Example Details

Example:

Apply for a TIGER grant for freight and passenger rail enhancements to shift freight traffic from the FEC rail corridor to the South Florida Corridor and create operational efficiencies for CSX, FEC, Tri-Rail, and All-Aboard Florida Intercity Rail

Objective:

Funding

Strategy Category:

Pursue innovative funding sources for projects to enhance travel by non-SOV modes

Strategy:

(IV.C.2) Identify new revenue sources for ongoing transit operating costs and new transit improvements

Originators:

FDOT

Implementors:

FDOT

Timeframe:

Completed

Applies Systemwide?:

Comments:

FDOT, in partnership with SFRTA, FEC, and CSX, applied for and received a $13.8 million TIGER grant in 2013 for the South Florida Freight and Passenger Rail Enhancements Project, which has a total project cost of $47.3 million.

Example last updated August 2017

Contact: Marjorie Hilaire, FDOT D4 OMD-Rail

Ex. ID 389, 413

Facility Types and Functions What is this?

SIS Facilities
Primary Function:	Higher-speed mobility for longer distance regional, commute and freight trips
Transit:	Commuter express service
Freight:	Designed for high-speed regional freight movement