The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (SEARPDC) a $2.7 million Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide public transportation services in Dothan, Alabama through September 2029. Funds will support SEARPDC's operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel, preventative maintenance and capital expenditures to replace vehicles through 2023....
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,693,183 Formula Grant to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (SEARPDC). The grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, will provide operating and capital assistance to SEARPDC to support public transit services in the City of Dothan, Alabama urbanized area through March 30, 2031. Specifically, the funding will cover eligible preventive maintenance and operating expenses such as...
The East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (EARPDC) received a $1,989,878 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The funding will support EARPDC's provision of fixed-route, paratransit, and demand-response public transportation services in the urbanized areas of Calhoun and Talladega Counties, Alabama. Specifically, the award will cover operating expenses such as...
The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (EARPDC) received a $2,052,870 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. The funding will support EARPDC's public transportation operations, including fixed-route, paratransit, and demand-response services in the urbanized areas of Calhoun and Talladega Counties, Alabama. Key activities to be performed include covering eligible operating expenses such as...
This $993,342 project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides operating assistance to the Alabama Department of Transportation and 28 subrecipients to support rural and non-urbanized public transportation services through March 2026. Funds will be used for driver salaries, fuel, preventative maintenance, training and technical assistance, administration, and rural transit assistance programs. Six...
The South Alabama Regional Planning Commission received a $570,711 project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). Dated June 8, 2023 with a completion date of March 30, 2034, the award will fund the purchase of accessible vehicles for transportation of seniors and individuals with disabilities. As the primary recipient, South Alabama Regional Planning...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides $2,601,225.00 to the Lee Russell Council of Governments (LRCOG), doing business as the Area Agency on Aging, to continue operating the LRPT public transit system in Alabama. The funding will allow LRCOG to cover operating costs, procure replacement buses, and expand the fleet to continue providing public transportation services to passengers in...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides $316,031 in funding to the Lee Russell Council of Governments (LRCOG), doing business as the Area Agency on Aging, to cover operating and capital expenses for public transit services in Phenix City, Alabama. The grant funding will be used to address a shortage of operating funds and provide additional capital funding for existing bus parking facilities. The expected...
The Lee Russell Council of Governments (LRCOG), doing business as the Area Agency on Aging, was awarded a $3.2 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration to provide demand-response public transit services through March 2029. Funds will support operating expenses including personnel, fuel, and maintenance to operate LRCOG's demand-response transit services for the general public in Auburn and Opelika, Alabama. Capital expenditures are also...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration provides $2.465 million to the Alabama Department of Transportation to support intercity transit operations and administration through March 2026. The purpose of the award is to assist the state and subrecipients in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic during fiscal year 2022 using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Two subrecipients, Greyhound Lines and West Alabama Health Services,...