This $20,501,169 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will provide funding to the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit, for transit enhancements, support equipment, facilities capital, operations, and unified work program activities. The grant, awarded on February 22, 2025, will...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $12,040,358 Project Grant to the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit, to support various transit enhancements, equipment, facilities, operations, and planning activities. The grant, funded through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), will allow Metro Area Transit to maintain and improve its bus, rapid transit, and paratransit services for the Omaha metro area....
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $17,047,992.00 Project Grant to the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit, under the FTA's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funds will enable Metro to replace aging buses that have met or exceeded their useful life, as well as to replace the current bus wash facility which is no longer operating at full...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,720,000 was provided by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit. The funding will support various transit enhancement and planning activities at the Metro Admin and Maintenance Facility located in Omaha, Nebraska. Specifically, the grant will fund preventative maintenance, equipment...
The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (Metro Area Transit) received a $10,184,572 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs. The grant will fund the procurement of new fleet fluid management software and associated hardware to support fleet maintenance and reporting. It will also fund new financial management software and hardware to enable a more...
The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit, received a $800,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The grant will fund Metro Area Transit's plans to introduce enhanced transit and amenities along a 7.9 mile corridor in Omaha identified as an area of persistent poverty. Specifically,...
This $3,750,000 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, will fund the completion of the 24th Street Corridor Study for the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (doing business as Metro Area Transit). The project will conduct a feasibility assessment, fully define the locally preferred alternative, identify needed transit enhancements, and complete the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study....
This $439,834 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) will fund paratransit services in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The award recipient, the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (Mapa), will contract with two non-profit and one municipal agencies to provide paratransit transportation for seniors and persons...
This $2,805,444 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the replacement of 16 aging 2006 and 2011 buses operated by Lincoln, Nebraska's StarTran transit system. The grant will cover the costs of purchasing the new replacement buses, as well as expenses for bus inspections and maintenance staff training. The project...
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County, doing business as Met Transit, received a $2.27 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will fund eligible operating expenses from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 to maintain fixed route public bus service and ADA paratransit service for residents of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Evansdale, Iowa. Met Transit...