This $1,820,901 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) supports public transportation planning activities in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Transportation will use the funding to support the transportation planning responsibilities of 12 metropolitan and regional planning agencies over a four-year period ending November 2027. Specifically, the subrecipients will carry out...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration totaling $925,430 provides funding support for transportation planning activities under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). Specifically, $740,344 in Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funds transferred to FTA will help supplement transportation planning for three metropolitan planning organizations and eleven regional planning affiliations in Iowa as...
This Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) award provides $776,337 in funding to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to support transportation planning activities for one metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and ten regional planning agencies (RPAs) across Iowa. The award period is from February 23, 2024 to November 30, 2028. The funding will enable these MPO and RPA planning agencies to carry out the...
The Iowa Department of Transportation received a $16 million Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on May 5, 2021. The grant funding supports operating assistance for rural and small city public transportation services through September 30, 2026. Specifically, the grant provides $16M in Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA) funding to support operations of 27...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $5,062,110 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation to fund transportation planning activities through the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). This consolidated grant combines funding from the Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration to support the transportation planning responsibilities of Iowa's...
This Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides $914,624 to support transportation planning activities for a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and 12 Regional Planning Agencies (RPAs) in the state of Iowa. The funding will allow these regional planning agencies to carry out the federally-mandated transportation planning process, including long-range and short-range planning,...
This $62,083,964 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides funding to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) and its subrecipients for public transportation operations, planning, capital projects, and training in non-urbanized areas of Iowa. The grant supports operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and preventive maintenance to continue transit services in rural...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $9,910,686 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation to support multimodal transportation planning activities through the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The funding will support planning tasks by Iowa's nine Metropolitan Planning Organizations and 18 Regional Planning Affiliations as outlined in their planning work programs,...
The Iowa Department of Transportation received a $124,781 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration to provide rural transit assistance through the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will fund training fellowships for 16 regional transit agencies and 7 small city transit systems across non-urbanized areas of Iowa. The fellowships will cover 100% of costs for transit stakeholders to attend Iowa DOT-sponsored seminars, courses,...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The grant will fund transportation services and capital asset purchases for ten transit systems in Iowa through Dec 31, 2027. Specifically, $947,807 will fund rolling stock, equipment, contracted services and preventative maintenance for eight urban transit...