The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the Municipality of Fajardo, Puerto Rico a $420,080 Formula Grant on August 14, 2023. The grant funds will be used to cover eligible operating expenses, vehicle preventive maintenance, and the acquisition of a compact administrative vehicle for the municipality's public transit system. The grant aims to allow the Municipality of Fajardo to continue providing reliable transit operations that would otherwise have to be cut...
This $149,760 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) supports the Municipio De Anasco, Puerto Rico in operating its ADA paratransit service and preventive maintenance for its existing five-vehicle fleet. The grant funding will cover driver salaries, fringe benefits, fuel, supplies, project administration, and drug/alcohol testing for the paratransit service. Additionally, the grant will be used to acquire a...
The Municipio De TOA Baja in Puerto Rico was awarded a $2,555,871 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) on September 13, 2023. The purpose of this 7-year award is to renew the municipality's transit fleet, improve pedestrian access to the transit system, provide better amenities for transit users, and reduce the economic burden of operating and maintaining the transit system. Key activities to be...
This $463,398 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will provide operating assistance and preventive maintenance funding for the fixed-route public transit system operated by the Municipality of Gurabo in Puerto Rico. The grant will cover eligible expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, marketing materials, and other short-term operational costs, as well as preventive maintenance for the transit fleet. This...
The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority received a $3,219,749 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The funding will be used to support public transit operations and capital projects for four municipalities in Puerto Rico with urbanized areas under 200,000 in population: Arroyo, Florida, Juana Diaz, and Lajas. Allowable activities include covering operating expenses such...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded Gobierno Municipal De Juncos, a municipality in Puerto Rico, a $397,478 Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will support the municipality's transit operating costs of $5,168 from July to December 2021, $230,000 from July 2022 to June 2023, and $162,310 from July 2023 to June 2024. These funds will reimburse operating expenses and help ensure continued transit services for...
This Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides $245,657 to the Municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. The purpose of this award is to fund the acquisition of 7 vehicles for the municipality's fixed-route public transit service. This funding will allow Humacao to continue providing reliable transit operations that would otherwise have to be reduced due to lack of funding, benefiting the...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $4,063,683 Project Grant to the Caguas Municipality under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 20, 2022 to support public transportation services through March 30, 2029. The funding will support preventative maintenance for transit vehicles and facilities, acquisition of 12 replacement buses including eight mini-buses and four low-rider buses, purchase of GPS and automatic passenger counting...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $130,000 Formula Grant to the Municipio De Villalba, a U.S. local government municipality located in Puerto Rico, under the FTA's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funds were used by the municipality to purchase new equipment for its transportation workshop and office areas, including shop tools, office equipment, radios, security systems, and...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $468,580 Formula Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to the Municipio De Hormigueros Municipality Of Hormigueros in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will allow the municipality to provide fixed route and ADA paratransit services to its communities. The grant supports the operational and administrative activities of the municipality's transit system, which is essential for enabling...