This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration totaling $2,548,025 awarded to Valley Regional Transit on April 18, 2023 will support the replacement of demand response vehicles, support vehicles, and the purchase of expansion and replacement buses and a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system through December 30, 2025. The funding is being provided under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program to support capital...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Valley Regional Transit a $198,628 project grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant includes $158,902 in Fiscal Years 2019-2021 Section 5307 Boise LU funds to purchase approximately one replacement 35-foot bus. The funds are broken out as $16,100 in FY2019, $109,644 in FY2020, and $33,158 in FY2021. The grant period runs from September 21, 2021 to March 31, 2022, and will allow Valley...
This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration totaling $1,537,678 provides funding under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) to Valley Regional Transit. The grant includes $317,506 in Fiscal Year 2021 Section 5307 funds for mobility management activities in the Nampa Urbanized Area, such as employing a mobility manager, coordinating with transportation and human services providers, travel training programs, and one-stop customer...
This federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides $1,932,783.00 to Valley Regional Transit to fund capital projects in the Boise and Nampa urbanized areas (UZAs). The activities to be performed include bus stop improvements, purchasing shop equipment, replacement/expansion vehicles, IT hardware/software, and implementing a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The expected outcomes are to improve bus route...
This $1,171,707 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program will provide funding to Valley Regional Transit, the Treasure Valley's regional public transportation authority, for mobility management programs within the Nampa and Boise urbanized areas (UZAs). The grant will support administrative activities to reduce gaps in transportation services and improve rider experience...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Valley Regional Transit a $694,000 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the purchase of approximately three replacement buses for the Boise Urbanized Area public transportation system. Funding of $694k will be provided from Fiscal Years 2018 to 2020 Section 5339(a) funds and will fully replace vehicles that have met their...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $1,413,798 Project Grant to Valley Regional Transit through the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will fund short-range transit planning, administrative support for fixed-route and mobility management programs in the Boise and Nampa Urbanized Areas of Idaho. Specifically, $465k will support activities in the Boise UZA and $101k in the Nampa UZA through December 2023. Expected outcomes...
This federal Formula Grant award for $245,284 from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will allow Valley Regional Transit, the regional public transportation authority serving Idaho's Treasure Valley, to purchase approximately one (1) cutaway vehicle under 30 feet in length to expand its specialized transportation fleet. The expected outcome is that this vehicle procurement will enable Valley Regional Transit to expand its specialized...
This $2.28 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration will support short-range transit planning and program administration for the Boise and Nampa urbanized areas in Idaho through September 2024. Funded activities under the grant include developing short-range transit planning projects to improve the transit system, as well as program administration support for these projects. The intended beneficiaries are commuters. As the awardee, Valley...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $707,982 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) to Valley Regional Transit on June 11, 2024. The grant will be used for vehicle preventive maintenance activities within the Nampa, Idaho urbanized area. The funding is expected to enable Valley Regional Transit to maintain its public transportation vehicles in a state of good repair, benefiting users and employees of the regional transit system. This grant is part of the FTA's Urbanized Area Formula...