On November 13, Peter Rogoff, administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), joined a growing list of transit advocates who have toured Union Depot to learn more about plans to transform the historic landmark into a multi-modal transit hub.

L-R Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell, Federal Transit Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff, Commissioner Jim McDonough, Chair, Ramsey Council Regional Rail Authority, Marisol Simon, Regional Administrator for Region 5, Matthew Welbes, Executive Director, Federal Transit Administration at Union Depot

Commissioner Jim McDonough, chair of the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority, gave Rogoff, Region 5 FTA Administrator Marisol Simon, and FTA Executive Director Matthew Welbes a tour of the facility. Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell and City of St. Paul officials were also on hand for the tour.

FTA staff and leadership join other transit supporters to tour the concourse at Union Depot.

The FTA provides stewardship of combined formula and discretionary programs totaling more than $10B to support a variety of locally planned, constructed and operated public transportation systems throughout the United States. Transportation systems typically include buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, or people movers.

The Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority is working closely with the Minnesota Department of Transportation on efforts to make the Depot a key part of the forthcoming Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Rail Plan.