This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534), provides $2,318,333 to the Rockford Mass Transit District (RMTD) to fund the purchase and installation of electric charging equipment to power the transit district's battery electric buses. The funding will enable RMTD to charge all of its battery electric buses, which will provide...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $7,969,489 was provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The purpose of this award is to fund the procurement of ten (10) 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid replacement buses for the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) and related training for MTD employees. The activities to be performed include issuing a purchase order to...
The federal Project Grant award for $36,370,000, 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 replacement of 33 fixed-route hybrid buses that have exceeded their useful life at Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority. Additionally, the grant will provide funding for training Pace's operators, support...
This federal Project Grant award of $7,946,458.00 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 enable the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to enhance the CTAS 103rd Street Garage. The grant funds will be used to acquire six battery electric buses (BEBs) and the necessary charging equipment infrastructure to electrify the fleet. This initiative also...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $3,350,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) to the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) in Illinois. The purpose of the grant is to replace two 12-year-old 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses with two new hydrogen fuel cell electric buses, including one 40-foot bus and one 60-foot bus. The activities to be performed include...
The Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (Metrolink) was awarded a $4,300,001 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to purchase five electric buses. This grant aims to provide capital funding for low or no emissions bus projects and replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses and bus related equipment. The electric buses must be...
The Rockford Mass Transit District received a $9.4 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on July 9, 2021. The grant provides 100% federal funding through March 30, 2027 to support operating activities eligible under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program, including overall operating costs for the District. Specifically, the grant will offset costs associated with COVID-19...
The Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (Metrolink) was awarded a $3.44 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the purchase of buses to support Metrolink's operations from May 2021 through September 2025. CFDA 20.526 provides capital funding for projects that replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or...
This $17,232,497.00 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) is intended to expand and maintain the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District's (MTD) bus fleet. The key activities to be performed include purchasing diesel-electric hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell electric buses, completing the bus builds, testing and accepting the buses, and deploying them into revenue service. The expected outcome is for MTD to...
This $1,826,779 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.534 Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending) provides funding for Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, to purchase up to five electric paratransit vehicles and one expansion fixed-route electric coach bus. The goal is to replace aging gasoline vehicles that have exceeded their useful life, reducing maintenance...