McMillan:

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands of residents of New Orleans stranded in the city. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy shut down 40 percent of the nation’s public transportation trips in a single blow. And last year, and in years past, transit employees in cities like San Francisco have died on the job while working on train tracks.

What these tragedies have in common is this lingering question: What more could have been done to help prevent or lessen their impact on people and their communities?

To answer the public transit part of that question, the Federal Transit Administration is providing 13 organizations in 9 states a share of $29 million in grant funding to help us better prepare for natural disasters and prevent future accidents...

You can read more on our Fast Lane blog.