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HARKIN ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS IN IOWA
2/28/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced today that the
Iowa Department of Transportation will receive over $1.5 million for
the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program. JARC funds efforts
to provide expanded transit routes or hours to help people get to and
from work. Harkin, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, helped secure these funds.
“These job access programs will alleviate many of the burdens that
accompany commuting and provide more transit opportunities for Iowans
who work outside of the normal nine to five workday,” said Harkin.
“Improving service for those who live in rural areas is crucial to the
economic growth of these areas.”
The individual grants are as follows:
Cedar Rapids: $125,000 to continue night bus service
Des Moines: $959,365 to continue night bus service, the
Urbandale/Clive/Windsor Heights and University Corridor Service routes,
Airport Industrial Park Service, WAGES, and the Community-based Service
Waterloo: $85,000 to continue after hours bus service
Muscatine: $38,000 to expand bus service
Ottumwa: $40,000 to continue expanded hours of bus service
Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson County Regional Transit Authority :
$200,000 to continue expanded bus services
Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (based in Des Moines and covering Boone,
Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story, and Warren Counties): $52,900 to begin Dallas
County and Warren County bus services
Western Iowa Transit System (based in Carroll and covering Audubon,
Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, and Sac Counties): $42,000 to
continue Job Corps Service, Howard Center Service, and the Partnership
for Families Service
Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (based in Atlantic and covering Cass,
Fremont,Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby
Counties): $12,500 to continue expanded cab service
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