The City of Billings Met Transit Division, doing business as Billings Metro Transit, received a $4,772,955 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) on December 27, 2024. The funds will be used to provide operating assistance for Billings Metro Transit's fixed-route and ADA paratransit operations, as well as preventive maintenance on its fleet and facilities. This grant will allow Billings...
This $4,856,828 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration will provide operating assistance and preventive maintenance funding for the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Transit (MET) system. The award will support MET Transit's fixed-route and ADA paratransit operations, as well as vehicle and facility maintenance, from July 2025 through September 2026. This funding will allow MET Transit to continue providing...
This $1,237,817 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides operating assistance to the City of Billings, Montana's Metro Transit (Met Transit) system. The funding will cover eligible operating expenses from June 2022 through December 2022 to allow Met Transit to continue providing public transportation services and recover from impacts of the COVID-19...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of Billings, Montana $2,013,574 under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) on December 28, 2021 to purchase accessible rolling stock and service vehicles through January 28, 2022. Specifically, the grant funds six bus replacements, a new supervisor support vehicle, and replacement service vehicle for Billings Metro Transit. One replacement bus is partially funded under an existing Section 5339B...
The City of Billings, Montana was awarded $998,371 under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) federal grant program by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration on July 14, 2021. The funding will support Billings Metro Transit's purchase of three replacement accessible buses, an electronic fare collection system, and automatic passenger counters. The grant award will also cover the local match amount for...
This Project 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), provides $4,623,191.00 to the City of Billings Met Transit Division, doing business as Billings Metro Transit, to purchase four (4) replacement heavy-duty 35 low-floor diesel buses and implement a new automated vehicle location (AVL) system with real-time tracking features, vehicle...
This $898,373 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) is intended to support transit planning and plan development for transit operators in Billings, Gallatin Valley, Great Falls, and Missoula, Montana. The grant funds will be used to engage third-party consultants to perform transit planning activities across the state of Montana, with the goal of...
This $847,912 Formula Grant award, issued by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505), supports transportation planning administration and development of transit development plans (TDPs) for three metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in the state of Montana - Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula. The funding will enable the Montana Department of Transportation, the state...
The Great Falls Transit District received a $2.85 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance from July 2022 through December 2022. The funding will allow the transit provider to continue operations in Great Falls and Black Eagle, Montana as it recovers from impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, benefiting city residents and transit passengers who rely...
This $2,614,784 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the design and construction of a remodel and expansion to the existing administrative and operations building for Billings Met Transit in Billings, Montana. The project aims to improve the efficiency of Met Transit's operations, assist in compliance with safety...