Project Grant NV2026003
- The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County $2.179980 million on September 9, 2025, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). RTC, a local government transit authority headquartered in Reno, Nevada, will use the funding to replace aging displays, servers, and software throughout its bus facilities. The equipment replacement will improve services and...
- The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada (RTC) received a $5.1 million project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). $4.08 million or 80% of the total award was provided in federal funds, with the remaining $1.02 million or 20% to be funded by local sales tax as the matching share. The grant will support the purchase of up to seven hybrid diesel-electric...
- The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) received a $13.7 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The funding will support RTC's purchase of up to seven electric buses and associated charging infrastructure for $2.97 million. An additional $1.16 million in previously deobligated funds from an earlier project will also be made available. The award builds on cost savings...
- The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada (RTC) received a $3.42 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund the purchase of replacement transit vehicles. Specifically, the grant will provide $3.25 million in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) funds, which represent 95% of total project costs, to replace aging 2008...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded $1.12 million to the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (RTC) on August 25, 2025, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The award funds the purchase of FlexRide expansion vans to grow RTC's existing paratransit fleet, with project completion scheduled for September 30, 2027. This capital investment directly enhances the transit agency's service delivery capacity...
- The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada (RTC) was awarded a $19,942,473 project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program on May 18, 2021. The grant funding will support operating assistance through March 31, 2022. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit capital, operating assistance,...
- The Federal Transit Administration awarded Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County $10.305 million on April 21, 2026, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to procure six hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and associated fueling infrastructure that will replace aging diesel-hybrid units and expand RTC's zero-emission fleet serving the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area and Washoe County. RTC's activities include purchasing...
- The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada (RTC) received a $5.4 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The funding supported operating assistance and preventive maintenance activities from March to June 2021. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit capital,...
- The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) was awarded a $13.79 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs on July 9, 2021. Through this award, RTC will procure ten replacement paratransit/specialized services vehicles and twenty replacement fixed route vehicles to be used in Nevada. The paratransit vehicles are expected to have a useful life of...
- 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) provides $8,571,522.00 to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC Southern Nevada) to purchase five (5) 60-foot compressed natural gas (CNG) fixed-route transit vehicles. The purpose of this award is to replace aging buses in RTC Southern Nevada's fixed-route...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded $26.939 million to the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County on July 31, 2026, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) for the purchase of diesel hybrid buses. The award, structured as a Project Grant, will improve service reliability and support ridership growth across the transit system serving the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area and Washoe County, Nevada. Work is performed in Nevada with a period of performance through September 30, 2027. All users of RTC's transit system benefit from the procurement of newer, more reliable vehicles. The award carries no sub-recipient pass-through activity. RTC, a local government transit authority headquartered in Reno, operates fixed-route bus service, Bus Rapid Transit service on Virginia Street, and FlexRide microtransit, and receives funding directly from FTA as an eligible local government entity.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $21.6m | 7/31/26 |