The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (SBMTD) received a $15.86 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support operating assistance for public transportation services from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The funding will support SBMTD's directly operated fixed-route bus service, with $15.03 million allocated for operating costs, as well as contracted ADA...
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) was awarded a $4,481,888 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on July 15, 2021. The grant will support MTD operating assistance, capital expenses, and a subaward to the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG). MTD will use $2,581,888 for operating assistance from July 2021 through June 2026 for its directly operated...
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) received a $11,625,358 project grant award from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance from May 28, 2021 through June 15, 2021. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal funding available to local and regional authorities for transit operating assistance and transportation planning in urbanized...
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) was awarded a $17,918,142 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on September 23, 2024. The purpose of this grant is to support MTD's operating costs, preventive maintenance, and ADA complementary paratransit services for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. The funds will be used to cover eligible expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and other items...
This $11,001,470 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on May 15, 2025 will provide 1 year of operating assistance and preventive maintenance, as well as the purchase of three (3) electric expansion buses for the City of Santa Maria, California. The funding will allow the city to continue its fixed-route and demand-response transit operations during the 2023 fiscal year period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The expected outcomes...
The City of Santa Maria received a $7,843,924 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The purpose of this 1-year grant, awarded on May 15, 2025, is to provide operating assistance and preventive maintenance for the city's Santa Maria Regional Transit (SMRT) system. Specifically, the funding will cover eligible expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and other items with a useful life of less than one...
The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) received a $55.7 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support public transportation services and infrastructure in San Diego County, California. The grant funding will support MTS's bus fleet maintenance through $31.8 million for preventative maintenance, purchase of 22 compressed natural gas buses for $10.2 million, and...
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...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded a $73,477,758 Project Grant to the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This funding will contribute to MTS's maintenance and operation of its fleet of over 700 buses serving approximately 3 million people across 570 square miles of the San Diego, CA metropolitan area. Specifically, the grant will support the purchase of 36 new 40-foot CNG buses...
The City of Santa Rosa received a $8.5 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant funds will support operating and preventative maintenance expenses for public transit services provided within the City's 51 square mile service area from August 2022 through September 2022. Specifically, the City will use approximately $2.3 million in Section 5307 funds for operating...