This application is to request FY 2019 section 5307 funds apportioned to the decatur urban area alabama in the amount of $924893

This $1,574,386 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides operating and capital assistance to the North Central Alabama Regional Council of Government (NARCOG) regional transit agency. The funding will enable NARCOG to continue providing public transportation services in the Decatur, Alabama urban area, including covering eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, preventive maintenance, and mobility management. The award will also support capital expenditures for vehicle replacement, bus/van overhaul, and upgrades to computer hardware, software, and other office equipment. This grant, awarded on August 23, 2024, will help NARCOG maintain reliable transit operations and accessibility for the general public, older adults, and individuals with disabilities in the Decatur region through March 2032.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating expenses such as driver and personnel salaries and fringe benefits fuel items having a useful life of less than one-year preventive maintenance mobility management etc. In order to provide public transit operations. Activities will also include capital expenditures for vehicle replacement overhaul of buses/vans computer hardware and software other office equipment etc.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit narcog regional transit agency to continue to provide operations for public transit to serve passengers in our service area.

Intended beneficiaries

Narcog regional transit agency and the passengers that rely on its service will benefit from continued transportation permitting individuals to get to their jobs people to get to essential services such as the doctor pharmacy kidney dialysis cancer treatments meals grocery stores the bank other appointments and for needed socialization activities in their communities. Our passengers are the general public of all ages including older adults and people with disabilities.