FTA Announces $59.9 Million Grant Award for Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit Project in Seattle, Washington

FTA today announced a construction grant award of $59.9 million to the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for the Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project in Seattle, Washington. The 2.3-mile BRT line will provide fast, frequent, reliable, and safe public transportation along Madison Street, improving connections between key destinations in downtown Seattle and densely populated neighborhoods in the surrounding area.

Branded as the RapidRide G Line, the project will operate along an east-west corridor from downtown Seattle in the west to the Madison Valley neighborhood in the east, with connections to First Hill, Capitol Hill, and the Central District. The project serves multiple major employment hubs, hospitals, and dense neighborhoods with a diverse mix of housing and services. The total project cost is $133.4 million with $59.9 million in funding provided through FTA’s Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program.

The project includes transit signal priority, a real-time bus arrival information system, off-board fare collection, and the purchase of nine low-floor diesel electric buses. In addition, the new BRT line will provide multi-modal connections with the Seattle Streetcar System, Washington State and King and Kitsap County ferries at Colman Dock, Sound Transit’s Link light rail system, and other King County Metro RapidRide BRT services.

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