The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority a $171,265 project grant under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The grant funds will support transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Austin urbanized area from January 2022 through December 2025. Specifically, $17,126 will go toward Capital Metro's program administration costs, and the...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $171,263 project grant to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (CFDA 20.513) federal grant program. The grant provides operating assistance to three sub-awardees to deliver transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Austin, Texas urbanized area from February 2022 through December 2025. Specifically,...
This $3,300,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) will enable the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capmetro) in Austin, Texas to purchase 26 new wheelchair-accessible paratransit vehicles. These vehicles will replace Capmetro's existing fleet of vehicles that have exceeded their minimum useful life, including...
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capmetro) received a $42,096,396 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on March 11, 2021. The grant funding will support Capmetro's capital costs for contracting services to support public transportation operations in the Austin, Texas urbanized area through January 31, 2022. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes...
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capmetro) received a $66.2 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on February 25, 2021. The funding will support Capmetro's operating assistance through January 5, 2023. The Federal Transit Formula Grants program makes federal resources available to local and regional authorities for transit capital, operating...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $20,000,000 Buses and Bus Facilities Program grant (CFDA 20.526) to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) in Austin, Texas. The funding will be used to construct the Springdale Demand Response Operations and Maintenance Facility, a new state-of-the-art site to accommodate the growing fleet of MetroAccess paratransit and PICKUP on-demand vehicles. The project will support operational and maintenance efficiencies,...
This federal Project Grant award of $8,733,721 from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) provides funding for transportation services and capital purchases serving seniors and individuals with disabilities in Texas. The Texas Department of Transportation received the award on August 31, 2021 to distribute funding through September 30, 2025 across 39 sub-awards to transit districts,...
The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) received a $1,125,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500). The funding will support planning activities for a transit-oriented development (TOD) pilot site at the North Lamar Transit Center in Austin, Texas. Key activities include conducting real estate market and operations feasibility studies, as well as conceptual design work,...
This $128.2 million federal Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) provides operating assistance to Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) in Austin, Texas. The funding will support Capital Metro's operating activities and expenses from April 2021 through September 2024 as the recipient responds to and recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Capital Metro will use...
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) received a $8,226,598 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration's (CFDA 20.513) Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program. The grant will enable Texas transit districts to provide public transportation services in rural and small urban areas of Texas. Key activities include operating assistance, mobility management, vehicle preventive maintenance, capital projects for transit infrastructure, and state...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $4,175,517 Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities grant to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capmetro) on July 20, 2023. The grant will provide $2,650,112 in capital and operating funds to Capmetro and 9 subrecipient organizations to expand transportation services for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Austin urbanized area. Key activities include purchasing replacement vehicles, providing contracted transportation services, offering volunteer-based rides, implementing mobility management, and covering operating costs. Subrecipients delivering these services include local non-profit organizations, government agencies, and rural transit providers focused on improving access to healthcare, grocery, social services and community engagement for the target populations.