Provide winston-salem urban areas sub-recipients with operating and capital assistance to provide transportation services for people with disabilities and older adults

The Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of Winston-Salem $730,434 on February 23, 2026, under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) to provide operating and capital assistance for transportation services serving older adults and people with disabilities in the Winston-Salem urban area through March 30, 2033.

Eligible uses include driver salaries, fuel, preventive maintenance, and items with useful life under one year to sustain transit operations. The award also supports traditional and non-traditional Section 5310 projects including acquisition of transportation services under contract or lease, travel training, volunteer driver programs, incremental costs for same-day or door-to-door service, way-finding improvements, and mobility management programs.

The City of Winston-Salem, operating through its Transit Authority Division, passed through funding to eight sub-recipients selected by the Winston-Salem Area Transportation Planning Organization. Sub-recipients include four nonprofit organizations, one governmental agency, and three for-profit transportation providers, all delivering projects derived from the current Human Services Coordinated Plan. The funding enables the city and its sub-recipients to provide essential transportation to older adults and individuals with disabilities who would otherwise have limited or no access to transit services in the Winston-Salem area.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide winston-salem urban areas sub-recipients with operating and capital assistance to provide transportation services for people with disabilities and older adults.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful life of less than one year preventive maintenance etc. In order to continue transit operations. Eligible traditional and non-traditional section 5310 project examples include: the acquisition of transportation services under a contract lease or other arrangement; travel training; volunteer driver programs; incremental costs for providing same-day or door-to-door service; improving signage and other way-finding; and mobility management programs.

Expected outcomes

The funding will allow winston-salem and its awarded sub-recipients to provide essential transportation services to older adults and people with disabilities who would otherwise have little to no access to transit and transportation services.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended beneficiaries include older adults and individuals with disabilities in the winston-salem urban area.

Subrecipient activities

The winston-salem area transportation planning organization (WSATPO) selected eight (8) subrecipients for FFY25 funding. The selected traditional projects include four (4) projects from non-profit organizations one (1) project from governmental agencies and three (3) projects from for-profit agencies. All projects are derived from the current human services coordinated plan.