The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) received a $5,000,001.00 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The purpose of this award is to continue providing funding for the purchase of capital rolling stock bus support equipment and other capital items for Arkansas rural transit agencies. Specifically, the funds will be used to purchase rolling stock, bus...
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) received a $31,187,859 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on May 17, 2024 under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). This funding will be used to enhance and sustain reliable transit services, reduce unscheduled repairs, and improve system efficiency and reliability for rural and intercity subrecipients in Arkansas. Specifically, the grant funds will cover administrative and...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Arkansas Department of Transportation a $24.5 million project grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will fund operating expenses, capital purchases, and administrative costs from August 2021 through November 2025 to support public transportation services in non-urbanized areas of Arkansas. Specifically, $20.3 million will go towards bus purchases and...
This is a $31,674,173 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will provide funding to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) to enhance and sustain reliable transit services, reduce unscheduled repairs, and improve system efficiency and reliability for rural and intercity sub-recipients in Arkansas. Specifically, the grant funds will be used for state and project...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration provides $1,154,271 under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to the Arkansas Department of Transportation. The funding will support preventive maintenance, operating expenses, rural transit assistance program training, and state administration for nine rural transit agencies and two intercity bus carriers in Arkansas through June 2028. Subrecipients will use...
The University of Arkansas was awarded a $167,016 Formula Grant from the U.S. 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). The grant funds will be used to procure transit vehicles to continue public transit service and enable access to healthcare, human services, government offices, work, school, shopping, and recreational venues for the local community. The award, with...
The Arkansas Department of Transportation was awarded a $3.38 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) on May 8, 2023. The award will fund the purchase of buses and vans for transportation providers across Arkansas through June 30, 2027. Subrecipients in large urban areas like Fayetteville, Little Rock, and West Memphis as well as smaller urban...
This $4,857,534.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) program will fund the purchase of buses and vans, as well as provide technical assistance, for transit providers in Arkansas. The intended beneficiaries are the transit providers and their riders, particularly seniors and individuals with disabilities who will gain access to reliable...
This Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grant award under CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs provides $710,556.00 to the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas to purchase a transit revenue vehicle. The goal is to make the Fort Smith Transit fleet safer through newer, lower-emitting rolling stock that will help the agency meet its transit asset management plan targets. The intended beneficiaries are the population of Fort Smith and...
This $4,898,875 federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) will fund transportation services and vehicle purchases for Section 5310 subrecipients in the state of Arkansas. Key activities include providing technical assistance to subrecipients and purchasing rolling stock (buses and vans) to improve access to reliable transportation for seniors and individuals with disabilities....