This $20,501,169 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will support transit enhancements, equipment, facilities, capital operations, and unified work program activities for the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit. The funding will be used for preventative maintenance, support...
This $2,712,500 Formula 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) will fund transit enhancements and facility upgrades for the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha, also known as Metro Area Transit. The grant will cover the replacement of concrete at the North Omaha Transit Center, painting of both the North Omaha and Westroads Transit Centers, and the replacement...
This $310,000 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will provide funding to the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit, to support ongoing preventative maintenance activities for its bus fleet. The grant will cover 80% ($248,000) of the total project costs, with the remaining 20% ($62,000) coming from local property tax levy funds. The purpose of this funding is to ensure Metro Area...
The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha, doing business as Metro Area Transit, received a $800,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The grant will fund Metro Area Transit's plans to introduce enhanced transit and amenities along a 7.9 mile corridor in Omaha identified as an area of persistent poverty. Specifically,...
The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (Metro Area Transit) received a $10,184,572 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. The grant will fund the procurement of new fleet fluid management software and associated hardware to support fleet maintenance and reporting. It will also fund new financial management software and hardware to enable a more...
This $3,750,000 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, will fund the completion of the 24th Street Corridor Study for the Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (doing business as Metro Area Transit). The project will conduct a feasibility assessment, fully define the locally preferred alternative, identify needed transit enhancements, and complete the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study....
This $439,834 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) will fund paratransit services in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The award recipient, the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (Mapa), will contract with two non-profit and one municipal agencies to provide paratransit transportation for seniors and persons...
This $1,974,479 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) will provide funding for comprehensive transportation planning initiatives to develop and update Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in Nebraska. The grant will cover the coordination of planning activities such as the development of Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), Statewide...
The City of Lincoln, Nebraska will receive $1,969,650 in federal funding through September 2022 from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support preventative maintenance and planning projects for its public transit system. Specifically, the funding will reimburse the City for local expenditures of $1,523,520 from Federal Fiscal Year 2017 and 2018 Section 5307 funds towards capital projects and...
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County, doing business as Met Transit, received a $2.27 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507). The grant will fund eligible operating expenses from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 to maintain fixed route public bus service and ADA paratransit service for residents of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Evansdale, Iowa. Met Transit...