The Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency Board (FHATA) was awarded a $1,273,188 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on August 23, 2024. The grant funds will be used to support a variety of capital improvements and operational enhancements for FHATA's public transportation services in the Manhattan, Kansas urbanized area. Key project activities include purchasing maintenance vehicles, upgrading software and technology systems, replacing...
The Kansas Department of Transportation received a $24,875,573 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Section 5311 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant funding will support four primary activities: Operating Intercity Bus - Providing continued transportation services for passengers across the state's rural and small urban areas. Project Administration - Offering administrative support...
This $4,776,233.00 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.505 - Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research) provides 1 year of funding for transportation planning initiatives across the state of Kansas. The grant supports transit planning activities for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) such as development of Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs),...
This federal Formula Grant award of $29,998,650 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides funding to the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) for the period of April 2025 to March 2027. The grant supports a range of transportation activities in rural Kansas, including: Continued operating support for intercity bus services to serve passengers Administrative support and project management for...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $5,131,857 Formula Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to the Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority (Topeka Transit) on August 17, 2023. The grant funding will support Topeka Transit's operation of public transportation services, including fixed route and paratransit, as well as preventive maintenance activities for its fleet and facilities through October 31, 2029. The grant is intended to...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas received a $15,747,104 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. The funding will be used by Lawrence Transit to support safe, reliable, quality, and responsive public transportation services for all citizens in the city of Lawrence over the award period from January 2025 to October 2027. Key activities to be performed include service provider contract operations, preventive maintenance,...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas has been awarded a $7,615,044 formula grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This funding will be used to support transit operations, including payroll, public transportation services, preventive maintenance, cleaning, and personal protective equipment necessary for the provision of public transit services within the Lawrence community. The grant will...
The Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority, doing business as Topeka Transit, was awarded a $4,557,900 Formula Grant by the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) on May 30, 2024. The grant funding will support public transportation services, including fixed-route and paratransit operations, as well as preventive maintenance for Topeka Transit's fleet and facilities. The intended beneficiaries are the general public within and around the Topeka, Kansas area....
The Kansas Department of Transportation received a $6.8 million project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to construct three bus maintenance and administration facilities. With a completion date of December 31, 2024, the award provides $1.7 million each to Starkey Inc., Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (ATA Bus), and Sunflower Diversified Services, Inc. to build new...
The Kansas Department of Transportation was awarded a $1,632,050 project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) to support transit planning initiatives across Kansas from July 15, 2022 to December 31, 2025. The grant will provide $652,820 in federal funding and $163,205 in local matching funds to cover transit planning activities and studies by transit agencies and...