The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $625,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Public Transportation Innovation (CFDA 20.530) program to the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America). The 26-month project aims to promote knowledge sharing and best practices in transit data interoperability. Key activities include: Conducting quarterly peer exchanges on topics such as multimodal mobility, zero-emission transit, and vehicle/operator safety to facilitate discussion...
This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.531 - Technical Assistance and Workforce Development) will fund the Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc. (IYAI) Sustainable Mobility Career Awareness and Innovation Challenge Program. The key deliverable is a virtual innovation challenge planning guide and toolkit that will be developed in 2025 based on an assessment of IYAI's 2023-2024 pilot virtual...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary awarded a $4,250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (Comto) under the Thriving Communities Program Capacity Builders Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 20.942) program. The award, effective from July 15, 2024, to July 14, 2027, will enable Comto to provide capacity-building technical assistance to the 16 communities in the Networked Communities Cohort. Comto's activities will focus...
This $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award was issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary under the Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance program (CFDA 20.945). The objective is to facilitate and evaluate public-private partnerships where the private sector could take on a greater role in transportation project planning, development, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation. The key activities to be performed under this award...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary under the Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance program (CFDA 20.945) is intended to facilitate and evaluate public-private partnerships where the private sector could play a greater role in planning, developing, financing, constructing, maintaining, and operating transportation assets. The award provides technical assistance to the San Francisco Municipal...
The Puerto Rico Transport And Other Public Services Bureau received a $840,300 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on September 14, 2021. The funding supports the Intelligent Transportation Systems Operational Preservation project under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205). The project aims to provide for the construction, preservation, and improvement of highways through operational preservation of...
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) received a $1,431,220 project grant award from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) to support metropolitan and statewide transportation planning activities. The grant will fund four work elements from August 2021 through March 2027. Work Element 1 provides $274,220 for...
The Charleston Area Transportation Study (CHATS) was awarded a $1,075,000 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program. The grant will fund development of an equitable transit-oriented development strategic plan by the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) from May 2022 to March 2027. Specifically, BCDCOG will utilize the funding to identify opportunities that maximize...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) under the Technical Assistance and Workforce Development (CFDA 20.531) grant program. The purpose of this award is to support the Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) Technical Assistance Center (CCAM-TAC), which aims to promote customer-centered mobility strategies that advance good health, economic vitality, self-sufficiency, and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Public Transportation Innovation program (CFDA 20.530), supports the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The TCRP aims to identify transit research needs, facilitate stakeholder engagement, and disseminate findings to improve public transportation practices and performance. The $6,891,389 award, spanning August 2024 to July 2029,...