Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the North Carolina Department of Transportation $4.57 million under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula Program (CFDA 20.526) on June 30, 2026, to procure 38 replacement transit vehicles for distribution across the state. The award comprises 32 buses designated for rural subrecipients and 6 buses for small urban area recipients, allocated among 12 NCDOT subrecipients statewide. These replacement vehicles enable continued fixed-route transit service delivery across the respective service areas and are expected to improve the state of good repair for transit fleet assets managed by participating transit agencies.

The subrecipients—county transit systems, regional transportation authorities, and rural transit operators across North Carolina—will utilize the capital funding to replace aging vehicles within their fleets. The award benefits the general public and fixed-route transit users throughout rural and small urban communities, with project completion targeted for March 30, 2035. As a pass-through entity, NCDOT's Integrated Mobility Division administers the formula allocation and distributes funds to eligible subrecipients for vehicle acquisition, consistent with FTA's statutory formula methodology for capital transit funding.