The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $19,245,000 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) to the Mississippi Coast Transportation Authority, doing business as the Coast Transit Authority, to provide transportation support equipment, personnel, and transportation services to the Gulf Coast area. The grant will fund the reimbursement of eligible expenses including capital, operating, preventive maintenance, and ADA activities. Key outcomes include providing safe,...
The Mississippi Coast Transportation Authority (Coast Transit Authority) received a $180,918 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) federal grant program. The grant will fund preventive maintenance expenses incurred from October 2021 through September 2022 to provide demand response transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities...
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...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $5,000,000 Formula Grant under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) to the Mississippi Coast Transportation Authority (doing business as Coast Transit Authority), a U.S. local government transit authority. The grant funds will support the engineering design and construction of a transit tram bridge across U.S. Highway 90 to link three CTA facilities in Gulfport, Mississippi. The completed...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of Jackson, Mississippi a $7.25 million Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on August 12, 2022. The grant will fund the purchase of five hybrid diesel-electric transit buses, including one 40-foot bus and four 35-foot buses, to replace five aging 30-foot diesel buses that have met their useful life. The new buses will help the City...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $4.375 million Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Transportation under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the purchase of vehicles and other capital maintenance items for various sub-recipients, including $3.5 million for Starkville-MSU Area Rapid Transit System construction. The grant period is from October 1, 2021 through...
This federal Formula 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), will provide $200,025.00 to the Cooperative Alliance For Seacoast Transportation (COAST) to purchase one low floor small bus model for use in their fixed route service. The award will increase the flexibility of COAST's fixed route fleet by adding a non-commercial driver's license...
The Coast Transit Authority (CTA) received a $1,606,110 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will support CTA's operating costs including payroll and personal protective equipment expenses from October 2021 through September 2022. As the direct recipient for the Gulfport Urbanized Area and designated recipient for the Pascagoula Urbanized Area, CTA will...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under its Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), awarded a $9,670,355 Project Grant to the Cooperative Alliance For Seacoast Transportation (COAST) on May 29, 2024. This grant will fund the construction of a new Operations Maintenance Administration (OMA) building and an indoor storage facility for COAST's revenue vehicles at their location in Dover, New Hampshire.
The project aims to improve...
This $6 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government's procurement of 12 new heavy-duty ADA-accessible transit buses. The local government will provide $900,000 in matching funds to replace buses that have reached the end of their useful life. The new buses will allow Good Earth Transit to continue providing public transportation services to the general population in the...