This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), will fund the purchase of replacement buses for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa fixed-route and paratransit transit services. Specifically, the $1,367,500 award will be used to procure two heavy-duty replacement buses for the fixed-route service and one medium-duty replacement bus for the ADA paratransit service. The project...
This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides $8,278,808.00 to the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The funding will be used on a 50% federal share and 50% local match to support eligible operating expenses, such as driver salaries and fuel, for the city's fixed-route and paratransit transit services during FY26 and FY27 (7/1/25 to 06/30/27). The expected...
The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa received a $3,723,034 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 11, 2022. The grant funds will support 50% of the City's eligible operating expenses for its fixed-route and paratransit public transit services through December 31, 2025, with the remaining 50% to be matched locally. Eligible expenses include driver salaries, fuel, and items...
The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa will receive $7.6 million through June 2023 to December 2026 from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support public transit operating expenses. Fifty percent federal funding will cover eligible costs such as driver salaries, fuel, and other items under one year for the city's fixed-route and paratransit services through FY2025 and FY2026. The expected outcomes are continued provision of transit serving Cedar...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $736,646 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) to the Iowa Department of Transportation on September 18, 2024. The grant will fund the replacement of 4 light-duty buses, 3 heavy-duty small buses, and 2 heavy-duty large buses for 4 urbanized transit systems in Iowa: Ames Transit Agency, Sioux City Transit, Waterloo Metropolitan Transit Authority, and University of Iowa Cambus. The grant also covers pre-award authority expenses...
This $6,173,037 Formula 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) will provide partial funding for the purchase of thirty-one (31) replacement public transit vehicles. The funds will support activities including the procurement of rolling stock for general public transit services across Iowa. The expected outcomes of this investment are...
The City of Iowa City received a $3.6 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support operating assistance for Iowa City Transit from May 2021 through August 2021. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal funding available to local and regional authorities for transit capital, operating assistance, and transportation planning in urbanized areas. The...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $4,137,107 Formula Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT). The purpose of the award is to provide partial funding for the purchase of 86 replacement and expansion transit vehicles for public transportation services in Iowa. Key activities to be performed include the procurement of rollingstock, such as buses, to sustain...
This $2,287,872 Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will support operating expenses for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County (Met Transit) in Waterloo, Iowa from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The funding will allow Met Transit to maintain fixed-route public bus service and ADA paratransit operations in the Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Evansdale urbanized area due to increased...
This $553,840 federal Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will support vehicle replacement projects at eight non-urbanized transit systems in Iowa. The funding will be used to procure 11 light duty buses, 2 medium duty buses, and 1 conversion van, improving service reliability, on-time performance, and safety for the transit systems and their riders. The grant award date is August...