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 $101,990 Project Grant under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) to the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Metropolitan Planning Commission on March 12, 2022. The grant will fund operating assistance for three sub-recipients providing transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Knoxville, TN urbanized area through June 30, 2025. The Knoxville...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $101,991 Project Grant to the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The grant funds will support operating assistance for the Knoxville Knox County Community Action Committee Volunteer Assisted Transportation program. This program provides transportation services to seniors and individuals with disabilities in...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $7,650,396 project grant to the Tennessee Department of Transportation under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) program. The purpose of this award is to improve mobility options for seniors and individuals with disabilities throughout Tennessee by funding activities including state administration, mobility management, and the purchase of accessible vehicles. A total of...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $241,028 Project Grant to the Tennessee Department of Transportation under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) federal grant program. The funding will be used to purchase four 30-foot buses to provide and enhance coordinated transportation services for elderly individuals and persons with disabilities in Tennessee's small urban areas. Subrecipients Cleveland Area Transit and...
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...
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...
The City of Knoxville was awarded a $8,321,251 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to subsidize fixed-route and complementary paratransit services in Knoxville, Tennessee. The grant will fund preventative maintenance, operating expense support, paratransit service subsidies, and safety/security expenses to maintain the transit fleet in a state of good repair and provide safe and...
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 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...