The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under its Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), awarded a $9,670,355 Project Grant to the Cooperative Alliance For Seacoast Transportation (COAST) on May 29, 2024. This grant will fund the construction of a new Operations Maintenance Administration (OMA) building and an indoor storage facility for COAST's revenue vehicles at their location in Dover, New Hampshire. The project aims to improve...
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) received a $3,185,801 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA #20.507) on January 21, 2022 to fund operating expenses and preventive maintenance activities along key transportation corridors in New Hampshire. The grant funding will support resuming bus service that was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic along routes operated by Boston Express, C&J Bus Lines, Concord...
This $18,625,189 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will provide operating, capital, and administrative support to the State of New Hampshire and its five rural transit agencies. Funds will cover eligible expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, preventive maintenance, and other operating costs to continue safe and effective transit services in rural and non-urbanized areas of New...
The Maine Department of Transportation has received a $1,282,392 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This award will provide operating and capital assistance to support public transportation services in the PACTS and KACTS metropolitan planning organization (MPO) regions of southern Maine. Specifically, the funding will be used by the York County Community Action...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the New Hampshire Department of Transportation a $20,184,482 Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on January 21, 2022 to support commuter bus services in New Hampshire through September 30, 2029. The grant funding will ensure the restart of pre-existing commuter bus routes from various points in New Hampshire to Boston, Massachusetts operated by Boston Express, CJ Bus Lines, Concord...
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation was awarded a $910,050 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on April 13, 2022 to provide operating assistance through January 31, 2023. The grant funds five rural transit agencies and one intercity provider to cover eligible operating expenses, including salaries, personal protective equipment, and enhanced cleaning related to COVID-19 guidelines. Funding will...
This $5,475,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will provide financial assistance to the Manchester Transit Authority (MTA) to support its FY2025 operating, preventive maintenance, ADA complementary paratransit, and planning activities. The funding will allow MTA, the largest transit provider in New Hampshire, to continue operating its fixed-route, demand response, express, and ADA paratransit services in...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,020,661 Formula Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT). The grant funding will support the following activities: Rolling stock replacement for 5 ADA vehicles under 30 feet in length and 1 ADA vehicle over 35 feet. The grant will also fund bus-associated transit enhancements such as parking lot repair/reseal, and bus...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides $3,688,985 in funding to the City of Nashua Division of Community Development - Transit Division, operating as the Nashua Transit System (NTS), to support operating assistance, preventive maintenance, and planning initiatives for the NTS fixed-route and ADA paratransit services. The grant period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. Key activities to be...
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation was awarded a $4.56 million project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on August 3, 2022 to support capital investments for two transit providers in New Hampshire. The funding will support Advance Transit's purchase of two replacement electric battery buses, 17 replacement seat inserts, and two replacement propane boilers, as well as...