This $4,109,954.00 Project Grant was awarded on June 28, 2023 by the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The grant provides funding for the City of Harrisonburg to purchase replacement buses and an intelligent transportation system (ITS) for its paratransit vehicle fleet. The expected outcomes are to improve the efficiency and vehicle replacement of the Harrisonburg public transit system, which directly...
The City of Harrisonburg received a $9,794,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) to provide operating assistance for the city's fixed-route transit operations during the period of 6/1/2024 to 6/30/2025. The award will fund the city's public transportation services, including salaries, wages, and maintenance of federally funded assets, with the intended outcome of continuing to provide...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $5,862,511 Project Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). The grant will fund the replacement of 34 less than 30-foot body on chassis buses and 4 vans for 11 rural transit agencies across 45 localities in rural southwest, central, and eastern Virginia. The new, clean and modern vehicles are expected to...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534), is providing $3,071,460.00 in funding to the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (doing business as Hampton Roads Transit) to purchase two 40-foot electric buses for expansion of their paratransit service. The funding will enable Hampton Roads Transit to continue...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $11,584,637 Formula Grant under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) to the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, doing business as Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), on February 26, 2025. The grant funding will support a range of capital projects to maintain and improve HRT's public transportation infrastructure, including the purchase of 22 replacement 29-ft buses, 12 expansion paratransit vans, and 21 replacement...
The Town of Blacksburg, Virginia received a $12.3 million Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on April 28, 2023. The funding will support capital purchases critical to Blacksburg Transit's continued provision of safe, clean, and reliable public transportation services through June 2025. Specifically, the Town will use the funds to purchase buses, support vehicles, shop equipment,...
The Federal Transit Administration awarded a $27,275,797 Project Grant to the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) Transit Systems on August 9, 2021 to replace buses and provide operating assistance through June 30, 2024. Funding comes from the FTA's Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526), which provides capital funding for bus procurement, rehabilitation, and facilities, as well as for low-emission bus projects. GRTC will use the funds...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,800,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534) to the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, doing business as Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), on June 27, 2024. The funding will be used to purchase paratransit vehicles critical to continuing HRT's provision of clean, safe, and reliable paratransit services throughout the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. The grant...
The City of High Point, North Carolina received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration on June 1, 2021 to purchase a replacement diesel bus. The funding was provided through the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to support the Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program. This program makes federal resources available to local and regional governments for transit capital assistance....
The Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, doing business as Hampton Roads Transit, was awarded a $4.8 million project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 26, 2021. The grant funding will support Hampton Roads Transit's continued advancement of an enterprise asset management system and replacement of its badge access control system. These capital purchases are considered critical to Hampton Roads Transit's...