The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) was awarded a $4.45 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation System State Safety Oversight Formula Grant Program (CFDA 20.528). The grant will fund WMSC's safety oversight activities for rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Washington, D.C. from April 2021 through September 2026. As the designated State Safety Oversight...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission $4,456,844 under the Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation System State Safety Oversight Formula Grant Program (CFDA 20.528) from May 2023 through September 2028. As the designated State Safety Oversight agency for the Washington D.C. region, WMSC will utilize these project grant funds to execute its federally-mandated safety oversight responsibilities for the Washington...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded a $4,584,610 Formula Grant under the Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation System State Safety Oversight Formula Grant Program (CFDA 20.528) to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC). The purpose of this 5-year award, effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029, is to provide operating assistance to the WMSC to execute its federally-mandated State Safety Oversight (SSO) program for the WMATA Metrorail system. Specifically,...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) received a $713,935,457 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration on June 1, 2021 with a completion date of July 26, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance to WMATA. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local and...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) was awarded a $230,586,240 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525). The purpose of this grant is to ensure the state of good repair and safety of WMATA's metro rail stations, facilities, systems, and customer experience. Key activities to be funded include routine and scheduled preventive maintenance of the metro system's track, structures, and railcar fleets, as...
This $287,000,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement (PRIIA) program supports capital and preventive maintenance projects for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) transit systems. The funding will be used for safety and service reliability improvements across WMATA's rail network, including platform rehabilitation, railcar overhauls, replacement or...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.524 - Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement (PRIIA) Projects for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)) provides $287,000,000.00 in funding to WMATA to support capital programs and projects to maintain and sustain safe, reliable public transit operations and services within the National Capital Region. The grant-funded activities include replacing prime movers,...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) received a $5,084,445 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will fund WMATA's purchase of an estimated nine 40-foot clean diesel or compressed natural gas buses as part of its Fiscal Year 2022 bus replacement program. The buses will help WMATA continue providing safe, reliable public transportation and improving...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) was awarded a $7,202,284 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075). The grant is intended to protect critical transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from terrorism and security threats. Funded activities will likely encompass surveillance equipment upgrades, infrastructure hardening, emergency response training, cybersecurity improvements,...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) was awarded a $57,000,000 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to continue ongoing bus preventive maintenance and rehabilitation, add security systems and enterprise video systems, and improve ADA accessibility at the L'Enfant Plaza station. The grant activities include preventive maintenance and rehabilitation of buses to maintain the Metro fleet in...