This money will help city authorities make important improvements to Albany's transportation infrastructure, including needed airport and mass transit improvements and renovations to one of the busiest train stations in the country. The station improvements are expected to spur further economic growth around what already is of the top ten busiest Amtrak stations in the United States.
Efforts are also underway to attract a hotel and restaurants to the area surrounding the station.
The expanded service will accommodate city residents who depend on mass transit to travel out to Capital area suburbs for second and third jobs.