The City of Seattle received a $2.488 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant provides $1.192 million in Section 5337 State of Good Repair formula funding and $797,000 in Section 5307 formula funding for major maintenance and renovation activities for the Seattle Center Monorail system. Funding will support improvements to maintain and sustain the monorail...
The City of Seattle has been awarded a $1,362,088 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525). The grant funding will support major maintenance and renovation activities for the Seattle Center Monorail system, which began service in 1962. The project aims to improve, maintain, and sustain the monorail system and its existing facilities to enhance the regional transportation system and improve the...
This Federal Transit Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507) provides $411,909 to the City of Seattle to fund major maintenance and renovation activities for the Seattle Center Monorail system. The funding will be used to modernize and rehabilitate the train propulsion and wheel assembly components of the monorail system, which began service in 1962. The project aims to improve, maintain, and sustain the regional transportation system and enhance the passenger...
The City of Seattle received a $2.8 million 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 8, 2023. The funding will support preventative maintenance activities for Seattle's monorail system through March 30, 2026 to improve operations, enhance the passenger experience, and allow continued services connecting downtown Seattle and the Seattle Center cultural campus in response...
The City of Seattle received a $1,832,375 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will fund operating costs for the Seattle Monorail through March 2024 using Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic. No employees have been furloughed since March 27, 2020. The City of Seattle...
This $4,125,000 Project Grant, awarded by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507), will fund preliminary engineering and design for passenger improvements adjacent to Sound Transit's East Link, Downtown Redmond Link Extension, and Lynnwood Link Extension stations. The activities under this grant may include designing new or relocated Metro bus stops, shelters, benches, lighting, real-time bus arrival...
This $15,413,264 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) aims to replace overhead trolley infrastructure for King County Metro Transit in Washington. The activities to be performed include replacing overhead switches and ancillary hardware such as connecting wires to benefit Metro customers by reducing service disruptions and downtime. This grant award does not involve any...
This $3,750,000 federal grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) will fund safety and security improvements in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT). The project aims to modernize the 30-year-old DSTT and its four stations to bring them up to current building codes and enhance the passenger experience. Key activities include upgrading the...
The City of Seattle has been awarded a $6,942,057 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The purpose of this award is to fund the Fairview Ave N Multimodal Improvements project, which will widen Fairview Ave N to accommodate an additional southbound transit-only lane for streetcars and buses, upgrade bus stops, and rechannel the roadway to provide a northbound business access and...
This $3,750,000 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded to the City of Seattle by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration on September 21, 2023 will fund transit infrastructure improvements on the Route 40 Transit Plus Multimodal Corridor. The key activities to be performed include constructing dedicated bus lanes, signal upgrades, pavement spot improvements, and bus zone modifications. These improvements are expected to enhance transit travel time and...