The Rockford Mass Transit District (RMTD) was awarded a $3,124,256 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 16, 2022. The grant funding will be used to offset operating costs for RMTD's overall transit services from January 20, 2020 through March 30, 2027. Specifically, the grant will support continued and expanded fixed route and ADA paratransit service, including additional service...
The Rockford Mass Transit District received a $9.4 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on July 9, 2021. The grant provides 100% federal funding through March 30, 2027 to support operating activities eligible under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program, including overall operating costs for the District. Specifically, the grant will offset costs associated with COVID-19...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534), provides $2,318,333 to the Rockford Mass Transit District (RMTD) to fund the purchase and installation of electric charging equipment to power the transit district's battery electric buses. The funding will enable RMTD to charge all of its battery electric buses, which will provide...
The Rides Mass Transit District (RMTD) was awarded a $2.7 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will provide $1.01 million in federal funding and $1.69 million in local matching funds to support RMTD's operations as the designated public transportation provider serving the Carbondale Urbanized Area of southern Illinois from July 1, 2021 through January 20, 2023. The...
The River Valley Metro Mass Transit District (RVMMTD) received a $3.3 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance from July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2029. Funds will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and items with a useful life of less than one year to maintain and operate transit vehicles and provide fixed route...
The Project Grant award of $4,094,652 from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will enable the Rockford Mass Transit District to procure low-emission hybrid electric buses to replace aging diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life. The grant funding will be used to purchase new hybrid buses equipped with technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This project is expected to result in a...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs) provides $6,328,980 to the Rockford Mass Transit District in Illinois to purchase new low emission hybrid electric buses to replace aging diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life. The key activities are the procurement of the hybrid buses with new technology equipment, which is expected to...
This $2,675,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will support the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (Metrolink) in completing several capital projects to maintain a state of good repair, enhance safety, and improve the passenger experience across their transit system. The award will fund the purchase of software, hardware, transit enhancements, signage, miscellaneous bus equipment,...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded a $23,779,923 Formula Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to the River Valley Metro Mass Transit District (RVM) located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The purpose of this award is to provide operating funds for public transit services in the urbanized areas of Kankakee County through July 2027. RVM, a local government transit authority, will use the grant funds to cover...
The Madison County Mass Transit District was awarded an $8.4 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will support the acquisition of spare parts, support vehicles, equipment for bus inspections, and project administration costs from May 2021 through March 2026. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal funding available to local and regional...