This $5,338,304 Formula Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) will enable Harris County, Texas, to acquire bus shelters, construct sidewalks, and fund operating and planning activities to enhance accessibility and continue providing public transportation services. The grant funding will cover eligible service delivery, salary, and software expenses with a useful life of less than 2 years. It will also...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides $6,750,339 to Harris County, Texas to fund capital and operating costs for public transportation. The grant will be used to install bus shelters, construct sidewalks, and cover eligible service delivery, salary, and software expenses. The expected outcomes are to continue providing public transportation operations and enhance...
Harris County, Texas was awarded a $4,603,485 project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will support operational expenses for Harris County's public transportation services from June 2023 through December 2026. Funds will be used for staffing costs, service delivery oversight, reporting, customer service activities, transit promotional outreach, billing verification, payment...
Harris County, Texas received a $1,857,218 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on June 5, 2023. The grant will fund Harris County's operating costs for staff to deliver transit services, conduct safety monitoring and internal operations, promote transit programs, and collect data for internal and external reporting through December 31, 2025. As the sole recipient, Harris...
This is a Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The $710,225 grant will fund activities related to the RIDES program in Harris County, Texas, including public outreach, service provider monitoring, reporting, customer assistance, and travel training. The goal is to increase ridership and provide continued customer satisfaction and reliability for the elderly and disabled...
This $96,052,340 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund several initiatives for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) in Houston, Texas. The award will provide capitalized preventive maintenance for METRO's bus fleet of over 1,200 vehicles to keep the system in a state of good repair. It will also support METRO's ADA-compliant paratransit service, MetroLift, which provides...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,530,000 Formula Grant under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) to Harris County, Texas. The grant funding will be used to pay for activities related to the RIDES program, which provides demand response taxi and shared ride services for seniors and persons with disabilities in the Harris County area. Key activities include public outreach, service provider monitoring, reporting,...
This $1,918,115 FY2024 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund preventive maintenance and operating activities for the Gulf Coast Transit District (GCTD) in Texas City, TX. The grant will allow GCTD to continue providing public transportation services and maintain their vehicle fleet in a state of good repair. Specifically, the funding will be used for maintenance-related services and driver salaries/fuel costs,...
This $4,572,870 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides operating assistance to the Gulf Coast Transit District in Lake Jackson, Texas. The funding will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and other items with a useful life of less than one year. This allows the transit district to continue providing safe and efficient transit operations, maintain its rolling stock vehicles in a state...
This $7,299,919 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) to the East End District in Houston, Texas will fund the capital lease of a 230-space parking garage and construction of sidewalks. The parking garage will provide direct access to the adjacent Lockwood Station along the Houston Metro Harrisburg light rail corridor, serving environmental justice populations including minorities, low-income...