This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), will enable Alabama A&M University to transition the university's transit system to 100% zero emissions by 2024. The $10,158,886 grant, awarded on September 16, 2024, will fund the expansion of a 2.5 MW solar array, the construction of an 8-bay bus storage and charging station...
The Alabama A&M University Bulldog Transit System (BTS) was awarded $5.39 million under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) administered by the Federal Transit Administration. Funds will support the transition to a 100% zero-emissions transit system through the purchase of electric buses and construction of supporting infrastructure, including an electric bus service bay, microgrid powered by a solar array and battery storage, and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $47,003,879.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park to fund the purchase of 35 electric buses and implement the associated infrastructure and equipment required to charge the buses. The award also supports workforce development activities. This project is expected to...
This federal Project Grant award of $26,236,944 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will enable the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (the Authority) to replace 20 aging diesel buses with 18 new zero-emission battery electric buses. The project also includes the acquisition and installation of relocatable electric bus charging equipment. The...
This $16,663,001 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will enable the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA), operating as Max Transit, to replace aging buses, construct a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station, and fund workforce development initiatives. Specifically, the grant will allow BJCTA...
This $2.17 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration will fund the procurement of buses and vans by the Alabama Department of Transportation and several regional planning commissions through March 2027. The funding is provided through the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to replace aging vehicles and continue daily transit operations for small urbanized areas across Alabama....
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Public Transportation Innovation program (CFDA 20.530) provides $3,050,000 to the University of Alabama to collaborate with Perrone Robotics Inc. on developing and testing advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technologies for integration on both diesel and electric transit buses. The key project activities include: Developing and validating an ADAS integration framework and software control logic to...
The City of Tucson has been awarded a $14,340,500 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the purchase of 19 battery electric buses and associated charging equipment for the city's fixed-route and paratransit services. This includes 10 forty-foot electric buses for fixed-route service and 9 twenty-six foot electric cutaway vehicles for paratransit...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $2,767,732.00 and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), will enable the City of Dubuque, Iowa to replace two diesel buses in its public transit fleet with battery-electric buses. The award will also fund the acquisition of a 180 kW charging unit to support Dubuque's transition to an all-electric bus...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH), through its Office of Sponsored Research, was awarded a $587,262 Formula Grant 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). The grant will fund planning, design, engineering, permitting, and construction of infrastructure required for the initial electrification of UNH's Durham transit fleet. It will also support staff training...