The funding allocated is based upon a competitive solicitation process conducted by the New York
Metropolitan Transportation Council. The projects, which require a local funding match of either 50 or
20 percent depending upon the project, are expected to be approved by the FTA and implemented
throughout the next year. This is the second year of these project awards, part of an annual
apportionment to the metropolitan area for improving mobility by coordinating human service and
public transportation needs.
The selected projects provided clear evidence of needs that would benefit from new or expanded
services. Additionally, the selected proposals demonstrated strong local financial commitments
necessary to sustain the services and to support ongoing job-access efforts.
The transportation providers, local governments and not-for-profit agencies scheduled to receive JARC
funding are:
Metro North Railroad - $2 million to support improvements to the platform and access at
Fordham Station. This project will widen the outbound platform and construct additional
canopies at the entrance to the platform and make other improvements for pedestrians to
facilitate better pedestrian flow and faster loading and unloading of passengers. The total
project cost is $13.8 million;
Westchester County Bee Line Bus - $1,540,542 to increase service on Routes 2 and 20.
For Route 2 weekday trips, service will be extended 1.1 miles from its current terminus at
Tutor Woods in Yonkers to the 138-acre South Westchester Executive Park in Yonkers. For
Route 20, expanded service will provide three additional weekday trips between Tuckahoe
Road/ Central Park Ave. and the Bedford Park New York City Subway Station in the
Bronx, northbound at 5:40 a.m. and southbound at 12:34 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. The total
project cost for three years is $3,081,083;
New York City, Job-Access Screening Tool Project - $1.54 million for a project that will
complement the New York 511 travel information system by providing 45 travel
information kiosks at employment centers through the New York City area. It also will
provide promotional and training materials, enabling job seekers to obtain transportation
information and utilize state-of-the-art transit planning tools to travel to employment and
training opportunities. The total project cost is $1.925 million;
Westchester County Bee Line Bus - $1,489,887 to continue JARC-funded service for
Routes 8, 13, 45, 55 and 78. These transit services connect communities of individuals with
limited incomes with prime employment opportunities. The total project cost for three years
is $2,979,775;
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp., Hunts Point Clean Air Transit Shuttle -
$363,022 to provide peak-hour shuttle service from Bronx subway stations to the industrial
quarter of the Hunts Point Peninsula. The service will be targeted for individuals with
limited incomes not served by the Bronx 6 bus. Service for this two-year program will be
provided by four alternate-fuel vehicles. The total project cost is $726,044; and
College of Staten Island, Shuttle System – $187,364 for the continuation of existing
JARC- funded shuttle service from the Staten Island Ferry terminal to the College of Staten
Island in Willowbrook, providing a 6.8-mile service with limited stops. The total project
cost $1.675 million.
The New Freedom funding will be allocated to seven local transportation providers and agencies as
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