Project Grant NV2022018

This $20.4 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration will fund the purchase of eleven compressed natural gas fixed route replacement vehicles for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (49 U.S.C. 5337; CFDA 20.525). The grant will use $7.2 million in Section 5337 High Intensity Fixed Guideway State of Good Repair funds and $1.5 million in Section 5337 High Intensity Motorbus State of Good Repair funds apportioned to the Las Vegas-Henderson, Nevada urbanized area to procure the vehicles, which will primarily operate on fixed guideways. The vehicles will replace aging buses that have reached the end of their useful lives. The grant is intended to support continued safe and effective transit operations for Clark County residents through vehicle replacements aligned with RTC Southern Nevada's Transit Asset Management plan. No federal subawards are associated with the project.