The purpose of this award is for the funds to be used for the day-to-day operations for the clarksville transit system

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded $573,970 to Clarksville Transit Systems on April 16, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund day-to-day operations of the Clarksville Transit System.

The award supports operational expenses including personnel wages, office supplies, medical testing, professional services, utilities, and other costs of operation. Safety and training supervisor wages are funded through the grant's allowable safety expenditures. Clarksville Transit Systems operates the fixed-route bus service and paratransit operations for Clarksville, Tennessee residents and stakeholders. The recipient has no sub-recipients and executes all funded activities directly.

The period of performance runs from April 16, 2026, through March 30, 2033. Work is performed in Tennessee. The expected outcome is uninterrupted continuation of CTS operations. Clarksville Transit Systems, doing business as Downtown Transfer Center, is a local government transit authority that relies entirely on Federal Transit Administration grants to support its operations across three primary FTA grant programs. This award is classified as a formula grant, which provides annual apportionments to transit agencies in urbanized areas for capital and operating assistance.

Activities

This award will be used for the day-to-day operations of CTS which includes personnel wages office supplies medical testing professional services utilities and various other costs of operation. No security activities are anticipated for this grant application and the allowable 1% expenditures for security projects are not necessary. The safety requirements will be used for wages for the safety and training supervisor.

Expected outcomes

The expected outcome is that CTS operations will continue without interruption.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended beneficiaries for this project are CTS employees clarksville TN citizens and all clarksville transit system stakeholders.

Subrecipient activities

CTS does not have any subrecipients.