The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received a $177.56 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund preventive maintenance and capital costs of contracting from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2022. The grant funds will assist RTD in maintaining transit services for the benefit of patrons and employees in Colorado. No subrecipients are involved in delivering the...
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received a $21.8 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) to fund preventive maintenance activities for its existing rail fixed guideway system from October 2020 through August 2022. The grant provides $17.4 million in High Intensity Fixed Guideway funds and $95,009 in High Intensity Motorbus funds, with an 80% federal and 20% local funding...
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received a $550,000 federal Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The grant funding will be used to conduct a comprehensive bus stop inventory across RTD's service area in the Denver metropolitan region. The inventory project will serve as a launchpad to explore strategies for bringing bus stops into...
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) was awarded a $1,500,000 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant funds will be used to hire a consultant to complete a study on transitioning RTD's light rail system to level boarding at stations. The study will include a review of best practices, peer review, public engagement, and a final report providing a station and fleet assessment and roadmap for...
This Federal Transit Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants), provides $399,961 to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) to conduct a transit needs assessment for the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado. The funding will support planning activities to assist Broomfield in meeting its future transit needs, with the intended beneficiaries being the traveling community of Broomfield...
This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), is for $42,010,000 to support the East Colfax BRT project in Denver, Colorado. The grant funds project management, design, construction management, and construction of approximately 10 miles of dedicated center-running and curbside BRT lanes along the East Colfax corridor, beginning at Denver Union Station and traveling to the RTD Light Rail Colfax...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Colorado Department of Transportation a $4.58 million Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the purchase of eight replacement ADA-compliant transit buses, including one electric bus, and charging equipment for electric vehicle charging. The buses and equipment will replace vehicles that have met their useful lives and...
The County of Boulder, Colorado received a $34.24 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund transit operations and services from May 2023 through December 2029. The grant will reinstate pre-COVID service levels on the HOP transit route in Boulder and provide on-demand transit services in areas that lost routes after cuts to the Regional Transportation District. Funding will support fixed route operations,...
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 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award, administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), provides $9,272,244 in funding to the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) from March 26, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports RTD's preventive maintenance for its rolling stock and facilities, as well as transit improvements and the purchase of security and surveillance equipment. These activities are expected to enable RTD to operate a more efficient and secure...