Project Grant EMW2025RA05010
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) received a $33.9 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075), effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This award supports comprehensive security enhancements across the MTA's extensive transit network serving the greater New York City metropolitan region, including subway systems, commuter rail,...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) received a $1.23 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This three-year grant funds security-related initiatives designed to protect the MTA's critical surface transportation infrastructure and traveling public from acts of terrorism. Typical activities...
- Federal Formula Grant Award Summary The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) received a $217.99 million Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), awarded on March 23, 2026, with a completion date of December 30, 2029. The grant funds capital improvements and modernization initiatives to ensure safe and reliable transit operations across the DC-Virginia-Maryland urbanized area. Primary deliverables...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) a Formula Grant totaling $4,811,365 under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 4, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2028. The grant funds the procurement of four (4) 40-foot replacement buses to retire vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life in accordance with FTA Circular 5010.1F standards....
- Federal Formula Grant Award Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) $11.45 million under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on March 31, 2026, for facility improvements and establishment of new training facilities supporting bus, rail, paratransit, and police force operations within the WMATA system. The award funds two primary activities: replacement and rehabilitation of the Metropolitan Transit...
- 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,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) received a $33.9 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075), awarded on December 17, 2025, with a completion deadline of August 31, 2028. This award supports comprehensive security enhancements across the MTA's multimodal transportation network serving approximately 15.1 million people across New York City, Long Island,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) received a $3.37M Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075) on September 1, 2025. The award, with a completion date of August 31, 2028, funds security enhancements and infrastructure protection measures for MARTA's transit operations serving the Atlanta metropolitan area. These efforts align with the program's objective to...
Federal Grant Award Summary The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) received a $18.58 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.075), with an award date of September 1, 2025, and completion date of August 31, 2028. This 36-month grant supports critical security enhancements for WMATA's transit infrastructure serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region. The funding will be applied toward transit security initiatives including surveillance equipment upgrades, infrastructure hardening measures, cybersecurity improvements, emergency response training programs, and implementation of security-focused countermeasures designed to protect the region's second-largest rapid transit rail system and sixth-largest bus network from acts of terrorism. As a critical infrastructure provider for the National Capital Region, WMATA will utilize this federal investment to strengthen the resilience and protective posture of its multimodal transportation operations, which serve millions of federal employees and citizens across the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. The grant aligns with the Rail and Transit Security Grant Program's priority focus areas of soft target protection, crowded place security, and regional coordination through transit security working groups, positioning WMATA among the nation's largest transit authorities receiving substantial funding under this FEMA initiative.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $7.6m | 1/21/26 | ||
| Not listed | ($8m) | 1/15/26 | ||
| Not listed | ($8m) | 10/31/25 | ||
| Not listed | ($8m) | 10/31/25 | ||
| Not listed | $16.9m | 9/26/25 |