This $159,604 Formula Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program), will support statewide transit training needs for Montana's rural transit providers. The award will be used to provide training, technical assistance, research, and related support services to help transit providers in rural Montana. The primary intended beneficiaries are transit providers across the state...
This $1,410,105 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will provide assistance to the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) to cover eligible state administration expenses for continued safe and effective operation of transit services in rural and non-urbanized areas of Montana. The award, effective from April 11, 2025 to March 31, 2027, is...
This $18,527,258 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides funding to the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and 35 subrecipient transit providers across Montana. The grant supports the continued safe and effective operation of rural and intercity bus transit services in over 30 counties in the state. Specifically, the funding will be used for operating assistance, preventive...
This $6,579,574 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will support public transportation infrastructure and services in rural and urban areas across Montana. The grant will fund the purchase of replacement and expansion buses and vans for 34 transit providers in the state, helping to maintain their fleets in a state of good repair and improve transit access for rural and urban residents,...
This federal Formula Grant award of $179,652 from the Federal Transit Administration's Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) is intended to conduct an assessment to develop and support intercity bus transportation in Montana. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), the grant awardee, will hire a third-party consultant to develop a comprehensive study evaluating the rural transit needs across the state. The expected...
This $214,053 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will provide operating assistance for the Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux Tribal Transit Program. The funding will cover driver/dispatch salaries, fringe benefits, fuel, and other operating expenses to continue transit services for tribal members in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation area of Montana. This grant supports the tribe's efforts to improve,...
This $121,421 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) will fund the operations of the Fort Belknap Tribal Transit Program in Montana. The grant will support the daily operations and ensure the continued provision of public transportation services to tribal members in the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation area. The funding will cover operating assistance for the transit program, with the intended outcome...
This $1,100,718 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) provides operating assistance to the Crow Tribe of Indians for the continued operation of their tribal transit service across the Crow Reservation in Montana. The funding will be used to cover eligible costs to maintain critical transit services on the tribe's four standard routes, which cover over 200,000...
This federal Formula Grant award, funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), provides $2,256,103.00 to the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) to support a transit facility expansion project in rural Montana. The funding will be used to hire third-party consultants and contractors for the design and construction of this project, which aims to provide and maintain facilities...
This $231,738 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will provide funding for the Crow Tribe of Indians' transit program in Montana. The grant will partially fund the replacement of a transit vehicle and provide operating assistance to support the continuation and improvement of the Crow Nation's fixed-route transit service. The award aims to benefit tribal members who utilize the transit program...