Provide funding for replacement vehicles (two buses and two vans) and one year of operations funding to the city of andersons electric city transit system to assist in deviated fixed route transit…

The City of Anderson received a Formula Grant award of $1,205,494 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), effective July 16, 2025. The award funds one year of operating expenses and capital improvements for the Electric City Transit System's deviated fixed-route transit operations. Specifically, the funding supports eligible operational costs including driver salaries, fuel, and consumable items with useful lives under one year, as well as the purchase of four replacement vehicles: two buses with a 12-year/500,000-mile useful life and two vans with a 4-year/100,000-mile useful life. All vehicles are Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant.

The grant enables the City of Anderson to maintain continuous transit service to the general public while replacing aging fleet assets that have reached the end of their operational life. The ultimate beneficiaries are transit riders who rely on this essential service to access employment, healthcare, grocery stores, and community services. No subrecipients are involved in this award. The performance period extends through March 31, 2032, allowing for multi-year implementation of the vehicle replacements and operational support.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide funding for replacement vehicles (two buses and two vans) and one year of operations 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 we receive 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 and the purchase of four replacement vehicles. Replacement van useful life will be four years/100000 miles and bus replacements useful life will be 12 years/500000 miles and all vehicle purchases will be ADA compliant.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit electric city transit to continue to provide operations as well as replace vehicles that have met their useful life.

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 of anderson does not have any subrecipients.