Project Grant TN2021033
- The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) received a $4.6 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The funding will support MATA's replacement of its existing computer-aided dispatch/automatic vehicle location system, which has reached the end of its useful life. The grant award covers 75% of the $4.6 million total project costs,...
- The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) was awarded an $8.5 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on September 21, 2021 to support design and engineering costs for the Memphis Innovation Corridor public transportation project. The grant will fund preliminary design activities through March 30, 2026 and supplements Capital Investment Grants funding. MATA will provide bus and rail transportation services through the...
- The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) was awarded a $7,646,396 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for preventive maintenance activities in fiscal year 2025. The federal share of this award is $6,117,117, with the remaining $1,529,279 in non-federal matching funds provided by the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the City of Memphis. The expected outcome of this funding is that MATA's fleet...
- The federal Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $70,642,857.00 to the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) to design and construct a new operations and maintenance facility (OMF) in Tennessee. The project aims to replace MATA's current 40-year-old OMF, which suffers from deteriorating conditions and increased maintenance costs. The new facility will...
- The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $133,432 Project Grant to the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) program. The purpose of this award is to provide funds for MATA to purchase a new van and spare components to continue operations of its MATAPLUS demand-response ADA service. The new van will have a useful life of at least 5 years or 150,000 miles. This funding will...
- This $1,113,943 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) program will fund the purchase of replacement vans and spare components for the Memphis Area Transit Authority's (MATA) MATAPLUS demand-response ADA service. The new vehicles are expected to improve the reliability of MATAPLUS, which provides paratransit transportation for seniors and individuals with...
- The City of Knoxville, Tennessee received a $5.2 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on June 5, 2023 to replace diesel buses with electric buses and install associated charging infrastructure. Through this funding, the City will purchase replacement electric buses and charging stations to maintain its public transit fleet in a state of good repair while reducing pollutants and improving local air quality....
- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was awarded a $136,917,060 federal project grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). This funding will be used by the MBTA to purchase 80 forty-foot battery electric buses and support related workforce development initiatives. Specifically, the MBTA will acquire 32 buses with streetside boarding to...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) provides $8,158,194 to the City of Detroit's Department of Transportation (DDOT) to purchase 4 electric buses (2 articulated and 2 battery electric) and install associated charging infrastructure. The award will enable DDOT to expand its electric bus fleet and related infrastructure as a pilot initiative to...
- The Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) received a $14.5 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant will fund a variety of capital projects for MTA including preventative maintenance, rehabilitation and renovation of facilities, purchase of capital parts and shop equipment, service vehicles, computer hardware and software,...
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) received a $19.9 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 27, 2021 to purchase ten electric buses and associated infrastructure. The grant will also provide $4.8 million for operating assistance over the first three years the buses are in service on new routes connecting the Central Business District of Memphis to the Memphis International Airport via several transit centers. The infrastructure portion of $11.12 million will fund electric charging stations to be installed at MATA's facilities and transit centers. The total federal share is $15.92 million with the non-federal share of $3.98 million provided by the City of Memphis. This award will allow MATA to upgrade bus service using energy efficient electric vehicles while reducing operating costs over the grant performance period concluding on March 30, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $15.9m | 8/27/21 |