The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Connecticut Department of Transportation $13,457,928 under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on April 8, 2022 to deploy ten battery electric buses and upgrade facilities. The project will replace ten diesel buses with zero-emission battery electric buses at the CTTransit depot in Waterbury, Connecticut. It will also fund facility upgrades including electrical infrastructure expansion, switchgear,...
This Project Grant award 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) provides $33,046,400 to the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) to support the deployment of zero-emission battery electric buses (BEBs) and associated infrastructure in the CTTRANSIT Stamford Division service area. Specifically, the funding will be used to purchase 20 new...
This $9,035,102 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration through the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund capital projects supporting Connecticut's public transportation system. The grant will fund the purchase of 2-5 replacement 40-foot buses, as well as state of good repair improvements to maintenance facilities and transit infrastructure. Specifically, the grant provides $1.6 million...
This $223,000 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) will support the deployment of battery-electric buses (BEBs) and associated charging infrastructure for the Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) CTfastrak bus rapid transit system. Specifically, the grant will fund the purchase and deployment of 30 40-ft and 16 60-ft BEBs, the procurement and installation of 25 depot chargers at the CTtransit Hartford Division...
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 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was awarded a $136,917,060 federal project grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). This funding will be used by the MBTA to purchase 80 forty-foot battery electric buses and support related workforce development initiatives. Specifically, the MBTA will acquire 32 buses with streetside boarding to...
This $2,495,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program will fund capital investments to support the transition of the Southeast Area Transit District (SEAT) in Connecticut to 100% zero-emission transit bus services. The grant will cover design work to modernize and expand SEAT's 42-year-old bus facility, the acquisition of 24 electric vehicle charging stations, and the...
The Department of Transportation Connecticut (CTDOT) received a $2,354,149 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) on August 7, 2024. The grant will fund the retrofit of three New Flyer Xcelsior battery-electric 40-ft buses with sensor, camera, and computing hardware to integrate five advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) capabilities: forward collision mitigation, side collision avoidance, rear collision avoidance, rear...
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...
This $7,110,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) to the Norwalk Transit District in Connecticut will fund the replacement of 13 paratransit and 7 fixed-route/commuter buses that have reached the end of their useful life. Additionally, the grant will support competitive procurement activities for mobile ticketing and fare collection upgrades, replacement of ADA/paratransit scheduling...