The Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA) received a $198,484 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (Section 5307) program. The grant period ran from April 12, 2021 to June 29, 2021 and provided operating assistance to LRTA for public transit services in the Boston urbanized area of Massachusetts. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) distributes federal funds to local...
This $6,767,367 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) will support the Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA) in providing reliable, responsive, and safe transit services to the public. The funding will enable LRTA to conduct operating assistance for fixed-route and paratransit services, undertake short-range planning activities, and repair/replace critical facilities, IT equipment, and spare parts. These efforts are intended...
The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) was awarded a $14,450,000 Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on December 12, 2024. The grant will fund the acquisition of sixteen 35-ft heavy duty low-floor hybrid electric fixed route buses to replace SRTA's existing 30-ft conventional diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life. This project will improve...
The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) received a $2,212,747 federal Project Grant award from the 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). This funding will enable BRTA to replace two aging transit vehicles - a gasoline coach vehicle and a diesel bus - with two new Gillig diesel-electric hybrid heavy duty transit buses. The award will also support the...
This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs), will provide $263,580.00 to the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) to supplement an existing grant (MA-2025-001) for the acquisition of sixteen (16) 35-ft heavy duty low floor hybrid electric fixed route buses. These buses will replace aging 30-ft conventional diesel...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $770,090 Project Grant to the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority on March 4, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to provide capital funding for the replacement, rehabilitation, purchase, or lease of buses and bus-related equipment as well as the rehabilitation, purchase, construction, or...
This $47,205,886 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 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) purchase of 28 forty-foot battery electric buses and support related workforce development initiatives. Specifically, the grant will enable the MBTA to replace its existing electric trolley...
The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) was awarded a $4,445,346 Formula 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 funding will support a variety of capital projects, including preventative maintenance, non-fixed route ADA paratransit services, engineering design for bus support equipment and facilities, lease of associated capital maintenance items, acquisition...
This federal Formula Grant award of $4,875,001.00 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will enable the Nantucket Regional Transit Authority (NRTA) to replace up to six diesel-powered buses that have reached the end of their useful lives. The replacement vehicles will be battery-electric, reducing the carbon footprint of the NRTA fleet and providing Nantucket residents with clean,...
This $14,299,284 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program will enable the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA) to execute a program of capital projects needed to maintain a state of good repair for its vehicles, equipment, and facilities. Key activities funded under this award include: Acquisition of 4 replacement 29-ft buses ($2.4 million) and 10 replacement 35-ft buses ($8.2 million), with 6 of the 35-ft...