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 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...
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 $10,280,043 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) will provide funding support to help Iowa's nine metropolitan and 18 regional planning agencies complete their transportation planning responsibilities over a one-year period. The transferred FHWA and FTA funds will cover eligible transportation planning activities outlined in the agencies'...
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 $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 16 regional, 7 small city, and 3 intercity bus provider subrecipients. The grant supports a range of transit-related activities, including: Operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and preventive maintenance to continue transit operations in...
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 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) in the amount of $1,407,725.00 to the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) on March 31, 2025. The goal of this award is to provide additional funding support to help one metropolitan and ten regional planning agencies in Iowa complete their responsibilities of a metropolitan or regional transportation planning process. The funds will be used to cover eligible transportation...
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 $247,821 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will fund the purchase of seven replacement public transit vehicles for the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT). The purpose is to improve service reliability, on-time performance, and safety for public transit systems serving the general public and transit riders in Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, University of Iowa, and Southwest...