The City of Raleigh, North Carolina received a $5.868 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funds will support the purchase of five electric buses and associated charging equipment to replace aging vehicles and support the expansion of Raleigh's public transit network. Additionally, $307,760 in federal funding will support...
This $5,300,000 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina is intended to facilitate the purchase of five battery electric replacement buses. The grant activities involve replacing existing diesel buses that have met their useful life with the new battery electric buses, which is expected to improve reliability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the town's public transportation system. The...
The City of High Point, North Carolina received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration on June 1, 2021 to purchase a replacement diesel bus. The funding was provided through the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program. This program makes federal resources available to local and regional governments for transit capital assistance....
This Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $5,230,764.00 to the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina to procure five (5) diesel-electric hybrid buses to replace buses reaching the end of their useful life. The project aims to improve system safety, reliability, and efficiency by retiring outdated buses and reducing energy use, air pollutants, and carbon...
The City of Durham, North Carolina will receive $764,735 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The City of Durham, as designated recipient, will use the FY2019 and FY2020 Section 5310 funds for operating, capital, and administration costs from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024 to provide transportation services and mobility management for seniors and...
The City of Greensboro in North Carolina was awarded a $3,539,765 federal Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funding will be used to purchase three electric replacement buses and three overnight charging units for the city's transit department. This investment supports Greensboro's zero-emission transportation plan and is expected to...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The grant will fund the replacement of five diesel buses with five electric vehicles for the Orange County public transportation system in Orange County, North Carolina. This represents the first electric vehicles for Orange...
The City of Charlotte, North Carolina, through the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), received a $57,282,726 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the replacement of 31 older diesel buses with 15 battery electric buses and 16 hybrid electric diesel buses, the installation of 15 electric vehicle charging stations, the replacement of a diesel generator...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation Integrated Mobility Division was awarded a $7.753 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) on July 28, 2021 to purchase buses through March 30, 2026. As the designated recipient, NCDOT will use $3.84 million in statewide funding and $2.32 million in urban funding to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses and bus-related...
The City of Greensboro, North Carolina received a $10.9 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund operating assistance, preventive maintenance, and capital purchases from September 2022 through March 2030 to provide public transit services. Specifically, the City will use the funds to maintain its vehicle fleet,...