This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.526 - Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs) provides $7,936,156.00 to the Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (Embark) to purchase 14 replacement compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for its fleet. The new CNG buses will replace old, diesel-powered buses that have reached the end of their useful life. The intended...
The Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA), doing business as Embark, was awarded a $2,099,692 Formula Grant by the U.S. 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). The purpose of this award is to provide funding for COTPA to purchase 2 replacement 40-foot compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and 6 replacement CNG paratransit vans. The new...
The Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA), doing business as Embark, was awarded a $889,069 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funds will support COTPA's purchase of one electric bus to replace an existing diesel bus. The low or no emission vehicle program aims to support capital projects that deploy buses and...
This $2,171,156 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. 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) will assist the City of Norman, Oklahoma in procuring six compressed natural gas (CNG) cutaway vehicles to replace aging paratransit vehicles. The funding will maintain and enhance reliable public transportation service for citizens and users of transit in the City of...
This $7,300,000 Project Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the National Infrastructure Investments (CFDA 20.933) program will fund design services for expanding the Embark maintenance and operating facilities, as well as planning and preliminary design services for improvements to Embark's downtown transit center in Oklahoma City, OK. The goal is to enhance the efficiency of bus repair and maintenance operations, while also improving the passenger experience at the...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded the Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (Embark) a $15.2 million Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant will fund preventive maintenance, nine months of paratransit service, one year of salaries under the Unified Planning Work Program, and partial rehabilitation of the Downtown Transit Center and administrative building from April 2023 to June 2025. Funding...
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) was awarded a $4.73 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund the replacement of 55 buses and other capital purchases from February 2021 through January 2026 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs provide capital funding to...
This $17,818,888 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (COTPA), doing business as Embark, will fund one year of preventive maintenance, nine months of paratransit service, one year of UPWP salaries, and the purchase of shop equipment, security enhancements, and rehabilitation/renovation of the Downtown Transit Center and administrative building. The grant will enable COTPA to...
This Project Grant award of $6,000,469 was provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The funding will support the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (Tulsa Transit) in procuring 9 new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to replace aging diesel and CNG buses that have reached the end of their useful life. The project aims to reduce transit costs, energy consumption, carbon...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (COTPA), doing business as Embark, a $14,817,763 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) to cover preventive maintenance, paratransit services, and capital improvements for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The grant will fund one year of preventive maintenance, nine months of paratransit services, and the purchase of mobile data management software, real-time transit fleet systems, shop...