The Town of Blacksburg, Virginia received a $4,319,548 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 25, 2021. The grant provided operating assistance for Blacksburg Transit for federal fiscal years 2019 and 2020. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit capital, operating...
The City of Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation (HDPT) was awarded a $1.54 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant funds will support the purchase of eight replacement 35-foot low floor clean diesel buses and the acquisition and installation of Harrisonburg's ITS on-board communications system. The buses and communications system will allow HDPT to continue...
The Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has awarded a $8,209,952 formula grant to the Town of Blacksburg in Virginia. The purpose of this grant is to provide operating assistance to Blacksburg Transit, supporting expenses such as wages, fringe benefits, fuel, tires, maintenance, and other operating costs. The intended outcome is to continue providing clean, safe, and reliable public transportation services to the...
The Town of Blacksburg, Virginia received a $105,935 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 18, 2021. The grant funding supported operating assistance for Blacksburg Transit through August 10, 2021. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit operating assistance and transportation...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $5,862,511 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). The grant will fund the replacement of 34 less than 30-foot body on chassis buses and 4 vans for 11 rural transit agencies across 45 localities in rural southwest, central, and eastern Virginia. The new, clean and modern vehicles are expected to...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending (CFDA 20.534) program provides $865,000 to the Brazos Transit District (BTD) to modernize the public transportation system in the Bryan/College Station, Lufkin, and Nacogdoches, Texas areas. The funds will be used to develop a map of bus stops and shelters, install signs and shelters, deploy an implementation plan, and provide real-time passenger...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $3,612,635.00 to Old Dominion Transit Management Co, doing business as GRTC Transit Systems, to support capital purchases critical to the success of its public transit operations in the Richmond, Virginia area. The funding will be used to purchase and install bus shelters, as well...
This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $15,904,954.00 in funding to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDRPT) to support capital purchases for Loudoun County, Virginia. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include the purchase of twenty-three (23) 29-foot replacement compressed natural gas...
This $4,109,954.00 Project Grant was awarded on June 28, 2023 by the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant provides funding for the City of Harrisonburg to purchase replacement buses and an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for its paratransit vehicle fleet. The expected outcomes are to improve the efficiency and vehicle replacement of the Harrisonburg public transit system, which directly...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $4.39 million project grant to the City of Charlottesville, Virginia on April 19, 2021 under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the purchase of buses and shop equipment for Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) through September 30, 2023. The Buses and Bus Facilities Formula program provides capital funding to public transit agencies for...