The Housatonic Area Regional Transit District (HART) received a $2.38 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will support HART's continued operation of public bus services in the greater Danbury, Connecticut region from May 2023 to June 2027. Funding will go toward preventative maintenance, technology upgrades, and other COVID-19 response expenses to ensure more...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded Housatonic Area Regional Transit District $1 million under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) on May 26, 2023 to support continued public bus services in the greater Danbury, Connecticut region through January 28, 2028. Hart will use the funding to operate its existing transit routes, which carried nearly 900,000 passengers in the prior year. The agency provides a vital transportation option, as...
This federal Formula Grant award of $2,053,588.00 was provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The funding supports the continued operation of local dial-a-ride public transportation services by the Housatonic Area Regional Transit District (Hart) in the greater Danbury, Connecticut area. Key activities include wages and salaries for drivers, schedulers, and supervisors, as well as the replacement of underground...
This $2,430,604 FTA Section 5307 Formula Grant award to the Housatonic Area Regional Tran Sit District (Hart) will fund the continued operation of public bus services, including the Sweethart Dial-a-Ride paratransit service, in the greater Danbury, Connecticut region. The grant supports capital expenditures for bus procurement and technology upgrades, as well as operating expenses, to maintain and enhance transit services that provide access to employment and economic benefits to the...
The Greater Hartford Transit District (GHTD) received a $4.55 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through June 2026. The funding supports GHTD's ongoing provision of public transportation services and paratransit operations for the Greater Hartford area of Connecticut under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). Specifically, the grant funds will...
The Norwalk Transit District received $5 million under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) administered by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. The funding supports operating expenses from January 2020 through September 2029 to maintain public transportation services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Services include fixed-route and ADA paratransit busing, microtransit, commuter shuttles, and on-demand transit. Eligible operating costs cover...
The Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority received a $9.4 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 26, 2023. The grant funds operating expenses incurred by the Authority since January 2020 to sustain public transit operations during the COVID-19 pandemic without service reductions. Specifically, the funding supports payroll, fuel, cleaning supplies, and other costs needed to...
The Greater Hartford Transit District was awarded a $9,105,000 Formula Grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The purpose of this grant is to provide funding for the replacement of approximately 35 paratransit vehicles, as well as preventative maintenance and state of good repair activities at the Union Station and Roberts Street facilities. This includes HVAC replacement, repairs to...
The Department of Transportation Connecticut received a $311,586,797 project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on May 31, 2023 to support public transportation operations and maintenance through September 30, 2029. Funding will maintain Connecticut Transit bus services statewide as well as commuter rail on the New Haven Line, Waterbury, Danbury and New Canaan branches, and Shoreline East connecting New Haven to New...
The Hillsborough Transit Authority (HTA), doing business as Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART), has been awarded a $18,654,952 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The purpose of this award is to provide funding for preventive maintenance of bus ADA complementary services and streetcar maintenance, as well as associated transit improvements and security projects....