Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Thanks Transit Industry for Keeping America Moving

FTA has posted a video to thank the transit industry, particularly frontline workers, for their service during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

In the two-minute video message, FTA Acting Administrator Williams thanks frontline transit workers for their many sacrifices, highlights the Administration’s response – including distributing more than 14 million protective face coverings and obligating over two-thirds of $25 billion in CARES Act funds – and looks ahead as the economy continues to re-open.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
June 8, 2020

Service Interruptions on Mendenhall Loop Road for Capital Transit

Capital Transit service on Mendenhall Loop Road is being disrupted by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities’ Loop Road Roundabouts Project. Starting Tuesday, June 9, until further notice, service will be discontinued to the Stephen Richards and El Camino bus stops. A private shuttle service will be provided by the construction project for passengers in the construction zone to access a temporary stop near McGinnis Drive. Service to the Haloff Street and Floyd Dryden stops will be intermittently discontinued. Passengers can also catch the bus outside the construction area at Cinema Drive, Mendenhall Boulevard, or Valley Boulevard.

For more information call Capital Transit at 789-6901.

INFORMATION RELEASE
June 5, 2020

Capital Transit increases passenger capacity starting Monday, June 8

The City and Borough of Juneau will be increasing passenger capacity limits on Capital Transit buses and CAPITAL AKcess vans starting Monday, June 8. The maximum capacity on Capital Transit buses will be 14 riders; the maximum capacity on CAPITAL AKcess vans will be 3 riders.

Capital Transit reminds riders of these other protocols:

• Wearing a face covering on Capital Transit buses and CAPITAL AKcess vans is required.
• Please limit rides to essential needs, like access to employment, groceries, health care, and medicine, and consider planning a trip during non-peak hours such as 9 a.m. to noon.
• Continue to use the rear door of Capital Transit as the main entrance and exit.

For more information, contact Capital Transit at 789-6901.

INFORMATION RELEASE
June 4, 2020

CBJ awarded $5 million to purchase electric buses

The City and Borough of Juneau will receive $5 million in federal grant funding to purchase new electric buses and associated charging infrastructure for Capital Transit. Through previous grant awards, CBJ’s first electric bus is scheduled to arrive in October. After that, seven more aging diesel buses are due to be replaced in 2022.

The $5 million is from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant Program, which provides funding for state and local governmental authorities to purchase or lease zero-emission and low-emission transit buses. CBJ is one of 41 projects in 40 states sharing $130 million in federal Low-No grant funding. CBJ has received other Low-No grant funding in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Juneau’s first electric bus, which will be from Proterra, will go into use as soon as it arrives. Capital Transit currently uses three electric cars as support vehicles, purchased through grant funding from the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities.

For more information, contact Capital Transit at 789-6901.