The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit Committee was awarded a $427,557 project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant funding will support Phase III transit operations and services from March 2021 through June 2022 for the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit shuttle bus service, operated by the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit vendor. The Federal Transit...
The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit (Shuttle Bus) received a $2.46 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) for the period of May 2, 2023 through June 30, 2026. The grant funding will support Shuttle Bus's operations and capital activities to maintain safe and reliable public transportation services connecting residents, commuters and tourists across Biddeford, Saco...
The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit (Shuttle Bus), a public transit provider in Maine, has been awarded a $2,526,855 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 support a range of transit-related activities between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2026, including: Operating assistance for regular flex route urban transit services Upgrades to the enterprise...
This $2,931,035 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) will provide funding to Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit (Shuttle Bus) to support operations, preventive maintenance, and various capital activities between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2027. Key products and services to be delivered include: Operational assistance for regular fixed-route urban services, flex route services, and trolley...
The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit (doing business as Shuttle Bus) received a $780,500 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund four transit projects in southern Maine. The grant will support a promotional half-price fare initiative ($90,000), development of a regional multi-modal passenger information system ($15,500), redesign of bus routes 1 and 111 in...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $1,098,155 Project Grant to Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit on May 21, 2021 with a completion date of December 31, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund the replacement of four trolley vehicles. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local and regional government authorities and states for transit...
This $316,800 federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants program), will fund a 2-year microtransit pilot program in the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach, Maine area. The grant will enable Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit, doing business as Shuttle Bus, to purchase two ADA-compliant passenger vans or cutaway buses, acquire software and professional services to design and...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Program (CFDA 20.526) provides $2,408,154.00 to Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit (Shuttle Bus) to purchase two (2) new 35' electric buses and retire two (2) diesel buses from their fleet. The award also includes funding for workforce development activities. The project aims to support the Maine Won't Wait Climate Action Plan and the regional...
The Maine Department of Transportation has received a $1,282,392 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This award will provide operating and capital assistance to support public transportation services in the PACTS and KACTS metropolitan planning organization (MPO) regions of southern Maine. Specifically, the funding will be used by the York County Community Action...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $2.4 million Project Grant to the Maine Department of Transportation under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant funds will support operating and capital assistance for transit services in the Portland and Dover-Rochester/Portsmouth urbanized areas of Maine through June 2025. Specifically, $695,000 will provide operating assistance for Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) programs and fund...