Port Authority Of Allegheny County Inc.

Port Authority Of Allegheny County Inc., doing business as Pittsburgh Regional Transit, is a U.S. government entity and county transit authority that acts as a prime recipient of federal transit grants from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, with no federal contract prime or subcontract presence.

PRT operates as a transit authority providing bus and light rail service in the Pittsburgh region and receives Federal Transit Administration funding for capital projects, preventive maintenance, fleet modernization, and planning activities. The vendor's federal footprint consists almost entirely of FTA formula and project grants (157 of 163 awards, or 96%, as prime recipient). Recent major awards include a $35.5 million All Stations Accessibility Program (CFDA 20.533) grant awarded August 26, 2026, to convert three low-level, non-ADA-compliant light rail stations on the Red Line into high-level, ADA-compliant stations through March 31, 2032; a $41.1 million State of Good Repair formula grant (CFDA 20.525) awarded September 23, 2025, funding preventive maintenance for bus and rail infrastructure, new fareboxes, and bridge rehabilitation through July 1, 2028; a $260.1 million Capital Investment Grants project award (CFDA 20.500) issued March 30, 2023, for the Downtown-Uptown-Oakland Bus Rapid Transit Project, a 7.1-mile BRT line with 16 stations and dedicated lanes with completion targeted for November 2027; and a $19.3 million Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants award (CFDA 20.500) issued May 25, 2023, also supporting the Downtown-Uptown-Oakland BRT project. The vendor also receives formula grants under the Buses and Bus Facilities Program (CFDA 20.526), supporting bus purchases, paratransit operations, and preventive maintenance.

Federal Transit Administration dominates customer concentration, accounting for 116 of 163 total awards (71% of award count). Secondary customers include the Federal Emergency Management Agency (8 awards), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (5 awards, $200 thousand potential value), and the Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary Transportation (5 awards, $303 thousand potential value). PRT functions as a sub-recipient on Section 5310 grants supporting services for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, with sub-awards dating to at least April 2024; the County of Allegheny served as prime grantee on one May 7, 2024, sub-award for electric transit bus replacement.

Grant work spans capital infrastructure projects, fleet acquisition and electrification, station accessibility retrofits, preventive maintenance, multimodal planning studies (including equitable transit-oriented development and bus network redesign), and passenger amenities such as bike lockers, park-and-ride space-availability systems, and electric charging infrastructure for battery-electric buses. Work is performed in Pennsylvania, primarily in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and Allegheny County. The combined obligated value across all awards totals $4.27 billion against a combined potential value of $570 thousand, reflecting the large dollar magnitude of completed and ongoing capital grants relative to their reported potential-value ceilings. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.