This award aims to fund sunline transit agencys FY2026 capital assistance from FFY 2024 FFY 2025 section 5307 indio-cathedral city (UZA #063180) formula funds

The Federal Transit Administration awarded Sunline Transit Agency $900,000 on April 15, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund FY 2026 capital assistance from FFY 2024 and FFY 2025 Section 5307 formula funds for the Indio-Cathedral City urbanized area.

Sunline will deploy the grant funds for capital assistance on projects to purchase non-revenue vehicles, support non-revenue expansion, and fund information technology projects. These investments are intended to improve service reliability and efficiency, increase employee productivity, reduce operating costs, optimize asset lifecycle management, enhance security and safety, and maintain transit assets in a state of good repair. The intended beneficiaries are Sunline employees and transit riders in the Coachella Valley, including low-income individuals, seniors, persons with disabilities, and other transit-dependent populations.

Performance runs through December 31, 2027, with work performed in California. Sunline Transit Agency, a local government entity based in Thousand Palms, California, is the sole recipient and direct implementer; the award carries no sub-recipients.

Activities

Sunline transit agency intends to use the grants for capital assistance on projects to purchase non-revenue vehicles non-revenue expansion and IT projects.

Expected outcomes

Funding for capital assistance will improve sunline transit agencys continued service reliability and efficiency of transit services increase employee productivity reduce cost optimize assets life cycle enhance security and safety and keep transit assets in a state of good repair.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended beneficiaries of this project are sunline transit agency employees transit riders in the coachella valley including low-income individuals seniors persons with disabilities and other transit-dependent populations.

Subrecipient activities

Sunline transit agency has no sub-recipient for this award.