The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,422,042 Formula Grant under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) to the Knoxville-Knox County Planning organization on June 18, 2024. This funding will support capital purchases of 16 accessible vehicles (minivans, vans, SUVs/sedans) for 5 nonprofit agencies serving seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Knoxville urban area. Additionally, the grant provides operating...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $210,000 Project Grant to the Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) to purchase up to three demand-response transit vehicles. The vehicles will replace aging vehicles used by CAC Transit to provide transportation services for seniors, people with disabilities, and the general public throughout the Knoxville urbanized area. Eighty percent of project...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration totaling $242,025 provides funding under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) to support transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in Tennessee. The Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority is the primary recipient and will use the funding to support three sub-awards. Southeast Development Foundation Inc. will...
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) received a $361,200 project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) on September 8, 2021. The grant funding will be used to provide capital investments and mobility management programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 while enhancing transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in rural areas of...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration awarded the City of Knoxville, Tennessee a $24.6 million Project Grant under the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (CFDA 20.507) on January 6, 2022 to support public transportation services through February 23, 2023. The grant subsidizes fixed-route and complementary paratransit services provided by Knoxville Area Transit, funding preventative maintenance, operations, safety and security expenses, and paratransit service...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $39.9 million Project Grant to the Tennessee Department of Transportation on June 9, 2021 with a completion date of March 30, 2026. The grant falls under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), which aims to improve, initiate or continue public transportation services in nonurbanized areas and small cities under 50,000 in population as well as provide technical assistance to rural...
The City of Knoxville, Tennessee was awarded a $3,992,411 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program on June 14, 2022. The grant will fund the purchase of replacement transit buses to maintain a safe and reliable public transportation fleet through March 31, 2027. As part of the Urbanized Area Formula Funding program, the grant provides capital assistance for transit vehicles to ensure...
This $2,571,950 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides operating assistance to the Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC) to deliver demand-response public transportation, job access transportation, preventative vehicle maintenance, and safety/security services for residents in Knox County, Tennessee outside the Knoxville city limits and areas not served by the...
The City of Knoxville, Tennessee received a $1,432,610 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to deliver operating assistance for Knoxville Area Transit through March 31, 2022. The grant funding will support continuation of public transit services to meet CDC and federal pandemic requirements and help Knoxville Area Transit respond to and recover from impacts of the COVID-19...
This $779,368 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) will fund several transportation projects in the Chattanooga, Tennessee region. The prime grantee, the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), will use the funding to: Purchase an accessible van for the Orange Grove Center to provide transportation services for individuals with...