Provide two years of preventive maintenance and operational assistance as well as a security upgrade in 2025 to the city of andersons electric city transit system (the 1% required security allocation)

This $3,086,409 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides two years of preventive maintenance, operational assistance, and a security upgrade to the City of Anderson's Electric City Transit system in South Carolina. The grant funds will cover daily eligible operating expenses and preventive maintenance costs, such as wages, benefits, fuel, and maintenance items. Additionally, the award includes funding for a security camera system upgrade in 2025 to enhance the transit system's security. The expected outcomes of this award are to increase service route options and ridership back to higher than pre-pandemic levels, supporting the city's efforts to develop and raise awareness of its public transit system. The ultimate beneficiaries of this funding are the public transit riders, many of whom rely on the service to access essential needs like employment, healthcare, and community resources.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide two years of preventive maintenance and operational assistance as well as a security upgrade in 2025 to the city of andersons electric city transit system (the 1% required security allocation). This transportation service is essential to meet this communitys needs and relies on the assistance we receive from the FTA to operate.

Activities

The activities to be performed are everyday eligible operations and preventive maintenance costs (wages benefits fuel maintenance items having a useful life of less than one year etc). One security addition is included and will likely be a security camera purchase.

Expected outcomes

Expected outcomes would be to increase service route options and ridership back to higher than pre-pandemic levels. IT is a high priority of our executive leadership and city council to more fully develop and increase awareness and availability of the citys transit system currently but also as our community grows. Funding permits the city to meet preventive maintenance standards continue to provide operations and keep vehicles in a state of good repair.

Intended beneficiaries

The ultimate beneficiaries of these funds are public ridership. Many of them count on public transit service to access the necessities of life - for example going to work getting to a grocery store being able to get to the doctors office or accessing free community services that better and enhance their lives.

Subrecipient activities

None - the city does not have any subrecipients.