The Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), awarded a $46,363,316 grant to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) to provide operating assistance for fixed-route public bus transportation services in Santa Cruz County, including the Santa Cruz and Watsonville urbanized areas. The grant funding supports direct labor, materials (e.g., fuel, tires), and overhead expenses associated with METRO's provision of public...
This $14.6 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provided Federal Transit Formula Grant funding to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD) for urbanized area public transit operating assistance. The grant utilized $7.3 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2021 funding from the FTA's Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program to support public transportation services within the Santa Cruz and Watsonville urbanized...
This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded $128.4 million to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on September 10, 2021. The grant will fund emergency operating assistance through June 30, 2023 to help offset revenue losses and ongoing operating expenses incurred by the Authority as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the funding will be used to...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $6,080,025 Project Grant to the Monterey-Salinas Transit District on April 12, 2021 with a completion date of December 6, 2021. The funding was provided through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support operating assistance for public transportation services. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes Federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit capital and...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Monterey-Salinas Transit District a $14.6 million Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 24, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2022. The grant funds will support the operation of fixed-route transit services from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024. Specifically, Monterey-Salinas Transit District will use the funding to operate over 100 full-sized buses across more...
This $11,001,470 Federal Transit Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507) to the City of Santa Maria will provide 1 year of operating assistance and preventive maintenance, as well as the purchase of three electric expansion buses. The funding will enable the City of Santa Maria to continue fixed-route and demand-response transit operations during the 2023 fiscal year period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant will cover eligible operating and...
The City of Fairfield, California received a $1,049,102 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant funding will support operating assistance expenses for the San Francisco-Oakland Urbanized Area related to preventing, preparing for, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Eligible expenses include transit operations services...
The City of Santa Rosa received a $1,931,323 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support operating costs from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. The grant funding will support operating assistance for the City's public transportation services during this period. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal funding available to local and regional authorities for...
This $39.36 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund operating assistance for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The grant provides $39.36 million for costs necessary to operate, maintain, and manage public transportation services from January 2020 through June 2023. Funding will cover losses of various revenue streams and additional operating costs from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $80.5 million Project Grant to the San Mateo County Transit District under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will fund the procurement of 30 zero-emission buses to replace diesel buses, 21 new paratransit vehicles, and ADA operating expenses from August 2022 through June 2026. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program provides federal resources to local and regional authorities for...