being constructed by AECOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cFort Worth is growing, and the decisions we make today will shape how people experience this city for generations. The TEXRail Near Southside\/Medical District extension and new station is an investment in our future,\u201d said Trinity Metro President and CEO Rich Andreski.<\/p>\n
The Medical District and Near Southside are home to a concentration of health care employers, neighborhoods and businesses. Trinity Metro says that expanding TEXRail into the area seeks to give employees, patients, families, residents and visitors another transportation option while strengthening connections between this major employment center and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll great cities have great transit,\u201d said Trinity Metro Board of Directors Chairman Jeff Davis. \u201cI\u2019ve said it before, and I\u2019ll say it again: Transit is the answer to everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
The agency says that Baylor Scott & White Health\u2019s donation of the station site reflects a shared commitment to improving access to the district and the services it provides.<\/p>\n
\u201cBaylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center \u2013 Fort Worth is proud to be the site of the first TEXRail stop in the Medical District,\u201d said Baylor Scott & White DFW West Region President Charles Williams. \u201cOur hope is that this connection will make it easier for people to receive care, support someone they love or come to work caring for our community. Helping people reach what matters to them is another way we can empower them to live well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The agency reports that the extension brings together federal, regional and local funding. Sources include funding from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program; the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program; the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development program; the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and savings from the original TEXRail project. Additional support comes from the North Central Texas Council of Governments\u2019 Regional Transportation Council and local funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trinity Metro has broken ground on a 2.1-mile TEXRail extension that will bring regional commuter rail service to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-481513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}