Provide 5307 funds of $3110896 to vctc and subrecipients for preventive maintenance ADA service capital contracting cost mobility management and capital infrastructure; $2560000 to vctc and…

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Ventura County Transportation Commission $15.909 million on February 19, 2026, under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) for operating assistance, preventive maintenance, ADA service, capital contracting, mobility management, capital infrastructure, and planning across Ventura County, California through June 30, 2027.

Funds support eligible operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel, maintenance, on-demand rideshare, and replacement transit vehicle leases to sustain regional transit operations. The award comprises $3.110896 million for preventive maintenance, ADA service, capital contracting, mobility management, and capital infrastructure; $2.56 million for planning; and $4.128275 million for operating assistance. An additional $282,671 in FY 2021 Section 5307 funds supports Camarillo Area Transit operating assistance.

Ventura County Transportation Commission passes funding to sub-recipients including the Cities of Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and Camarillo, and transit service operators MV Transportation, First Transit, RATP-Dev, and RTW Management. The funding enables these entities to continue transit operations, maintain rolling stock in a state of good repair, meet ADA paratransit standards, and provide mobility for workers and riders accessing essential services and other destinations.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide 5307 funds of $3110896 to vctc and subrecipients for preventive maintenance ADA service capital contracting cost mobility management and capital infrastructure; $2560000 to vctc and subrecipients for planning; and $4128275 to vctc and subrecipients for operating assistance; and $282671 in FY 2021 section 5307 funds to camarillo area transit for operating assistance.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel maintenance on-demand rideshare replacement transit vehicle leases etc. To continue transit operations.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit vctc and subrecipients to continue to provide operations that would otherwise have to be cut due to lack of funding.

Intended beneficiaries

Vctc and the riders that rely on its services will benefit from continued operations while meeting preventive maintenance standards and keeping rolling stock vehicles in a state of good repair thus permitting workers to get to work and riders to get to essential services and other destinations as desired.

Subrecipient activities

The following are providers of transit service operators: MV transportation first transit ratp-DEV and RTW management. Subrecipients in the grant are the cities of thousand oaks moorpark and camarillo.