The Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) received a $28.9 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on June 25, 2021. The grant funding is provided through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) and will support operating assistance through the completion date of August 3, 2022. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local and regional government authorities and...
This $35,602,647 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants program) will fully fund the Riverside Transit Agency's (RTA) FY2024 operating and capital projects to provide transportation services throughout Western Riverside County, California. Key activities to be performed under this grant include operating assistance, preventive maintenance for facilities and vehicles, ADA complementary...
This $41,234,106 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) will fund Riverside Transit Agency's (RTA) operating and capital projects in western Riverside County, California for FY2025. The grant will support RTA's provision of transportation services, including operating assistance, ADA complementary paratransit, contracted services, preventative maintenance, facility and equipment improvements, capitalized tire lease, and...
The Riverside Transit Agency received a $277,242 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 assistance from June 24, 2021 through December 29, 2021. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit operating assistance and transportation planning in urbanized areas. This...
This Federal Formula 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 $2,361,953 to the Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) to purchase approximately 21 replacement compressed natural gas (CNG) revenue buses. The award date is August 30, 2024, with a planned completion by May 31, 2026. The funding will support the replacement of RTA's aging...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $1,782,588 Project Grant to the Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant provides $1,514,646 to purchase and install solar panels at RTA's Riverside and Hemet facilities, which will power the facilities and result in cost savings. Additionally, the grant allocates $79,718 for workforce development...
This $9,776,480 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 Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) to construct hydrogen fueling stations at its Riverside and Hemet facilities. The grant will also fund workforce development training for RTA's coach operators and mechanics on the new zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell...
This $5,522,701 federal Formula 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 fund the construction of hydrogen fueling stations at the Riverside Transit Agency's (RTA) Riverside and Hemet facilities. The purpose of this award is to enable RTA's transition to an all-electric fuel cell bus fleet, replacing aging compressed natural gas (CNG)...
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 $6,082,004 to the Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) to fund the purchase of 5 replacement 40-foot hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and workforce development training. The grant will apply $4,895,914 towards the replacement of CNG revenue buses that have reached the end of their...
This $2,344,428 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides one year of operating assistance to the City of Riverside Special Transit to support demand response transit services for senior and disabled passengers in Riverside, California. The grant funding will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries and other items with a useful life of less than one year, allowing the transit service to continue providing...