Formula Grant MO2026011
- Federal Transit Formula Grants Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $9.74 million in Federal Transit Formula Grants funding (CFDA 20.507) to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) on August 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of February 29, 2028. The award consists of $6.43 million in federal funds and $3.31 million in local matching funds. KCATA is applying these funds on behalf of Johnson County Transit (JCT), a subrecipient, to support...
- Federal Transit Formula Grants Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) $12.52 million through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 21, 2025. This formula grant obligates funds for capital and operating activities designed to enhance regional public transportation services across the Kansas City metropolitan area, serving both Missouri and Kansas transit riders. The award funds the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) received a $9.0 million Project Grant award on May 23, 2025, under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). KCATA is administering the award on behalf of Johnson County Transit (JCT), with federal funding of $7.65 million supplemented by a local match of $1.35 million. The award is scheduled for completion by December...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) received a $3.12 million formula grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), awarded on June 12, 2026. The award funds expanded public transportation operating assistance across the bi-state Kansas City region through December 31, 2027, utilizing Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds transferred from the Federal Highway...
- The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) received a $19,644,974 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. The grant, awarded on September 5, 2024, will support the following activities: Purchasing 17 ADA-accessible vehicles to replace vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life, acquiring miscellaneous capital equipment such as transit vehicle column lifts, automated passenger counters, and...
- The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) was awarded a $132.1 million project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on July 22, 2022 to provide public transportation services through December 30, 2026. KCATA and four regional partners - Johnson County, Kansas; Kansas City Streetcar Authority; City of Independence, Missouri; and Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas/Kansas City, Kansas - will utilize funding to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $10.52M in Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending (CFDA 20.534) to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority on August 27, 2025, for a seven-year project extending through February 29, 2032. The award comprises $8.88M in federal funds and $1.64M in local match funding derived from local transportation sales taxes. The project delivers replacement low and no-emission vehicles to replace...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) $533,476 on August 14, 2025, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula Grant Program (CFDA 20.526). The award supports preventive maintenance activities, acquisition of miscellaneous capital equipment, bus replacement, and rehabilitation and upgrades to KCATA's central service complex facilities. KCATA will utilize these funds to support operating assistance for Lee's Summit transit services in...
- Federal Transit Formula Grant Award Summary The Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency Board received a Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the Federal Transit Administration in the amount of $5.77M, obligated on May 15, 2025, for transit-related capital and operational expenditures in the Manhattan, Kansas urbanized area through October 30, 2030. The grant funds a comprehensive range of transit infrastructure and operational activities, including $1.64M for transit operations,...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) $4.80M under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program (CFDA 20.513) on August 4, 2025, with a completion date of January 1, 2031. The award comprises $4.12M in federal funds across Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024, supplemented by $1.87M in local matching funds from contractual agreements, transportation sales taxes, and charitable contributions. KCATA, the...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) on behalf of Johnson County Transit a formula grant totaling $14.63 million on June 15, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This award, combining Section 5307 Formula Funds ($6.35M), Carbon Reduction Program funds ($850K), Surface Transportation Block Grant funds ($800K), and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds ($2M), with a local match of $4.63 million, supports critical transit infrastructure and operational improvements through the February 29, 2032 completion date. The funded activities include the acquisition of three ADA-accessible replacement buses (two 30-foot cut-away buses and one 35-foot bus) to replace vehicles reaching the end of their useful life, bus lease and operating assistance ($1.55M), planning assistance ($400K), and capital equipment upgrades. Capital improvements encompass software systems and miscellaneous equipment totaling $3.28M, including bus wash facility renovation, collision avoidance system implementation, farebox reinstatement, Nolte swinging gate replacement, and two operational enhancement projects: the Kansas City Airport pilot operations project and the Metcalf signal prioritization project. Operating expenses of $8.22M support general transit operations throughout the service region.Federal Transit Formula Grants Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $10.0m | 6/15/26 |