The City of Evansville was awarded a $392,119 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the following activities from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024: Purchase of one transit bus and two paratransit buses to replace vehicles past their useful life Upgrades to the METS administrative/maintenance facility, including a 4-post bus lift, security...
The City of Evansville, Indiana was awarded a $6.89 million project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 16, 2022 to support capital assistance and planning assistance for the Evansville Metropolitan Transportation System from January 1, 2022 through March 30, 2026. The grant funds will be used to purchase replacement transit and paratransit buses, support vehicles, and shop equipment to maintain vehicles and facilities in...
This $145,500 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will provide capital assistance to the Metropolitan Evansville Transit System (METS) from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The grant funds will be used to rehabilitate and renovate existing bus shelters and bus benches within the METS service area, including painting, replacing damaged glass or plexiglass, adding solar-powered lighting to the bus shelters, and...
This $352,755 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) will provide capital and operating assistance to support transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Evansville, Indiana area. The grant funds will be used to purchase a low-floor minivan for the ARC of Evansville to provide safe, reliable transportation for people with disabilities to...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program) provides $42,794,755 in funding to the Indpls Public Trans Corp, doing business as Indygo, the main public transportation provider in the Indianapolis urbanized area. The grant funds will be used by Indygo and its subrecipients in four surrounding counties (Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, and Johnson) to maintain safe and reliable transit...
This $929,984 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund several transit-related activities for the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) in Indiana. The grant will be used to purchase four replacement paratransit vehicles, update the fixed-route transit system with automatic vehicle locators, passenger counters, and video surveillance, and cover operating costs for the agency's non-fixed route ADA...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $8.77 million Project Grant to the Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) for operating assistance from March 3, 2021 through September 22, 2021. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal resources available to local and regional government authorities and states for transit capital and operating assistance and for transportation-related planning...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides $1,318,359 to the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) to cover 80% of the capital costs for purchasing three 35-foot revenue vehicles for the Interurban Trolley fixed-route transit system in Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana. The purpose of this award is to support the Interurban Trolley service by replacing older buses that have reached the end of their...
The Federal Transit Administration awarded the Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) a $3,242,469 Formula Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. The grant funding will provide operating assistance to allow MITS to continue offering public transportation services to the residents of Muncie, Indiana. As a local government-owned transit authority, MITS operates bus routes and paratransit services that support...
This federal Formula Grant award of $100,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant will support an "Other Type Project (Miscellaneous)" transportation infrastructure project with the Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization (EMPO) as the sub-grantee. Specifically, the project will involve infrastructure work on "MS00" in Vanderburgh County,...