This $195,772 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), provides two years of operating assistance and project administration to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to maintain existing public transit services in Sitka, Alaska. The funds will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, preventive maintenance, and other items necessary to operate the tribal transit program. The...
This $4,527,837 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) supports public transportation infrastructure and services in the rural and tribal community of Gulkana, Alaska. The grant funding, awarded on February 25, 2025, will enable the Gulkana Village Council, a federally recognized tribal government organization, to continue operating the Soaring Eagle Transit program, which provides critical...
This Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will provide $309,925 to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to purchase approximately one replacement bus for their RIDE transit service. This purchase will improve safety, mobility, and service reliability for tribal members and members of the general public in and around Baranoff Island who use the transit service to...
This $1,077,451.00 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will support the maintenance and operation of the public transit system in Sitka, Alaska for one fiscal year. The grant will cover the majority of operating costs for the Ride Sitka fixed-route transit system and contracted complementary paratransit services, as well as project administration expenses. The key activities to be performed under...
This $421,547 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will support operating assistance and administrative costs for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe to maintain public transit services in their rural service area in Alaska. The award period runs from September 17, 2024 through December 30, 2025, with the intended outcome of preserving essential transit operations for the Alaska Native and American Indian...
This $660,322 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will fund the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's expansion of public transit services throughout central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The Tribe will use the funding to acquire vehicles, hire transit staff, and conduct administrative activities from July 2022 through December 2023. Specifically, $158,683 in FY2020 and $171,478 in FY2021 will...
This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides $1,129,019 to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe to expand transportation access and options with a pilot fixed-route bus service connecting the communities of Nikiski, Kenai, Soldotna, and Sterling in Alaska. The grant activities include operating assistance, training, purchase of equipment and supplies for bus operations, and supplies/construction...
This $140,892 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration will fund the Kenaitze Indian Tribe to expand public transportation services in central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The grant supports the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), which aims to improve, initiate, or continue public transportation in nonurbanized areas and provide technical assistance to rural transportation providers. Under the award, the Kenaitze...
This $773,236.63 Formula Grant was awarded on January 13, 2025 by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. The funding will support the Tribe's ongoing transportation infrastructure and services, including maintenance and improvement of local transit, roads, and related facilities within the Sitka, Alaska community. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Sitka Tribe utilizes this formula grant funding to...
This $1,432,417 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) provides funding to the Alaska State Department of Public Transportation to support operating assistance and state administration for inter-city public transportation providers across Alaska. The key activities to be performed include continued operation of inter-city public transit systems, including support for providers such as Gulkana Village...