The King County Transportation Department was awarded a $1,097,202 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075). The grant will fund security enhancements for critical transportation infrastructure and the travelling public in Seattle, WA from September 2021 through August 2024. As the recipient, King County Metro Transit Department will utilize the funding to protect intra-city bus, ferry, and passenger rail systems...
This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded $275,258,761 to Sound Transit through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on October 28, 2021 to support sustained transit operations through February 27, 2023. The funding will prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic by covering operating costs including driver and operation worker salaries/benefits, fuel, supplies such as personal protective equipment and...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Sound Transit a $179.7 million Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on June 9, 2021. The grant funding supports operating assistance for Sound Transit through the grant's November 8, 2021 completion date. As the designated recipient for the Seattle, Washington urbanized area, Sound Transit will utilize the grant funding to deliver public transportation services and related planning...
The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) received a $4.5 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration on September 24, 2021 to complete by August 2, 2022. The grant funds replacement and upgrades to Sound Transit's passenger information systems hardware and software for its rail program. $3.6 million of the total award amount represents Fiscal Year 2021 Section 5307 funds sub-allocated to Sound Transit from the Seattle...
The King County Transportation Department, doing business as Metro Transit Department, was awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 6, 2022 under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075). The grant funds will support Metro Transit Department's efforts to protect critical rail and transit infrastructure and passengers in King County, Washington from security threats. As the parent organization, King County will oversee grant...
This $5.076 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the purchase of two ADA-compliant 60-foot articulated buses by Sound Transit. The buses will replace vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life, increasing service reliability and reducing maintenance costs for the public transit system serving the Central Puget Sound region of...
This $1,753,536 federal Formula Grant award was provided by the 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). The funds will be used by the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) to purchase approximately one (1) 60-ft articulated battery electric bus for their Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service along the SR 522 corridor in King County, Washington....
This Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending (CFDA 20.534) program provides $3,750,000.00 to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (doing business as Sound Transit) to improve safety, security, and the passenger experience in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT). The key project activities include upgrades to the ventilation system, access control, and power supply/systems in the...
This $10,203,525 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) to establish an eight-bus Bus Rapid Transit service along Interstate 405 and State Route 518 from Lynnwood to Burien in Washington state. Sound Transit will use the funds to purchase eight buses and construct the South Renton Transit Center. The funding will...
This $4,125,000 Project Grant, awarded by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507), will fund preliminary engineering and design for passenger improvements adjacent to Sound Transit's East Link, Downtown Redmond Link Extension, and Lynnwood Link Extension stations. The activities under this grant may include designing new or relocated Metro bus stops, shelters, benches, lighting, real-time bus arrival...