This $3,998,479 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund the following key products and services for the Port Authority of Allegheny County, doing business as Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT): The grant will support the purchase of new buses for PRT's fleet, funding for the CCOC access program, preventative maintenance for both bus and rail operations, the purchase...
The Port Authority of Allegheny County, doing business as Pittsburgh Regional Transit, received a $19.3 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500). The grant funds will support the Downtown-Uptown-Oakland Bus Rapid Transit project, a 7.1-mile bus rapid transit line providing improved east-west connectivity in Pittsburgh. Key deliverables include construction of 16...
This is a $56,815,931 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 purpose of this award is to provide the State of Pennsylvania and its subrecipients with funding for operating assistance, eligible capital projects, and rural transit assistance program (RTAP) activities. Specifically, the funds will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $742,500 Project Grant under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505) to the Port Authority of Allegheny County, doing business as Pittsburgh Regional Transit. The funds will be used to conduct a study evaluating new transit options to link the Strip District, Hill District, Oakland, Hazelwood, Carrick, and Overbrook neighborhoods in...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded a $11,185,345 Project Grant to the Westmoreland County Transit Authority through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide operating assistance from July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Funds will cover eligible operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel, preventative maintenance and other costs to continue transit operations for the authority and its riders. As a direct recipient,...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the Westmoreland County Transit Authority a $7.4 million Project Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to provide two years of operating assistance from July 2025 through December 2028. Funds will cover eligible operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel, preventative maintenance, and other costs to continue transit operations in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and allow the...
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission was awarded a $3,008,757 project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program. The grant funds will support the continuation of the recipient's vanpool program and engagement of potential users through March 2027. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program provides federal resources to local and regional authorities for transit capital, operating...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $9,509,374 Project Grant to the South Central Transit Authority under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on March 22, 2022. The grant utilizes American Rescue Plan Act funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus by supporting operating expenses from July 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022. Specifically, the funds will be applied to salaries, benefits, supplies, fuel, maintenance contracts,...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Spartanburg Regional Health Services District Inc. a $546,338 project grant under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) to fund operating expenses and preventive maintenance activities from January 2022 through December 2022. The funding will allow Spartanburg Regional Health Services District to continue providing demand response mass transit services in Spartanburg County, South Carolina without...
The Port Authority of Allegheny County received a $260.1 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) to implement the Downtown-Uptown-Oakland Bus Rapid Transit Project. The project will deliver a 7.1-mile bus rapid transit line providing improved east-west transit connectivity between Downtown Pittsburgh and the Uptown and Oakland neighborhoods. Key products and services to be...