Provide preventive maintenance operating assistance and replacement vehicles for baldwin regional area transit system (brats) to assist in providing demand response public transit services

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded County of Baldwin $1,047,572 on June 11, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support Baldwin Regional Area Transit System (BRATS) preventive maintenance and replacement vehicles for demand-response public transit services.

Funds will support eligible preventive maintenance and operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel, items with useful life of less than one year, and the purchase of transit vehicles. The award enables BRATS to maintain preventive maintenance standards and keep its fleet in a state of good repair while continuing demand-response operations serving Baldwin County citizens, including older adults and people with disabilities, who rely on transit to access employment, essential services such as medical care and pharmacies, grocery shopping, and community activities.

The period of performance runs through March 30, 2036, with place of performance in Alabama. No sub-recipients are involved in this award.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide preventive maintenance operating assistance and replacement vehicles for baldwin regional area transit system (brats) to assist in providing demand response public transit services.

Activities

Funds will be used for eligible preventive maintenance and operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful life of less than one year and the purchase of transit vehicles.

Expected outcomes

Funds will allow brats to continue to provide public transit operations meet preventive maintenance standards and maintain the fleet of rolling stock vehicles in a state of good repair.

Intended beneficiaries

The baldwin county citizens who rely on the transit service to access employment essential services such as doctors pharmacies kidney dialysis centers cancer treatment facilities grocery shopping banking and needed socialization activities in their communities. Passengers of the baldwin regional area transit system are the general public of all ages including older adults and people with disabilities.