This federal Project Grant award, valued at $6,250,000 and provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534), will fund the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (LACMTA) acquisition of replacement zero-emission buses. The funding will be used to replace existing compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in LACMTA's fleet, with the primary objectives of...
This Federal Transit Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507), will allow the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works to purchase three replacement 35-foot CNG buses for the Athens/Lennox Shuttle and LAC/USC Medical Shuttle serving unincorporated communities. The $1,545,000 grant, awarded on March 27, 2025, will fund the procurement of buses that comply with the American Disabilities Act, meet Clean Air Act...
This $4,146,247 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund the construction of bus layover facilities using two unimproved properties in downtown Los Angeles. The funding will allow Foothill Transit, LADOT, and AVTA to park up to 128 buses, enabling continued transit services that connect workers to their jobs and other destinations. Key activities to be performed under this grant include the relocation of street...
This federal Project Grant award of $26,236,944 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 Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (the Authority) to replace 20 aging diesel buses with 18 new zero-emission battery electric buses. The project also includes the acquisition and installation of relocatable electric bus charging equipment. The...
This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration totaling $55,664,613 will fund the purchase of 45 all-electric buses to replace locally funded buses that have reached the end of their useful lives. Awarded on August 10, 2021 under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), the grant will obligate $55,597,377 in general funds and $67,236 in trust funds to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. As...
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) received a $4,137,764 project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (Section 5307) to fund preventive maintenance activities for its bus fleet. $3,310,211 of the total award amount came from FY2016 Section 5307 funds, with the remaining $827,553 provided through local matching funds. The grant funds will support bus preventive...
The City of Los Angeles was awarded a $19,594,100 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program on August 6, 2021. The grant will support operating assistance costs for the City's Department of Transportation to continue providing fixed route and demand response transit services through December 31, 2021. Specifically, the funding will cover operating costs as defined in the City's Proposition A...
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) was awarded a $17,053,432 Project Grant from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funding will support Metro's FY2018 Section 5339 Bus Acquisition and Workforce Development/Training project. The project aims to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses and bus...
The City of Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) was awarded a $12.73 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on September 13, 2022 to replace up to 13 buses. DDOT will use the funding to purchase newer, less polluting 40-foot buses to replace vehicles that have met or exceeded their useful life. This bus fleet modernization project aims to provide more efficient public transportation access across DDOT's service...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049) provides $20,374,355 in funding to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to replace numerous eligible in-use, non-zero-emission Class 7 heavy-duty vehicles, such as school buses, with new zero-emission vehicles. The project will also include the purchase and installation of AC Level 2 and DC fast charging infrastructure to support the new...