The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was awarded a $361,303,043 project grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will support CTA's operations and capital assistance activities from June 2021 through September 2024. As the transit agency serving Chicago, CTA will use the funding to maintain urban public transportation services for residents as authorized under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program. The...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) received a $118,409,985 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on June 24, 2022. The grant funding will support CTA's operating expenses for bus and rail transit services through March 30, 2032. Specifically, the grant will reimburse costs associated with daily transit operations, maintenance, and administration in response to reduced ridership...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was awarded a $912,124,980 project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) on February 8, 2022 to provide transit operating assistance through March 30, 2027. Funding will support CTA's operation of bus and rail routes to serve the Chicago, IL urbanized area and help replace projected revenue losses due to reduced ridership from the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible expenses include labor, fuel, power,...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was awarded an $8.89 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to construct a traffic signal interconnect and communication network to implement transit signal priority on Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois from August 2021 to March 2027. The network will connect intersections to the city's centralized traffic management software and facilitate communication between transit vehicles...
This $435,386,331 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) capital projects from September 2022 through December 2026. The grant will provide funding to purchase up to 67 new standard 40-foot buses and up to 36 new rail cars, as well as overhaul CTA's existing revenue fleet vehicles to maintain their useful...
This $13,063,476 federal 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 support the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) capital projects to modernize its bus and rail fleets and infrastructure.
The key activities funded include the purchase of up to 67 new standard 40ft buses and up to 36 new rail cars, as well as the overhaul and...
This $305.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration through the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) provides capital funding to the Chicago Transit Authority in Chicago, Illinois from August 2021 through March 2027. $160.7 million comes from Section 5337 State of Good Repair funds, $131.5 million from Section 5307 formula funds, and $13.2 million from Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities formula funds to support the CTA's...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) received a $30,650,898 project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) on August 10, 2021. The grant funding will support CTA's Core Capacity capital project, specifically supplanting $30,650,898 in local share funding committed to Grant IL-2017-002 for rail modernization efforts. As the sub-awardee, CTA will utilize the grant proceeds to...
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was awarded a $13.29 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund CTA's Electric Bus Program to purchase electric buses and charging stations. The program aims to replace diesel buses with lower or zero-emission electric buses to modernize and green CTA's fleet. The grant period runs from June 2021 through March...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by 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 fund the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) acquisition of six battery-electric buses (BEBs) and supporting charging infrastructure. The $7,946,458 grant will enable CTA to replace aging diesel buses at its 103rd Street Garage, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and...