Formula Grant CA2025261
- This Project Grant award 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), provides $7,187,939.00 to the Golden Empire Transit District in Bakersfield, California. The purpose of this award is to replace compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles that have met their useful life with newer CNG buses. This will help provide increased service reliability and cleaner...
- This $9,963,025 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides 1 year of preventive maintenance funding to the Golden Empire Transit District (GET) in Bakersfield, California from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The funds will support GET's fixed-route transit operations, with the goal of improving service reliability and ensuring the transit fleet has a higher mean distance between failures. The award...
- This $10,963,739 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) will provide 1 year of preventive maintenance and operating assistance for the Golden Empire Transit District (GET) in Bakersfield, California to support its fixed-route transit operations from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The primary objective of this initiative is to establish a robust cybersecurity framework based on NIST...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $7,282,500 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Division of Local Assistance. The grant's purpose is to provide funding to Kern Regional Transit to purchase twenty (20) vehicle replacements and provide training, as well as funding to the Glenn County Transportation Commission to purchase three (3)...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), will fund Golden Empire Transit District in Bakersfield, CA to replace several compressed natural gas buses with hydrogen fuel cell and electric buses. The $4,503,380 award will also cover the construction of a gaseous fueling station, installation of a smart grid with solar, battery, and energy management systems, and Level 3 charging infrastructure....
- The State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) received a $10,150,053 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 provide funding to 16 subrecipients to purchase replacement transit vehicles for use in rural transit service across California. The expected outcomes are to allow the subrecipients to keep their transit fleets...
- This Project Grant award of $13,848,346.00 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), will fund the design and construction of a hydrogen fueling station, facility upgrades to accommodate fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs), workforce training, and the purchase of five FCEBs. The award will enable the Gold Coast Transit District (GCTD) to replace aging...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), will fund the purchase of three vehicle replacements and one vehicle expansion for rural transit service in California. The $4,000,000 award was made to the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), which will work with the Glenn County Transportation Commission as the sub-recipient to...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $7,933,122 Formula Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on September 25, 2023. The purpose of this award is to provide funding to 6 subrecipients to purchase replacement transit vehicles for use in rural transit service across California. The subrecipients include Lake Transit Authority, Lassen Transit Service...
- This $642,184 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs) will provide funding to the Gold Coast Transit District (GCTD) in California to permit timely payments for the construction of GCTD's operations and maintenance facility. The grant will allow GCTD to continue paying for the construction of this facility without significantly impacting its...
This federal Formula Grant award 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) provides $1,056,009 to the Golden Empire Transit District (GET) in Bakersfield, California. The funding will be used to: 1) Replace a gas-powered F450 stake bed truck with an electric Isuzu stake bed truck to reduce emissions and lower fuel costs; 2) Remove and replace two outdated bus lifts that are no longer supported with new, reliable lifts to ensure proper maintenance of the transit fleet; and 3) Remove and replace the generator switchgear with a new unit to provide reliable power transfer during emergencies or utility disruptions. These capital investments are intended to modernize GET's operations, enhance service reliability, and reduce the environmental impact of their transportation services. The award period runs from September 8, 2025 through August 3, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $844.8k | 9/8/25 |