The Muscogee Creek Nation was awarded a $1.97 million project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to provide public transit services from September 7, 2022 through December 31, 2025. Under the award, the Nation will contract with KATS to provide on-demand transit services for approximately 40,000 passenger trips covering 300,000 miles across 11 counties in Oklahoma, improving mobility...
The Muscogee Creek Nation was awarded a $1.75 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will support transit services operated by the Muscogee Creek Nation within the boundaries of the tribe's reservation through September 2025. Services will provide greater access to job opportunities, education, healthcare, and other services to improve mobility for...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $899,975 Project Grant to the Muscogee Creek Nation under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will fund transit services through December 2025 to improve mobility for tribal citizens and the general public residing within the eleven counties of the Muscogee Creek Nation reservation in Oklahoma. Specifically, the Muscogee Creek Nation will utilize the funding to operate its...
The Muscogee Creek Nation received a $238,589 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The funding will support the Muscogee Creek Nation's Tribal Program Discretionary Innovative Technology Project from March 2021 through June 2024. The Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program aims to improve, initiate, or continue public transportation services...
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation was awarded a $38.6 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on August 14, 2021 to support public transportation services in rural Oklahoma through December 30, 2026. Under the award, $14.4 million will be provided to 20 subrecipients to fund operational and administrative costs for maintaining reliable transit services in all 77 of Oklahoma's counties that...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration awarded a $462,400 Project Grant to the Muscogee Creek Nation's Agri-Business Complex Division on April 4, 2024 through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (CFDA 20.939) grant program. The funding will be used to develop a Tribal Transportation Safety Action Plan for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The action plan is intended to improve roadway safety and prevent fatalities and serious injuries involving...
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma received a $498,604 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The funding will support the continuation of public transportation services in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from October 1, 2022 through March 30, 2026. Operating funds will cover expenses including administrative salaries, driver and worker wages, fuel, utilities, supplies...
The Kaw Nation was awarded a $368,359 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to establish a transit system within the Kaw Nation Service Area in Oklahoma. The Kaw Nation will use the funding to create a transit department with offices, supplies, and staff including a coordinator and vehicle operators. Funding will also support the purchase of vehicles and provide for operations...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $513,267 Project Grant to the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant will fund operating assistance for the Seminole Nation Transit Department from July 2021 through December 2022. Activities supported include salaries, fringe benefits, fuel, utilities, insurance, communications, and other expenses required to operate the Seminole...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $638,699 Project Grant to the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant funding will be used to support the ongoing operations and delivery of the Tribe's existing public transit system serving a 9-county rural service area in western Oklahoma. Specifically, the grant funds will cover operating expenses such as staff salaries, fuel, training,...