Purposethe purpose of this grant application is to provide capital and operating assistance for the yuma county area transit (YCAT) bus service to continue to operate in the region these funds are…

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $19.1 million Project Grant to the Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority, doing business as Yuma County Area Transit, to support capital and operating assistance for public bus services in Yuma County, Arizona from January 2023 through October 2026. Funding will support activities including leasing of maintenance and operations facilities, preventative maintenance, salaries, fuel, and other short-term operating expenses. The expected outcome is to continue providing approximately 450,000 rides annually to the community, including access to educational facilities and transit-dependent citizens. No service expansion is planned during the grant period. The award is being provided through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), which makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit capital, operating assistance, and transportation planning in urbanized areas.

Expected outcomes

The expected outcome is to continue to provide much needed transportation services to the community educational facilities and low income transit dependent citizens. No expansion of service is expected during this grant period.

Intended beneficiaries

Beneficiaries are the 450000 rides that we provide on an annual basissubrecipient activities:subrecipientsnone. There are no subrecipients as part of this grant application.

Activities

Activities to be performedactivities that will be performed are leasing of the maintenance and operations facility preventative maintenance salaries fuel an items having a useful life of less than one year.

Expected outcomes

Expected outcomethe expected outcome is to continue to provide much needed transportation services to the community educational facilities and low income transit dependent citizens. No expansion of service is expected during this grant period.

Intended beneficiaries

Beneficiaries are the 450000 rides that we provide on an annual basis

Subrecipient activities

Subrecipientsnone. There are no subrecipients as part of this grant application.