The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) received a $2.747 million Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on August 5, 2022. The award will fund operating assistance for rural and non-urbanized public transportation services in Mississippi through March 2029 to help the state and its subrecipients recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds will be provided to 22 subrecipients...
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) received a $29,852,902 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant, awarded on February 19, 2025, with a performance period through March 30, 2031, will provide operating assistance, administrative support, and capital funding for eligible transit projects to MDOT and its 27 subrecipient transit agencies serving rural and...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $69,697,094 Formula Grant to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The purpose of this grant is to provide operating and administrative assistance, as well as funding for eligible capital projects and the Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP), to support continued safe and effective transit operations in the rural and...
This $15,000,000 federal Formula Grant award 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 provide funding to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and its 19 sub-recipients for statewide purchases of 30 ADA vans, 55 ADA buses, and associated capital equipment such as engines, transmissions, and surveillance/communication systems. The...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Mississippi Department of Transportation a $647,684 project grant under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). Funds will support operating assistance for 17 subrecipients to maintain transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in rural, small urban, and large urban areas of Mississippi. Subrecipients include regional community mental health...
The City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi will receive $1,082,456 in funding from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support preventive maintenance and rolling stock purchases for the city's public transportation system. $865,965 will fund preventive maintenance activities ($465,965) and capital assistance for rolling stock purchases ($400,000). The grant period is from August 3, 2021 to March 30, 2026. As required...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $707,244 Project Grant to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will support public transportation services in non-urbanized areas of Mississippi from February 2021 through March 2022. The Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program aims to improve, initiate, or continue rural and small city public transportation...
This $4,833,408 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)'s Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) will provide operating assistance and capital funding to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and its subrecipients. The purpose is to continue transportation services for people with disabilities and older adults classified as seniors in rural, small urban, and large urban areas of Mississippi. Eligible...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of Jackson, Mississippi a $1,460,623 Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program on August 4, 2021. The grant will fund two projects providing operational assistance, preventive maintenance, and non-fixed route ADA paratransit services through August 25, 2022. Specifically, Project 1 will support operations and preventive maintenance for the city's public transportation system....
This $373,960 project grant from the Federal Transit Administration will fund the replacement of one transit bus for the City of Jackson, Mississippi's public transportation fleet. Awarded on July 19, 2021 through the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), the grant provides $299,168 in federal funding with a $74,792 local match from the City's general fund. The City will procure the new bus in accordance with Federal Transit Administration...