On November 13, 2003, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
announced the allocation of $50 million from H.R.2555, the FY 2004 Department
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act in the form of grants to 30 public
transit authorities across the country for security purposes. The transit
systems were determined based upon the number of annual riders and overall
track mileage. The transit grants are part of the $725 million in discretionary
funding in H.R. 2555 for the Urban Area Security Initiative, the high-threat,
high-density urban areas grant program. Eligible activities for this funding
include: installation of physical barricades; area monitoring systems such
as video surveillance, motion detectors, thermal imagery and chemical/radiological
material detection systems, integrated communications systems; and prevention
planning, training and exercises. The following are the amount of the earmarks
for the 30 transit authorities:
|
FY 2004 Transit Security Grant Recipients
|
| Agency |
Amount
(in millions)
|
|
MTA New York City Transit
|
$10.00
|
|
METRA, Chicago
|
$3.03
|
|
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
|
$2.81
|
|
MTA Long Island Rail Road
|
$2.73
|
|
MTA Metro-North Railroad
|
$2.69
|
|
Chicago Transit Authority
|
$2.48
|
|
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Commuter Rail, Boston
|
$2.12
|
|
Metrolink, Los Angeles
|
$1.98
|
|
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
|
$1.62
|
|
MBTA Heavy Rail, Boston
|
$1.60
|
|
Southeastern Pa. Transportation Authority Commuter Rail, Philadelphia
|
$1.59
|
|
SEPTA Heavy Rail, Philadelphia
|
$1.53
|
|
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
|
$1.49
|
|
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
|
$1.26
|
|
MARC, Baltimore
|
$1.04
|
|
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
|
$0.80
|
|
Caltrain, San Carlos, Calif.
|
$0.80
|
|
Virginia Railway Express
|
$0.80
|
|
Altamont Commuter Express, San Jose, Calif.
|
$0.80
|
|
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
|
$0.80
|
|
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority/Tri-Rail
|
$0.80
|
|
Miami-Dade Transit
|
$0.80
|
|
Connecticut DOT-ShoreLine East, New Haven
|
$0.80
|
|
Maryland Transit Administration
|
$0.80
|
|
North San Diego County Transit Development Board
|
$0.80
|
|
Sound Transit, Seattle
|
$0.80
|
|
Port Authority Transit Corporation, Lindenwold, N.J.
|
$0.80
|
|
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
|
$0.80
|
|
Trinity Railway Express, Dallas
|
$0.80
|
|
MTA Staten Island Railway, Staten Island, N.Y.
|
$0.80
|
For more information, please go to Washington
Report, December 4, 2003
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