The application is to request FFY2020 section 5307 funds allocated to the east alabama regional planning and development commission in the amount of $1267700

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $2,055,250 in Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) to the East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (EARPDC) on July 22, 2025, to support public transportation operations through March 30, 2035. EARPDC utilizes these funds to operate fixed-route and paratransit services across urbanized areas in Calhoun and Talladega Counties, Alabama, including the municipalities of Anniston, Oxford, Weaver, Jacksonville, and Hobson City. The organization maintains four fixed routes with one-hour headways and provides demand-response paratransit services to eligible populations within municipal city limits and unincorporated urbanized areas.

The grant funding covers all eligible operating expenses necessary to sustain public transit operations, including driver and personnel salaries with fringe benefits, fuel costs, preventive maintenance, and acquisition of items with useful lives less than one year. Additionally, EARPDC procures rolling stock support equipment such as computers, passenger shelters, bike carriers, GPS equipment, and transit-related hardware and software. These services directly benefit the general public across all ages, with particular emphasis on older adults and individuals with disabilities, enabling access to employment, essential medical services, grocery stores, banking, and social activities throughout the service area.

Project description

Earpdc consists of a small fixed route of 4 routes with 1 hour headways in anniston oxford weaver and hobson city and paratransit service in anniston oxford weaver jacksonville and hobson city in calhoun county. Paratransit services are provided to the municipal city limits. Earpdc provides a public demand response service in urbanized unincorporated areas of calhoun county.

Activities

The project includes funds to cover all eligible operating expenses such as driver and other personnel salaries and fringe benefits fuel items having useful life of less than one year preventative maintenance etc. In order to provide public transit operations. Activities also include purchasing of rolling stock support equipment such as computers passenger shelters bike carriers and transit related hardware and software cameras and GPS equipment.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit earpdc to continue to provide operations for public transit to service passengers in our service area.

Intended beneficiaries

Earpdc and the passengers that rely on its services will benefit from continued transportation permitting individuals to get to their jobs essential services such as the doctor pharmacy kidney dialysis cancer treatment grocery stores the bank other appointments and for socialization. Our riders are the general public of all ages including older adults and people with disabilities.