Provide the guam regional transit authority with two (2) years of operating assistance funds two (2) years of preventive maintenance major and minor repair contract of all rolling stocks and related…

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $6,168,574.00 to the Guam Regional Transit Authority (GRTA) on August 22, 2025, under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). This two-year formula grant, with a completion date of September 30, 2027, provides operating assistance, preventive maintenance and repair services, rolling stock replacement, and state program administration for GRTA's paratransit fixed-route and mobility-on-demand transit operations across Guam.

The funded activities support essential transit operations and infrastructure maintenance through four primary components: (1) operating expenses including personnel costs for bus operators, dispatchers, schedulers, and maintenance staff, along with fuel and consumable supplies; (2) preventive maintenance and major/minor repair service contracts for all rolling stock and related equipment to maintain transit vehicles in good repair; (3) acquisition of replacement rolling stock to modernize the transit fleet; and (4) state and program administration costs including drug and alcohol testing programs, off-island training participation in FTA-sponsored programs, and office supplies and equipment. These investments enable GRTA to sustain safe and effective transit services for rural and urban populations across Guam while meeting federal maintenance standards and supporting vulnerable populations including elderly residents, individuals with disabilities, and low-income commuters.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide the guam regional transit authority with two (2) years of operating assistance funds two (2) years of preventive maintenance major and minor repair contract of all rolling stocks and related equipment the purchase of replacement rolling stocks and two (2) years of state or program administration funds to assist the paratransit fixed route and southern shuttle (mobility-on-demand) operations from october 01 2025 to september 30 2027.

Activities

Grta will use these funds to cover eligible operating expenses such as: 1.) bus operators dispatchers/schedulers and vehicle maintenance personnel salaries fringe benefits overtime hazard and night differential pays fuel oil items having a useful life of less than one year such as rolling stock and transit shelter cleaning supplies/equipment. 2.) preventive maintenance major and minor repair service contracts for all rolling stocks and related equipment for continued transit operations. 3.) acquisition of rolling stock replacement and 4.) state/programs administration to fund the costs of administering the drug and alcohol testing off-island travel and training to participate in FTA-sponsored training and purchase of office supplies/equipment.

Expected outcomes

The funding will allow the guam regional transit authority to continue the safe and effective operation of transit services for both rural and urban areas of the territory of guam to meet the preventive maintenance standards and keep the rolling stocks in a state of good repair to enable to acquire rolling stock replacement and to fund the administrative expenses such as the drug and alcohol testing program off-island travel and training to participate in FTA-sponsored training to purchase office supplies/equipment.

Intended beneficiaries

The grant award intended beneficiaries are the territory of guam transit agencies and citizens that rely on public transit services in the rural and urbanized areas of the territory for the public transit systems continued operations.

Subrecipient activities

Since grta has no subrecipients grta has received and expended annually non-urbanized and urbanized formula grant funds from FTA directly.