This $13,063,476 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will support the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) capital projects to modernize its bus and rail fleets and infrastructure. The key activities funded include the purchase of up to 67 new standard 40ft buses and up to 36 new rail cars, as well as the overhaul and...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), through its Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500), awarded the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) a $5,618,054,647 grant on January 11, 2025. The purpose of this Project Grant is to fund the design and construction of a 5.5-mile heavy rail extension to the existing Red Line on Chicago's Far South Side. The project will include four new fully accessible stations with multimodal connections, new traction power substations, a new yard...
This $305.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration through the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) provides capital funding to the Chicago Transit Authority in Chicago, Illinois from August 2021 through March 2027. $160.7 million comes from Section 5337 State of Good Repair funds, $131.5 million from Section 5307 formula funds, and $13.2 million from Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities formula funds to support the CTA's...
This $249,040,086 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) provides funding for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to upgrade its bus and rail fleet and infrastructure. Key activities include purchasing up to 14 new 40-foot buses and 1 new railcar, overhauling the existing revenue fleet, conducting engineering assessments for transitioning the bus system to full...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.534 - Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending) provides $14,735,418.00 to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to modernize the CTA system. The key activities funded include retrofitting and/or rebuilding stations, installing full barrier doors on CTA buses, designing and engineering the modernization of CTA bus garages, and conducting facility assessments. The...
This $435,386,331 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) capital projects from September 2022 through December 2026. The grant will provide funding to purchase up to 67 new standard 40-foot buses and up to 36 new rail cars, as well as overhaul CTA's existing revenue fleet vehicles to maintain their useful...
This $37,500,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA Federal Transit Formula Grants, CFDA 20.507) will fund the design and construction of a 5.5-mile extension of the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Red Line rail service. The project will extend the existing Red Line terminal at 95th Street/Dan Ryan to the 130th Street area, including four new fully accessible stations with multimodal connections and a new rail yard and...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was awarded a $1,675,000 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 24, 2022 to improve bus speed and reliability on up to six priority bus corridors in Chicago, Illinois through March 30, 2028. Funds will support completion of design work and implementation of bus priority treatments and targeted solutions on the identified corridors. Expected outcomes include diverting an estimated...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was awarded an $8.89 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to construct a traffic signal interconnect and communication network to implement transit signal priority on Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois from August 2021 to March 2027. The network will connect intersections to the city's centralized traffic management software and facilitate communication between transit vehicles...
This federal Project Grant award of $7,946,458.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will enable the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to enhance the CTAS 103rd Street Garage. The grant funds will be used to acquire six battery electric buses (BEBs) and the necessary charging equipment infrastructure to electrify the fleet. This initiative also...