The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma received a $185,960 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), awarded on July 23, 2024. The grant will support the purchase of one electric vehicle (EV) and installation of two EV charging stations to operate a public transportation pilot program in the Durant, Oklahoma area. The EV bus will primarily provide demand-response and deviated route services to tribal members...
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma received a $2,557,688 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant funding will cover the salaries of 26 tribal transit para-transit drivers for 6 months, enabling the Choctaw Nation to continue providing transportation services to medical appointments for their clients across 10 1/2 counties in southeastern Oklahoma....
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $1,556,354 Formula Grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The grant will cover the salaries of 26 tribal transit para-transit drivers for 12 months, allowing the Choctaw Nation to continue providing transportation services to clients in southeast Oklahoma for medical appointments. This funding will enable the tribe to retain its current staff levels to serve...
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,...
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 Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe received a $1,890,774 project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on June 29, 2022. The funding will support the continuation of existing transit services on the Cheyenne Arapaho reservation through January 31, 2026. Specifically, the Tribe will use the funds to cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and preventative...
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 Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (ESTOO) received a $337,417 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The funding will support ESTOO's expansion and upgrading of on-demand rural shared ride public transportation services for tribal residents and all citizens of Ottawa County, Oklahoma through the Northeast Oklahoma Tribal Transit Consortium (NTTC) and its...
This $693,296 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will provide support to the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe in Oklahoma. The funding will be used to purchase two new ADA-compliant minivans to replace aging vehicles, as well as to cover operating expenses for the Tribe's existing rural transit system. The transit system serves a 9-county area, providing transportation services to the Tribe's members...
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...