This $1.1 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration supports planning activities under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) from March 2021 through November 2025. The Iowa Department of Transportation is the primary awardee and has sub-awarded funds to 14 Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Planning Agencies across the state to improve and continue public transportation services in nonurbanized...
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 $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 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,...
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...
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 Formula Grant award, provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will provide $1,654,706 to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) to support vehicle replacement projects at eight non-urbanized transit systems across Iowa. The award will fund the partial acquisition of two medium-duty buses, five light-duty mid-sized buses, and three light-duty van/sedan or buses for transit...
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...
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 City of Iowa City received a $4.6 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 ongoing public transportation operations from July 2022 through December 2026. Funding will cover eligible wages and operating costs for Iowa City Transit and allow the continuation of consistent transit services for users. No subrecipient activities were included. The Federal...