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...
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...
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...
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 Area Agency on Aging was awarded a $1,676,486 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide public transit services in Phenix City, Alabama through March 2029. Funds will support the Phenix City Express fixed route and complementary paratransit operations serving a 28.25 square mile service area with an estimated population of 36,185. The...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $10,183,188 Project Grant to the Alabama Department of Transportation under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The grant will fund capital expenses and transportation services to provide mobility options for seniors and individuals with disabilities in non-urbanized and small urbanized areas of Alabama through February 7, 2023 to March 30, 2027. Specifically, funds...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $125,366 Project Grant to the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The grant will fund Kid One, the subrecipient, to restore two part-time transit units and drivers furloughed during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide transportation to medical and COVID-19 vaccination sites for elderly and disabled individuals in...
This $16,663,001 federal Project Grant award from the 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) supports the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA), operating as Max Transit, to modernize its public transportation infrastructure and fleet. The key products and services funded under this award include: 1) Replacing outdated buses with new compressed...
This $2.17 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration will fund the procurement of buses and vans by the Alabama Department of Transportation and several regional planning commissions through March 2027. The funding is provided through the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to replace aging vehicles and continue daily transit operations for small urbanized areas across Alabama....