Formula Grant WA2026025
- Federal Formula Grant Award Summary Sound Transit received a $1,327,425 formula 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), effective June 4, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028. The grant provides capital funding for the procurement of two Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant 60-foot articulated buses to replace aging vehicles that have reached the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Sound Transit $625,000 under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) on July 15, 2025, to support the construction of the South Renton Transit Center as part of the I-405 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service expansion. This congressionally directed grant funds a specific capital infrastructure project extending from Lynnwood to Burien along I-405 and SR 518 in the Seattle...
- This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration totaling $1,758,307 provides funding for Sound Transit to purchase approximately two ADA-compliant 60-foot articulated buses to replace buses that have reached the end of their useful life. The funding includes $1,494,561 in Fiscal Year 2021 formula funding allocated to Sound Transit from the Seattle Urbanized Area under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Sound Transit received a $9.48 million formula grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), awarded on May 27, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of April 12, 2028. The funding supports preliminary engineering and design services for a new light rail station in Seattle located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way between Graham Street and Morgan Street along the existing Link Light Rail Line 1....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Sound Transit (Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority) $32.58 million through the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) on December 9, 2025, for rolling stock preventive maintenance activities supporting Sound Transit's ST Express Bus Program. The award obligates Fiscal Year 2025 Section 5337 State of Good Repair High Intensity Motorbus funding sub-allocated to Sound Transit from the Seattle...
- This $5.076 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the purchase of two ADA-compliant 60-foot articulated buses by Sound Transit. The buses will replace vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life, increasing service reliability and reducing maintenance costs for the public transit system serving the Central Puget Sound region of...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $10,510,000 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) on September 18, 2023. The grant will fund the procurement of three battery electric buses and the necessary charging infrastructure, including four fast chargers and ten slow chargers, along with a charge management system and associated utility...
- This $184,056,595 federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), will fund the construction of two key transit centers - the Tukwila International Boulevard Station (TIBS) and the South Renton Transit Center (SRTC) - along the new STRIDE bus rapid transit (BRT) line on I-405 South and SR 518 in King County, Washington. The grant will cover project costs for constructing the BRT platforms, pedestrian...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) $38.59 million in Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) on December 3, 2025, for preliminary engineering and design services related to the Operations and Maintenance Facility South (OMFS) project. The award obligates funds through May 6, 2026, to support the initial design and engineering phases of a new operations and maintenance facility in South...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Sound Transit (Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority) $7.5 million on September 18, 2025, under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) to support development of the Ballard Link Extension. This project will deliver light rail service from downtown Seattle to the Ballard area in northwest Seattle, addressing regional transit connectivity needs and supporting...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Sound Transit $7.81 million in FTA Section 5307 Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) on May 27, 2026, obligating $6.25 million in FY2025 formula funds for the procurement of approximately four high-capacity, zero-emission double-decker buses to support the I-405 Bus Rapid Transit (STRIDE BRT) service corridor in the Seattle metropolitan area. The project, with an ultimate completion date of September 13, 2028, will enable Sound Transit to maintain and expand bus rapid transit capacity along the I-405 corridor, serving the general public and regional commuters throughout the Central Puget Sound service area encompassing King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Sound Transit, the regional public transportation authority operating in the greater Seattle area, will directly implement all funded activities without utilizing subrecipients, maintaining full operational control over the bus procurement and deployment. The formula grant funding supports Sound Transit's broader capital portfolio of multi-modal transit infrastructure improvements, including light rail extensions and bus rapid transit corridor development, advancing regional transit connectivity and service reliability across the designated urbanized area.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $6.3m | 5/27/26 |