Transit Authority Of

Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK), a U.S. local government entity and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, operates as a direct recipient of federal transit operating and capital grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration, with no prime contracting footprint and no subcontractor role. TACK's federal relationship is exclusively grant-based, serving a single customer agency across twenty-five awards totaling $55.4 million obligated to date.

TACK's grant portfolio centers on public transit operations and fleet capital in Hardin and Meade counties, Kentucky. Operating grants under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) dominate the award count and dollar value, funding driver salaries, fuel, and consumable operating expenses to sustain deviated fixed-route and demand-response service. Representative operating awards include a $5.503 million award dated July 20, 2026, with performance extending through March 30, 2033; a $4.868 million award dated July 22, 2025, through March 30, 2032; and a $4.768 million award dated November 15, 2024, through March 30, 2031. TACK also holds formula grants under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) funding accessible transportation services and vehicle replacement — an $820 thousand award dated August 6, 2025, combining FY23 and FY24 allocations with capital for four wheelchair-accessible vehicles and operating expense funding with 50% local match requirement, and a $906.5 thousand award dated August 22, 2022, funding four replacement vehicles and senior/disability transportation operating assistance. Capital grants under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula Grant program (CFDA 20.526) support fleet modernization, including a $178.5 thousand award dated July 29, 2025, for two replacement vehicles and communications equipment (radios, microphones, video cameras). A $657.1 thousand capital award dated January 8, 2025, funds construction and equipment for a new forty-year training center at TACK's facility in Elizabethtown to expand employee training capacity. Earlier capital awards funded facility rehabilitation, security infrastructure, and office equipment purchases under Section 5339 and Section 5307 programs.

Activity shows modest recent concentration: four awards in 2025 and one in 2026, against one in 2023 and one in 2024. The Federal Transit Administration accounts for 100% of TACK's award count and obligated dollars. All twenty-five awards carry TACK as direct prime recipient with no sub-recipients named, reflecting the organization's role as a local government transit operator consuming federal operating and capital assistance rather than as a contracting vehicle or pass-through entity. TACK does not compete for federal contracts and holds no seats on IDIQs, GWACs, or agency-wide contract vehicles. The federal footprint aligns entirely with transit agency mission: sustaining public transportation operations and modernizing rolling stock and facility infrastructure serving a small urbanized Kentucky region.