Provide funding for a replacement vehicle (one bus) shop equipment (one vehicle lift setup) and operating and preventive maintenance funding to the city of andersons electric city transit system to…

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the City of Anderson, South Carolina a Formula Grant totaling $1,406,567 on July 2, 2025, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The award funds critical capital and operational support for the City of Anderson's Electric City Transit System, a deviated fixed-route transit service serving the community. Specifically, the grant covers one replacement transit bus with a 12-year useful life and 500,000-mile rating (ADA compliant), one vehicle lift system for transit maintenance bays to replace aging equipment approximately 15-17 years old, and one year of eligible operating expenses including driver salaries and fuel.

The grant enables the transit system to meet preventive maintenance standards, sustain ongoing operations, and maintain rolling stock vehicles in a state of good repair through March 31, 2033. Primary beneficiaries include the riding public who depend on transit service to access essential services such as employment, healthcare, and groceries, as well as city employees who will benefit from an improved and safer maintenance facility. The City of Anderson administers the award directly with no subrecipients involved.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide funding for a replacement vehicle (one bus) shop equipment (one vehicle lift setup) and operating and preventive maintenance funding to the city of andersons electric city transit system to assist in deviated fixed route transit operations. This transportation service is essential to meet this communitys needs and relies on the assistance the city receives from the FTA to operate.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover all eligible operating expenses for one year such as driver salaries fuel items having a useful life of less than one year all eligible preventive maintenance expenses for one year the purchase of one replacement vehicle (a bus) and vehicle lift to be used in the transit bays to work on buses (shop equipment). The bus replacement useful life will be 12 years/500000 miles and all transit vehicles purchased by the city are ADA compliant.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit the city of anderson to meet preventive maintenance standards continue to provide operations and keep rolling stock vehicles in a state of good repair. New vehicle shop lifts will assist fleet maintenance in safely working on FTA-funded vehicles as the lifts currently used are approximately 15 years old and should be replaced per the transit asset manager at scdot.

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. The citys employees will also benefit from a safer work environment by replacing a lift system that is approaching 17 years old.

Subrecipient activities

None - the city of anderson does not have any subrecipients.