This Cooperative Agreement award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Public Transportation Innovation program (CFDA 20.530) provides $17,284,165 to Calstart, Inc., a national non-profit focused on accelerating clean transportation technology. The purpose of this project is to research and assess the barriers to adoption for zero-emission transit buses, encompassing the investigation of enabling technologies, workforce constraints, supply chain issues, and other factors...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.534 - Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending) provides $2,500,000 to the City of Durham, North Carolina to purchase battery electric buses (BEBs) and provide workforce development/training for the new BEB fleet. The goal is to replace diesel and hybrid buses that have reached the end of their useful life, improving the reliability and modernizing the GoTriangle...
This federal Project Grant award of $26,236,944 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will enable the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (the Authority) to replace 20 aging diesel buses with 18 new zero-emission battery electric buses. The project also includes the acquisition and installation of relocatable electric bus charging equipment. The...
This $5.4 million federal Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA #20.526) will fund the Bloomington Public Transit Corporation's (BPTC) purchase of new transit vehicles and equipment. Specifically, $1.125 million will purchase a new fare collection system and $3.2 million will acquire four electric buses and associated charging infrastructure. The BPTC will...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Autoridad Metropolitana De Autobuses (Metropolitan Bus Authority), a U.S. state government entity and transit authority in Puerto Rico. The grant purpose is to purchase four zero-emission electric buses and construct two dual solar-powered charging stations to replace existing diesel buses and support...
This Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), will fund the purchase of approximately 635 replacement zero-emission buses and the installation of four depot chargers at the VRTS Orchard Facility and eight on-route chargers at the VRTS Main Street Station. The $20,368,064 award will also cover the necessary design, engineering, permitting, and installation...
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) received a $3,079,430 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Technical Assistance and Workforce Development program (CFDA 20.531). The goal of this multi-year award is to establish a new transit standards program for the public transportation industry. Key activities include: 1) Conducting an industry needs survey to identify focus areas for new or updated standards,...
The Federal Transit Administration awarded a $3.25 million project grant to the Autonomous Municipality of Caguas in Puerto Rico under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund reconstruction of the 40-year old Francisco Pereira Transportation Terminal to rehabilitate and upgrade the facility. Key deliverables include a new metal roof, bathrooms, exterior construction, elevator/stair, underground water reserve and...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $14,625,000 to the County of Westchester, New York to replace up to 15 of the county's aging Orion forty-foot diesel buses with newer forty-foot hybrid diesel-electric buses. The grant funding will cover the costs associated with this bus replacement effort, including...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $33,046,400 to the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) to support the deployment of zero-emission battery electric buses (BEBs) and associated infrastructure in the CTTRANSIT Stamford Division service area. Specifically, the funding will be used to purchase 20 new...