The City of South Portland received a $2,210,366 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will support the South Portland Bus Service (SPBS) in FY 2024 by funding preventive maintenance activities to keep the bus fleet, equipment, and facilities in a state of good repair. It will also cover non-fixed route ADA paratransit service trips within 3/4 mile of SPBS...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of South Portland, Maine $423,000 under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on February 23, 2022. The funding will support the procurement of one replacement 35-foot low-floor diesel bus for the City of South Portland Bus Service (SPBS) fleet. The new bus will replace a 2011 model that was declared a total loss after catching fire. The award will...
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 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...
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...
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) received a $1,490,452 project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants Program (CFDA 20.507) to support public transportation services and capital projects in Maine urbanized areas. The grant period is August 4, 2021 through June 30, 2023. MaineDOT will provide $193,155 to the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission to fund demand response transportation services in southern Maine through...
The Greater Portland Transit District (Metro) was awarded a $11,412,973 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. The grant funds will support Metro's capital and operating activities, including fixed-route bus service, ADA paratransit services, and various capital projects in the Greater Portland, Maine area. Key activities include: Providing fixed-route bus service operating assistance, with local match of at...
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...
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...