The City of Lawrence, Kansas was awarded a $5.99 million 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). The grant will fund the Battery-Electric Bus Deployment Project - Electrify Lawrence Transit from April 2021 through February 2024. The project aims to replace existing diesel buses with zero-emission battery-electric buses and install necessary...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas was awarded a $4.965 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs to purchase two battery-electric buses and one charging dispenser. Lawrence Transit will partner with Gillig Corporation, ChargePoint Inc., DoubleMap, and the University of Kansas to deploy the two zero-emission buses to replace older diesel buses and expand the city's...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas was awarded a $9,024,572 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on July 27, 2022 to provide public transportation services through April 30, 2025. Lawrence Transit, a division of the City of Lawrence, will utilize the funding for payroll, operations, preventive maintenance, cleaning, and personal protective equipment necessary to operate its fixed route bus...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas has been awarded a $7,615,044 formula grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This funding will be used to support transit operations, including payroll, public transportation services, preventive maintenance, cleaning, and personal protective equipment necessary for the provision of public transit services within the Lawrence community. The grant will...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas was awarded a $5.06 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration to support ongoing operating activities for Lawrence Transit through March 2026. Specifically, $2.53 million in Federal Transit Formula Grants (Section 5307 program) will fund capital and operating assistance for public transit services in the Lawrence urbanized area. The City's local share of $2.53 million will come from a dedicated 0.2% local sales...
The City of Lawrence, Kansas received a $15,747,104 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The funding will be used to support safe, reliable, quality, and responsive public transportation services for all citizens in the City of Lawrence from January 2025 through October 2027. The City of Lawrence's Lawrence Transit division will use the grant funds for allowable expenses such as service provider contract...
The Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority (Topeka Transit) was awarded a $8,621,595 Project Grant 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). The grant funding will be used to increase Topeka Transit's electric vehicle fleet and electric charging infrastructure, and to provide workforce development training on electric vehicles and infrastructure for...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority a $2,632,500 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the replacement of three diesel buses with three Proterra electric buses. Topeka Transit will provide $894,675 in local match for total funding of $3,527,175. The grant period is from July 21, 2021 through December 31, 2025. CFDA 20.526...
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) was awarded a $3,857,019 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to purchase three battery electric buses, construct charging infrastructure, and provide workforce training. The grant will support KCATA's goals of replacing aging diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life with lower-emission vehicles. The new...
The Kansas Department of Transportation received a $6.8 million project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to construct three bus maintenance and administration facilities. With a completion date of December 31, 2024, the award provides $1.7 million each to Starkey Inc., Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (ATA Bus), and Sunflower Diversified Services, Inc. to build new...