Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010617

This Project Grant award of $494,767 was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) will administer the funds on behalf of the Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) to conduct planning studies across Penobscot and Piscataquis counties in Maine. The studies will assess needs and...

This federal Project Grant award of $492,214 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's Reconnecting Communities Pilot (CFDA 20.940) Discretionary Grant Program will support a collaborative effort to address infrastructure barriers and reconnect disadvantaged communities in Albany, NY. The grant recipient, Clean & Healthy New York Inc., will work with grassroots organizations to center the voices and priorities of community residents in developing plans and...

This Project Grant award, totaling $499,342, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306). The funding supports the Pednet Coalition, Inc. (doing business as Pednet Coalition Inc.), a non-profit organization based in Columbia, Missouri, to implement a project addressing environmental justice and public health issues caused by the auto-centric transportation...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant, awarded in August 2024 by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505), will support a comprehensive transit planning initiative focused on areas of persistent poverty and historically disadvantaged communities in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) a quantitative analysis of...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $963,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to Portland State University (PSU). The purpose of the grant is to establish the Transportation Decarbonization Resource Hub, which will: Conduct a literature review of transportation safety modes, including micro-mobility; Document safety regulations at federal, state, and local levels; Assess emerging data approaches using police,...

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) was awarded a $1.1 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) to study transportation and land use options to connect residents in persistently impoverished areas of the Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area to jobs, healthcare, and services. $360,000 of the...

The Department of Transportation (DOT) Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program awarded the City of Haverhill, Massachusetts $574,060 on October 11, 2024 to launch a strategic initiative addressing infrastructure barriers created by 1960s and 70s-era urban renewal efforts. The funding will support a collaborative effort between city leadership, neighborhood groups, community organizations, residents, and transportation experts to plan for the removal of existing...

This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) will support the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and its subrecipient, the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC), in developing a regional public transit development plan for a recently established multi-county rural-regional transit...

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration awarded a Project Grant in the amount of $722,736 to the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) on July 23, 2024. The grant is funded under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) and will be used to implement a community-based transportation model in rural Maine. The project aims to bolster ridership and optimize transportation operations for two public transit agencies,...

The Federal Transit Administration awarded a $380,000 Project Grant (CFDA 20.505 - Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research) to the BCD Council of Government (BCDCOG), a regional planning organization in South Carolina. The funding will support planning work to implement same-day, on-demand transit service in the underserved rural areas of Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley counties. Key objectives include improving transit access and...