This grant will use FY 2023 section 5339(a) formula funds for the purchase of replacement battery electric buses
Active Formula Grant Awarded
- Award ID
- WA2026060
- Recipient
-
King County Metro Transit UEI E1D1LQ5QENJ8
- Awarding agency
-
Federal Transit Administration
Department of Transportation
- Obligated
- $7,603,414
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs
- Completion date 28% complete
- Funding
-
- $6,462,902.00 Federal
- $1,140,512.00 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Washington, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
The Federal Transit Administration awarded King County Metro Transit $7.603 million on August 11, 2026, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to purchase approximately six 40-foot battery electric buses to replace buses at or beyond their useful life.
The award funds capital replacement of aging transit vehicles with zero-emission equipment, enabling Metro Transit to maintain safe and reliable service for its customers across the Seattle metropolitan area in Washington state. The period of performance runs through April 30, 2027. Performance takes place in Washington. The assistance type is a formula grant, providing capital funding through a statutory formula to transit agencies for bus acquisition and related equipment.
Description
- Activities
- Purchase of approximately six (6) 40 FT. Battery electric buses to replace buses that are at or beyond their useful life.
- Expected outcomes
- To maintain safe and reliable transit service for metro transit customers.
- Intended beneficiaries
- Metro transit customers
Quick answers
Who received award WA2026060?
WA2026060 was awarded to King County Metro Transit by Federal Transit Administration (Department of Transportation) on August 11, 2026.
How much is award WA2026060 worth?
$7,603,414 has been obligated on WA2026060: $6,462,902 in federal funding and $1,140,512 in non-federal funding.
On GovTribe
See this award's full record
- Every transaction and subaward
- The recipient's other awards and teaming partners
- Similar grant awards
- Ask GovTribe AI about this award