Assist and provide one (1) year of operating assistance and capital preventive maintenance for the city of terre hautes transit system (terre haute transit utility) fixed route and paratransit…

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of Terre Haute $2.774 million on August 11, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund one year of operating assistance and capital preventive maintenance for the Terre Haute Transit Utility's fixed route and paratransit operations.

The funds cover eligible operating expenses including employee salaries and fringe benefits, fuel, office supplies, operating and repair supplies, services, equipment and vehicle repair and maintenance, rental of equipment, utilities, and insurance for items with a useful life of less than one year. Capital preventive maintenance expenses include salaries for maintenance personnel, parts and equipment for daily vehicle operations, salaries for cleaning staff, and compensation for the assistant manager who prepares maintenance records and supervises vehicle servicing.

The award funds operations during the period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2027. Place of performance is Indiana. The funding enables the transit utility to continue providing safe and reliable service to residents accessing employment, medical appointments, grocery stores, and other essential destinations. The source indicates no sub-recipient pass-through activities.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to assist and provide one (1) year of operating assistance and capital preventive maintenance for the city of terre hautes transit system (terre haute transit utility) fixed route and paratransit operations during the period of 01/01/26 to 12/31/26

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating expenses such as employee salaries and fringe benefits fuel office supplies operating and repair supplies services equipment/vehicle/building repair and maintenance rental of equipment utilities and insurance items having a useful life of less than one year. Funds will also be used to cover all eligible capital preventive maintenance expenses such as salaries of employees who perform maintenance on revenue vehicles parts equipment needed to run daily salaries of employees that fuel clean interior and exterior of revenue vehicles and assistant manager who prepares maintenance records for revenue vehicles and supervises and support for servicing revenue vehicles

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit terre haute transit utility to continue providing a safe and reliable operation of revenue vehicles

Intended beneficiaries

Terre haute transit utility and the riders that rely on our service will benefit from a continued safe and reliable services to work doctor appointments grocery stores and many other destinations