Project Grant CO2025009
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $233,479,000 Project Grant under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) on November 6, 2024. The grant will fund the construction and implementation of environmental mitigation measures for the East Colfax Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Denver and Aurora, Colorado. The project is expected to reduce transit travel time by 15 to 30 minutes, provide more...
- The federal Project Grant award of $8,027,590.00 from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.534 - Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending) to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) will fund the preliminary and final design for the replacement of existing rail and associated infrastructure along RTD's Central Corridor rail line in downtown Denver, Colorado. This rail replacement is necessary to maintain the light rail network in a state of good repair and ensure...
- This $2,650,001.00 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs) will enable the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Colorado to replace the engine dynamometer and associated dynamometer support equipment at its District Shops Maintenance Facility. The goal is to improve RTD's ability to provide dependable bus services to the Denver metro...
- This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), provides $24,060,375 to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, Colorado. The funding will be used to replace aging ticket vending machines (TVMs) and vehicle hoists at RTD's district shops maintenance facility. This project aims to improve the ticketing...
- The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Regional Transportation District (RTD) a $304,227,365 project grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The funding will support RTD's operation of bus and rail lines in the Denver-Aurora urbanized area through September 2024, including salaries, utilities, fuel and other operational costs. Specifically, the American Rescue Plan Act funds will enable RTD to continue providing transit...
- 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...
- This $87,606,291 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) will support preventive maintenance activities for the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) fixed guideway and rail systems in Colorado. The grant funding will be used to maintain RTD's vehicles, track, associated equipment, and infrastructure to ensure the fixed guideway and rail system is kept in a state of good repair. This will benefit transit...
- 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 Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) received a $240,000 Formula Grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction) on June 25, 2025. The grant funding will support two transportation projects in the Denver metro area: 1) Improving light rail transit (LRT) stations around the University of Denver, and 2) Implementing a community-based social marketing campaign to promote the LRT station areas. These projects aim to enhance multimodal...
- This $400,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Immediate Office of the Secretary under the Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance program (CFDA 20.945) is intended to facilitate and evaluate public-private partnerships in which the private sector could assume a greater role in transportation infrastructure planning, development, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation. The primary activities to be performed under this award...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) will fund the Regional Transportation District (RTD) to develop strategies for implementing transit-oriented development (TOD) along Federal Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The key activities to be performed under this grant include RTD hiring a third-party consultant to conduct planning and develop a TOD financing strategy, infrastructure gap feasibility and conceptual design report, station area plans, TOD opportunity site plans, and a regulatory assessment and TOD implementation plan. The expected outcomes include draft and final reports to support TOD implementation in the Federal Boulevard corridor, which will benefit residents and visitors in the cities of Westminster, Federal Heights, Sheridan, and Englewood, as well as Adams County and the City and County of Denver. The grant period runs from September 2025 through August 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.0m | 9/8/25 |