This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will provide $1,654,706 to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to support vehicle replacement projects at eight non-urbanized transit systems across Iowa. The award will fund the partial acquisition of two medium-duty buses, five light-duty mid-sized buses, and three light-duty van/sedan or buses for transit...
This $6,173,037 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs) provides partial funding for the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to purchase thirty-one (31) replacement public transit vehicles. The goal of this project is to improve service reliability, on-time performance, and safety for public transportation systems in Iowa by replacing aging transit buses. The new...
This $553,840 federal Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will support vehicle replacement projects at eight non-urbanized transit systems in Iowa. The funding will be used to procure 11 light duty buses, 2 medium duty buses, and 1 conversion van, improving service reliability, on-time performance, and safety for the transit systems and their riders. The grant award date is August...
This $62,083,964 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides funding to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) and its 16 regional, 7 small city, and 3 intercity bus provider sub-recipients. The grant supports a range of transit-related activities, including: Operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and preventive maintenance to continue transit operations...
This Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grant award, provided under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), allocates $200,000.00 to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to purchase one expansion light duty bus. The bus will have a useful life of 5 years and 150,000 miles, supporting continued safe and effective public transportation services in rural areas of Iowa with populations less than 50,000. This grant, awarded on March 28, 2025,...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $4,137,107 Formula Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT). The purpose of this award is to provide partial funding for the purchase of 81 replacement vehicles and 5 expansion vehicles for public transit services across Iowa. The activities to be performed include the procurement of rolling...
The Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) awarded the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) a $736,646 grant on September 18, 2024 to fund vehicle replacement projects at four urbanized transit systems in Iowa. The grant will support the purchase of four light-duty buses, three heavy-duty small buses, and two heavy-duty large buses for the Ames Transit Agency, Sioux City Transit, Waterloo Metropolitan Transit Authority, and University of Iowa Cambus. This funding aims to...
The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) received a $2,040,283 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support vehicle replacement projects at two urbanized transit systems. The grant will provide $1,632,226 in federal funding and $408,057 in local matching funds for the partial replacement of two light-duty mid-sized buses and three heavy-duty large buses at the Ames Transit Agency (CyRide) and Sioux City Transit...
This $1,820,901 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) supports public transportation planning activities in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Transportation will use the funding to support the transportation planning responsibilities of 12 metropolitan and regional planning agencies over a four-year period ending November 2027. Specifically, the subrecipients will carry out...
This $1.1 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration supports planning activities under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) from March 2021 through November 2025. The Iowa Department of Transportation is the primary awardee and has sub-awarded funds to 14 Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Planning Agencies across the state to improve and continue public transportation services in nonurbanized...