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 $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...
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...
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,...
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...
This $10,280,043 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) will provide comprehensive transportation planning funding support to nine Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and 18 Regional Planning Agencies (RPAs) across the state of Iowa. The consolidated grant combines FTA and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) transportation planning funds to...
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 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...
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...