The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was awarded a $85,979,190 Formula Grant by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will fund the replacement of existing diesel-fueled vehicles with CNG-fueled vehicles, replacement of rail vehicles that have reached the end of their useful lives, reconstruction of the Shaker Rapid Line light rail track, replacement of shelters along the Shaker Rapid Line, and an...
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) received a $67.4 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance from March 28, 2021 through July 29, 2021. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal funding available to local transit agencies for capital projects, planning, and operating assistance in urbanized areas....
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was awarded a $11,250,000 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534). The grant will enable RTA to replace its existing rail fleet, which has reached the end of its useful life, with new rail vehicles. This is expected to improve the reliability of RTA's rail system, benefiting the residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The grant award...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), through its Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), awarded a $9,500,000 formula grant to the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) on July 13, 2023. The grant funds will be used to purchase replacement buses to update RTA's fleet with more energy-efficient vehicles. The project is expected to be completed by September 14, 2023. RTA, a local government-owned transit authority, will directly implement the grant-funded activities...
The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (R T A), a U.S. local government entity and transit authority, received a $28,454,176 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant funds will be used to cover eligible ADA operating expenses, such as operator salaries and wages, as well as preventive maintenance costs including maintenance salaries, tools, and supplies. Additionally, the funding will...
This $2,036,067 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs) will provide funding for capital projects and preventative maintenance activities for the Metro Regional Transit Authority in Akron, Ohio. Key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: Purchasing 30 CNG replacement buses and 2 electric buses to replace...
This $3,740,950 federal Formula Grant award to the Richland County Transit Board (RCT) in Ohio was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The funding will support RCT's safe and efficient ongoing fixed-route and demand-response transit operations, as well as capital projects such as new fare payment technology, revenue vehicle replacements, facility maintenance, and other transit...
This $8,000,878 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will provide one year of planning assistance, architecture and engineering design, and operating assistance to the Western Reserve Transit Authority (WRTA) in Ohio. The funds will be used to cover transit planning activities, architecture and engineering design to assist with technical and construction projects, preventive maintenance for WRTA's assets, the...
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was awarded a $49.3 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's State of Good Repair Grants Program on August 4, 2021. The grant will fund capital projects to maintain existing fixed guideway and high-intensity motorbus transit systems through March 2029. Specifically, the grant will support light rail track rehabilitation, rail vehicle replacement, bus replacement and spare parts, facility repairs and upgrades, and...
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The purpose of this grant is to conduct in-depth research to identify impediments to transit access in areas of persistent poverty within the City of Cleveland and its inner-ring suburbs. The activities performed under this grant include...