Formula Grant CO2026017
- Federal Transit Formula Grants Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Regional Transportation District (RTD) a formula grant totaling $332.4 million under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on December 16, 2025, with completion targeted for May 13, 2026. The award funds preventive maintenance activities for RTD's bus and rail vehicle fleet and associated facilities, as well as Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit operating expenses....
- Summary of Federal Formula Grant Award The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $87.6 million to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) on July 28, 2025, under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525). This formula grant supports preventive maintenance activities for RTD's fixed guideway and rail systems, including vehicles, track, associated equipment, and infrastructure serving the Denver metropolitan region. The award will enable RTD to maintain its transit assets...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Regional Transportation District (RTD) a formula grant of $2.65 million under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on August 19, 2025. The award funds the replacement of capital equipment at RTD's District Shops Maintenance Facility, specifically an engine dynamometer and associated dynamometer support equipment that have reached the end of their useful...
- Federal Formula Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Regional Transportation District (RTD) a formula grant totaling $294,230 under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on December 3, 2025, with a completion date of January 31, 2027. This award funds the development of a planning study designed to increase transit ridership and reduce the cost per trip for RTD's FlexRide services in the northwest Denver metropolitan area. RTD will conduct...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Regional Transportation District (RTD) $8,027,590 through the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) on September 18, 2025, to complete preliminary and final design for the replacement of deteriorated rail infrastructure and associated items along RTD's Central Corridor Rail Line in downtown Denver, Colorado. The project scope encompasses comprehensive engineering and design...
- The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received a $177.56 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund preventive maintenance and capital costs of contracting from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2022. The grant funds will assist RTD in maintaining transit services for the benefit of patrons and employees in Colorado. No subrecipients are involved in delivering the...
- The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Regional Transportation District (RTD) a $304,227,365 project grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The funding will support RTD's operation of bus and rail lines in the Denver-Aurora urbanized area through September 2024, including salaries, utilities, fuel and other operational costs. Specifically, the American Rescue Plan Act funds will enable RTD to continue providing transit...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received a $623,092 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075) on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This funding supports security infrastructure improvements for RTD's transit operations serving the eight-county Denver metropolitan region. The award enables RTD to implement security-related countermeasures...
- Federal Transit Formula Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $1.73M to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 19, 2025, to establish and operate on-demand shuttle services in Golden, Colorado. The grant funds RTD's engagement of a third-party contractor to provide transit services connecting downtown Golden, the Colorado School of Mines, and the RTD's Jeffco Government Center Station,...
- The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received a $21.8 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) to fund preventive maintenance activities for its existing rail fixed guideway system from October 2020 through August 2022. The grant provides $17.4 million in High Intensity Fixed Guideway funds and $95,009 in High Intensity Motorbus funds, with an 80% federal and 20% local funding...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Regional Transportation District (RTD) a formula grant totaling $116.6 million under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on June 24, 2026, with completion targeted for December 30, 2026. RTD will utilize these funds to support preventive maintenance operations for bus and rail vehicles and facilities serving the eight-county Denver metropolitan region, as well as to fund Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services. These activities directly align with the program's emphasis on maintaining transit assets in a state of good repair while ensuring continued service delivery to the transit-dependent population. This award will enable RTD to achieve a state of good repair for its vehicle and facility infrastructure while sustaining critical ADA paratransit operations for customers throughout its service area. Transit patrons across the Denver metropolitan region will benefit from the improved maintenance and operational capabilities supported by this formula allocation. No subrecipients are funded under this award, with RTD serving as the direct recipient and implementer of all grant-supported activities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $93.3m | 6/24/26 |