The City of Tucson was awarded a $34,002,494 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration to improve public transportation services and maintain equipment and facilities through December 2025. Under the grant, the City will purchase 30 replacement transit buses and enhance security, public information, and ADA accessibility on public transit systems. Activities will also maintain rolling stock, equipment, and facilities. Sub-awards will provide $RTA to...
The City of Tucson received a $17.8 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 February 13, 2021. The grant funding supported payroll and operating assistance for the City's transit services through April 23, 2021. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local authorities for transit capital, operating...
The City of Tucson received a $1.9 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs on June 16, 2023. The grant funds will support the City's purchase of 15 forty-foot clean fuel replacement buses. The new buses will allow the City to continue providing public transportation services to residents and workers through September 2025. No sub-awards were specified under...
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 Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), will enable the City of Tucson to purchase 36 new 40-ft compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to replace the remaining high-emissions diesel buses in its Sun Tran transit fleet. The $26,863,200 grant, awarded on May 2, 2025, supports the city's efforts to eliminate diesel buses and transition to a more...
This $1,650,275 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award to the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona supports public transportation infrastructure and operations over the period from August 2024 to June 2026. Key activities funded under this grant include: Providing one year of operating assistance for 10% non-fixed route paratransit services, purchasing two replacement buses, subscribing to contract management and LCP Tracker software, hiring a consultant for transit route planning, and...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Arizona Department of Transportation a $54.8 million project grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on September 6, 2022. The grant will fund administration, operations, preventive maintenance, planning, and intercity transportation services for rural and tribal transit agencies across Arizona through September 30, 2027. Sub-awards were provided to 28 rural transit...
This $1,743,464 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides one year of operating and capital assistance to the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona. The funding will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, utilities, and supplies, as well as install security at terminal doors, refurbish transit buses, and subscribe to contract management and software. Additionally, the grant will support...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $3,681,355 Formula Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to rural transit agencies in Arizona for continued support of their operations programs, as well as acquiring and replacing capital needs such as transit vehicles, security and storage equipment, camera...
This $1,845,870.00 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will support the operating and capital needs of the City of Sierra Vista's Vista Transit system in Arizona. The funding will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, utilities, and supplies; replace one aged large bus with two smaller buses; subscribe to contract management and fleet tracking software; perform preventive maintenance on...