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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 41 / Monday, March 2, 2020 / Notices
Dated: February 25, 2020.
Ivan Marrero,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. 2020–04235 Filed 2–28–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Announcement of Fiscal Year 2019
Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities
Program Project Selections
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; announcement of project
selections. Grants for Buses and Bus
Facilities Program.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
allocation of $423,329,839 to projects
under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Grants
for Buses and Bus Facilities Program
(Bus Program) and provides
administrative guidance on project
implementation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Successful applicants should contact
the appropriate FTA Regional Office for
information regarding applying for the
funds or program-specific information.
A list of Regional Offices can be found
at www.transit.dot.gov/. Unsuccessful
applicants may contact Mark G.
Bathrick, Office of Program Management
at (202) 366–9955, email:
Mark.Bathrick@dot.gov, within 30 days
of this announcement to arrange a
proposal debriefing. A TDD is available
at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal
public transportation law (49 U.S.C.
5339(b)) authorizes FTA to make
competitive grants for buses and bus
facilities. Federal public transportation
law (49 U.S.C. 5338) authorized
$263,219,530 for competitive allocations
in FY 2019. The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116–
6) appropriated an additional $160
million for the Bus Program for FY
2019. An additional $130,710 of
unawarded FY 2018 funding was also
made available. After the statutory set
aside for oversight, $423,350,240 was
made available for competitive grants
under the Bus Program.
On May 15, 2019, FTA published a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
(84 FR 21899) announcing the
availability of $423,350,240 in
competitive funding under the Bus
Program. These funds will provide
financial assistance to states and eligible
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SUMMARY:
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public agencies to replace, rehabilitate,
purchase, or lease buses, vans, and
related equipment, and for capital
projects to rehabilitate, purchase,
construct, or lease bus-related facilities.
In response to the NOFO, FTA received
318 eligible project proposals from 43
States and the District of Columbia,
totaling approximately $1.89 billion in
Federal funds. Project proposals were
evaluated based on each applicant’s
responsiveness to the program
evaluation criteria outlined in the
NOFO.
Based on the criteria in the NOFO,
FTA is funding 94 projects, as shown in
Table 1, for a total of $423,329,839.
Recipients selected for competitive
funding are required to work with their
FTA Regional Office to submit a grant
application in FTA’s Transit Award
Management System (TrAMS) for the
projects identified in the attached table
to quickly obligate funds. Grant
applications must only include eligible
activities applied for in the original
project application. Funds must be used
consistent with the competitive
proposal and for the eligible capital
purposes described in the NOFO.
In cases where the allocation amount
is less than the proposer’s total
requested amount, recipients are
required to fund the scalable project
option as described in the application.
If the award amount does not
correspond to the scalable option, the
recipient should work with the Regional
Office to reduce scope or scale the
project such that a complete phase or
project is accomplished. Recipients may
also provide additional local funds to
complete a proposed project. A
discretionary project identification
number has been assigned to each
project for tracking purposes and must
be used in the TrAMS application.
Selected projects are eligible to incur
costs under pre-award authority no
earlier than the date projects were
publicly announced, November 25,
2019. Pre-award authority does not
guarantee that project expenses incurred
prior to the award of a grant will be
eligible for reimbursement, as eligibility
for reimbursement is contingent upon
other requirements, such as planning
and environmental requirements,
having been met. For more about FTA’s
policy on pre-award authority, please
see the FTA Fiscal Year 2019
Apportionments, Allocations, and
Program Information and Interim
Guidance (84 FR 31984). Post-award
reporting requirements include
submission of Federal Financial Reports
and Milestone Progress Reports in
TrAMS (see FTA.C.5010.1E). Recipients
must comply with all applicable Federal
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statutes, regulations, executive orders,
FTA circulars, and other Federal
requirements in carrying out the project
supported by the FTA grant. FTA
emphasizes that recipients must follow
all third-party procurement
requirements set forth in Federal public
transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5325(a))
and described in the FTA Third Party
Contracting Guidance Circular (FTA
Circular 4220.1). Funds allocated in this
announcement must be obligated in a
grant by September 30, 2023.
Technical Review And Evaluation
Summary: The FTA assessed all project
proposals that were submitted under the
FY 2019 Bus Program competition
according to the following evaluation
criteria. The specific metrics for each
criterion were described in the May 15,
2019, NOFO:
1. Demonstration of Need
2. Demonstration of Benefits
3. Planning/Local Prioritization
4. Local Financial Commitment
5. Project Implementation Strategy
6. Technical, Legal, and Financial
Capacity
For each project, a technical review
panel assigned a rating of Highly
Recommended, Recommended, or Not
Recommended for each of the six
criteria. The technical review panel then
assigned an overall rating of Highly
Recommended, Recommended, Not
Recommended, or Ineligible to the
project proposal.
Projects were assigned a final overall
rating of Highly Recommended if they
were rated Highly Recommended in at
least four categories overall, with no Not
Recommended ratings. Projects were
assigned a final overall rating of
Recommended if the projects had three
or more Recommended ratings and no
Not Recommended ratings. Projects
were assigned a rating of Not
Recommended if they received a Not
Recommended rating in any criteria. A
summary of the final overall ratings for
all 318 eligible project proposals is
shown in the table below.
OVERALL PROJECT RATINGS
[Eligible submissions]
Highly Recommended ..........
Recommended .....................
Not Recommended ...............
188
96
34
Total ..................................
318
As outlined in the NOFO, FTA made
the final selections based on the
technical ratings as well as geographic
diversity, percentage of local cost share,
departmental objectives, location in an
opportunity zone, and/or receipt of
other recent competitive awards.
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As further outlined in the NOFO, in
some cases, due to funding limitations,
proposers that were selected for funding
received less than the amount originally
requested.
K. Jane Williams,
Acting Administrator.
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TABLE 1—FY 2019 GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS
State
Applicant
Project ID
Project description
AK ................
Chickaloon Native Village
D2020–BUSC–001
AK ................
Kenaitze Indian Tribe
(IRA).
D2020–BUSC–002
AK ................
Nulato Village ..................
D2020–BUSC–003
AL ................
Tuscaloosa County Parking and Transit Authority.
D2020–BUSC–004
AZ ................
Northern Arizona InterD2020–BUSC–005
governmental Public
Transportation Authority.
AZ ................
White Mountain Apache
Tribe.
D2020–BUSC–006
CA ...............
California Department of
Transportation on behalf of Full Access and
Coordinated Transportation, Inc (FACT).
D2020–BUSC–007
CA ...............
California Department of
Transportation on behalf of Redwood Coast
Transit Authority
(RCTA).
D2020–BUSC–008
CA ...............
California Department of
Transportation on behalf of Tehama County
Transit Agency Board.
D2020–BUSC–009
CA ...............
California Department of
Transportation on behalf of Yosemite Area
Regional Transportation
System.
D2020–BUSC–010
The Chickaloon Native Village will receive funding
for a replacement accessible minivan for the
Chickaloon Area Transit System (CATS). This
project will improve safety, reliability and mobility
for tribal residents in Southcentral Alaska.
The Kenaitze Indian Tribe will receive funding to rehabilitate a facility for transit vehicle maintenance
needed to extend useful bus life and maintain a
state of good repair in this rural, sub-arctic region
of Alaska. This project will improve safety, state
of good repair and improve service reliability for
tribal residents on the Kenai Peninsula in
Southcentral Alaska.
The Nulato Village will receive funding to purchase
a bus to provide tribal residents and members of
the public with safe and reliable transit to the
Nulato Airport. The project will improve safety and
allow residents to stay out of extreme weather
while traveling to and from the airport in rural
Alaska.
The Tuscaloosa County Parking and Transit Authority will receive funding to replace buses that are
at the end of their useful life. This project will improve safety, support state of good repair, and
accommodate ridership.
The Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public
Transportation Authority, which operates Mountain Line transit service in Flagstaff, will receive
funding for essential projects, including construction of a Downtown Connection Center and the
purchase of all-electric buses to replace diesel
and hybrid buses that have exceeded their useful
life. The projects will improve safety, support state
of good repair, and accommodate growing ridership, including students at Northern Arizona University.
The White Mountain Apache Tribe, which operates
the Fort Apache Connection transit service on the
Fort Apache Indian Reservation in the east central region of Arizona, will receive funding to purchase new vehicles and expand transit service.
The project will improve safety and reliability and
ensure continued transit service for tribal residents on the Indian Reservation, which includes
parts of Navajo, Gila, and Apache counties.
Full Access and Coordinated Transportation, Inc
(FACT), which provides specialized transportation
services for residents of San Diego County, will
receive funding to purchase accessible vehicles
that will replace vehicles that have exceeded their
useful life. The new vehicles will improve access,
mobility and service reliability for people with disabilities, seniors and others who use the service.
Redwood Coast Transit Authority (RCTA) will receive funding to purchase new buses that will replace buses that have exceeded their useful life.
The new buses will improve safety, reliability and
state of good repair for the system, which provides transit service for residents in rural Del
Norte County in northern California.
Tehama County Transit Agency Board will receive
funding to renovate existing buildings at the
Tehama Rural Area Express (TRAX) transit facility in Red Bluff, California. The renovations will
help improve transit service and reliability for rural
residents of Tehama County in northern California.
Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System
(YARTS) will receive funding to purchase batteryelectric over-the-road coach buses equipped with
ADA lifts and restrooms. The new vehicles will
improve access and transit service for residents
and visitors to Yosemite National Park and the
surrounding communities.
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Funded amount
Overall rating
$53,966
Highly Recommended.
1,600,000
Highly Recommended.
179,885
Recommended.
2,018,750
Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
160,000
Highly Recommended.
466,883
Highly Recommended.
260,000
Highly Recommended.
592,998
Highly Recommended.
4,335,000
Highly Recommended.
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TABLE 1—FY 2019 GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS—Continued
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State
Applicant
Project ID
Project description
The Fresno Council of Governments will receive
funding for the Fresno County Rural Transit
Agency to construct a new state-of-the-art bus
maintenance and operations facility. The new facility will improve safety, reliability and state of
good repair for the transit system, which provides
service to residents throughout the rural areas of
Fresno County.
Kings County Area Public Transit Agency will receive funding to purchase new buses that will replace buses that have exceeded their useful life.
The new buses will improve safety, reliability and
state of good repair for the system, which provides transit service for residents in the Central
San Joaquin Valley.
Solano County Transit will receive funding to plan,
construct, and install electrical charging infrastructure to accommodate an all-electric bus fleet that
is planned for the future. The project will improve
safety and reliability for residents who use the
transit service to travel in Solano County, which is
part of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced
County (The Bus) will receive funding to purchase
zero-emission electric buses and associated
charging equipment to replace the agency’s gasoline-fueled buses that have exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will improve safety and reliability for residents who use the service to travel
in Merced County, which is located in the San
Joaquin Valley of California.
Mountain Metropolitan Transit in Colorado Springs
will receive funding to purchase battery electric
buses and charging stations to expand transit
service on one of its busiest routes. The buses
will allow MMT to accommodate growing ridership
and provide a responsive transit service for people accessing jobs, school and community services.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of the Town of
Breckenridge to replace diesel buses that have
exceed their useful life with battery-electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. The fleet helps
Breckenridge, home to one of Colorado’s largest
ski resorts, provide access to jobs, services and
tourist sites.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of Laradon Hall Society
for Exceptional Children and Adults in Denver to
replace transit vans that transport people with disabilities to and from campus. The vehicles will replace vans that have exceeded their useful life,
improving safety and reliability.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of the Roaring Fork
Transportation Authority to replace buses that
have exceeded their useful life. The replacement
buses will enhance the rural transit agency’s network throughout the Roaring Fork Valley of Central Colorado and help accommodate growing ridership.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of Snowmass Village in
rural Pitkin County to replace buses that have exceed their useful life. The replacement vehicles
will reduce maintenance costs and improve reliability for the Snowmass Village Shuttle, which
provides residents access to jobs and services.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of Winter Park Lift in
Colorado’s Grand County, to build a maintenance
facility for its bus fleet. The infrastructure investment will help the three-year-old transit system
house administrative offices and dispatching services, with additional space for future new buses
and electric charging facilities.
CA ...............
Fresno Council of Governments (Fresno
County Rural Transit
Agency).
D2020–BUSC–011
CA ...............
Kings County Area Public
Transit Agency.
D2020–BUSC–012
CA ...............
Solano County Transit .....
D2020–BUSC–013
CA ...............
Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced
County (The Bus).
D2020–BUSC–014
CO ...............
City of Colorado Springs
(Mountain Metropolitan
Transit).
D2020–BUSC–015
CO ...............
Colorado Department of
Transportation
(Breckenridge Free
Ride).
D2020–BUSC–016
CO ...............
Colorado Department of
Transportation (Laradon
Hall Society for Exceptional Children and
Adults).
D2020–BUSC–017
CO ...............
Colorado Department of
Transportation (Roaring
Fork Transportation Authority).
D2020–BUSC–018
CO ...............
Colorado Department of
Transportation
(Snowmass Village
Shuttle).
D2020–BUSC–019
CO ...............
Colorado Department of
Transportation (Winter
Park Lift).
D2020–BUSC–020
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Funded amount
Overall rating
5,145,281
Highly Recommended.
3,279,570
Highly Recommended.
1,800,000
Highly Recommended.
2,000,000
Highly Recommended.
1,621,500
Highly Recommended.
2,015,775
Highly Recommended.
199,500
Highly Recommended.
1,788,312
Highly Recommended.
400,000
12,000,000
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Highly Recommended.
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State
Applicant
Project ID
Project description
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA) will receive funding to upgrade its
farebox system on its fleet of buses with modern,
supported technologies. This technology upgrade
will enhance operational reliability, while enabling
WMATA to introduce new buses to their fleet.
Broward County Transit will receive funding to rehabilitate its existing operations and maintenance
buildings, construct new administration/operations
and training buildings and add infrastructure for
electric buses. This project will improve safety
and state of good repair for facilities that were
originally built in the 1980’s.
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
(HART) will receive funding to purchase new
CNG buses to replace diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life. This project will improve
safety, state of good repair and ensure continued
transit services for residents of Hillsborough
County, Florida.
The University of Georgia, which provides transit
service to the residents of Athens, Georgia and
the University of Georgia campus, will receive
funding to purchase new electric buses to replace
older buses that have exceeded their useful life.
The new vehicles will improve safety, state of
good repair and service reliability.
The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation
will receive funding to purchase new accessible
vehicles and buses to replace those that have exceeded their useful life for the County of Hawai’i
and the County of Kaua’i. The new vehicles will
improve safety and reliability for residents who
use public transit to commute to work on long
commuter routes such as the Hilo-to-South
Kohala Resort route (approximately 200 miles
round trip) and East Hawaii-to-West Hawaii commuter route (approximately 160 miles round trip).
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
(DART) will receive funding to construct a new
operations and maintenance facility to replace an
outdated and undersized facility. The new building
will be located in downtown Des Moines, away
from the current facility’s flood-prone area.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will receive
funding to replace rural buses throughout the
state that have exceeded their useful life Iowa.
DOT estimates that more than half of its statewide transit bus fleet is in need of replacement.
The City of Lewiston in northern Idaho will receive
funding to construct a transit center at the Lewiston Community Center, which currently does not
have any infrastructure designed specifically for
transit needs. The project will repurpose the west
side of the parking lot to construct a small transit
center where passengers have access to amenities and where transit activities can take place
more safely and reliably.
Connect Transit will receive funding to improve bus
stops by adding shelters and benches as well as
infrastructure that complies with the Americans
with Disabilities Act. The upgrades will enhance
safety for riders, better accommodate passenger
transfers between buses, and attract new customers.
The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District will
receive funding to renovate and expand the Illinois Terminal, a transportation hub with local and
intercity buses and passenger rail. The project will
improve safety and accommodate rising demand
at the terminal, which is part of a joint development project that includes plans for a hotel and
conference center as well as residential and commercial development.
DC ...............
Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority
(WMATA).
D2020–BUSC–021
FL ................
Broward County Transit ...
D2020–BUSC–022
FL ................
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
(HART).
D2020–BUSC–023
GA ...............
University of Georgia .......
D2020–BUSC–024
HI .................
State of Hawaii Department of Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–025
IA .................
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
(DART).
D2020–BUSC–026
IA .................
Iowa Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–027
ID .................
City of Lewiston ...............
D2020–BUSC–028
IL .................
Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System (DBA
Connect Transit).
D2020–BUSC–029
IL .................
Champaign-Urbana Mass
Transit District.
D2020–BUSC–030
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Funded amount
Overall rating
11,040,000
Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
4,300,000
Highly Recommended.
7,462,000
Highly Recommended.
6,586,650
Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
9,414,785
Highly Recommended.
64,000
Recommended.
500,000
Highly Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
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State
Project ID
Project description
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will
receive funding to replace buses, improve maintenance facilities and purchase bus equipment in
the downstate region. The funding will allow transit providers in rural areas and small cities to accommodate growing ridership, improve safety and
reliability, address state of good repair needs and
reduce maintenance costs.
Bloomington Transit will receive funding to replace
and upgrade the fare collection system on its
fixed-route service buses. The new fare collection
system will allow Bloomington Transit to expand
fare payment options for riders, reduce farebox
maintenance costs and obtain more accurate fare
counts.
Wichita Transit will receive funding to build a replacement transit center to meet current and future regional transportation needs. The building
will connect 17 bus routes, four circulator trolleys
and commuter transit and boost economic development in the West Bank area of the Arkansas
River.
The Transit Authority of River City (TARC) will receive funding to purchase new buses to replace
older buses that have exceeded their useful life.
This project will improve safety, state of good repair and improve service reliability for residents
who rely on bus service in the Greater Louisville
area.
Jefferson Transit will receive funding to build a new
operations center to replace an aging, makeshift
operations facility. The new center will be double
the size of the current facility in order to accommodate critical safety, dispatch and training functions while providing passengers seeking to purchase passes and fare cards with a modern facility that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
will receive funding to purchase biodiesel buses
to replace buses that RTA purchased after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the authority’s bus fleet in
2005. Those buses have reached the end of their
useful life, and new buses will allow RTA to enhance safety, improve service and reduce vehicle
breakdowns.
The Montachusett Regional Transit Authority in
north central Massachusetts will receive funding
to replace buses that have exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will improve safety through
the installation of security cameras, boost reliability and lower maintenance costs.
Baltimore County, Maryland, will receive funding to
purchase new buses and new infrastructure for
the proposed Towson Circulator project. This
project will improve access and mobility for the
transit riding public through the creation of a new
transit service.
Delmarva Community Services will receive funding
to purchase new vehicles and support infrastructure. This project will improve safety, state of
good repair and enhance mobility for riders in
Kent, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester Counties.
The St. Mary’s Transit System, which provides service in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, will receive
funding to expand its vehicle maintenance facility
for its bus fleet.
The Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore
of Maryland (Shore Transit) will receive funding to
purchase new vehicles to replace older vehicles
that have exceeded their useful life. This project
will improve safety, state of good repair and service reliability for riders in Maryland’s lower eastern
shore counties of Somerset, Wicomico, and
Worcester.
IL .................
Illinois Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–031
IN .................
Bloomington Public
Transportation Corporation (Bloomington Transit).
D2020–BUSC–032
KS ................
City of Wichita .................
D2020–BUSC–033
KY ................
Transit Authority of River
City (TARC).
D2020–BUSC–034
LA ................
Jefferson Parish, Inc (Jefferson Transit).
D2020–BUSC–035
LA ................
New Orleans Regional
Transit Authority (RTA).
D2020–BUSC–036
MA ...............
Montachusett Regional
Transit Authority.
D2020–BUSC–037
MD ...............
Baltimore County, Maryland.
D2020–BUSC–038
MD ...............
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) on behalf
of Delmarva Community Services.
D2020–BUSC–039
MD ...............
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) on behalf
of St. Mary’s Transit
System.
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) on behalf
of Tri-County Council
for the Lower Eastern
Shore of Maryland
(Shore Transit).
D2020–BUSC–040
MD ...............
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Funded amount
Overall rating
8,046,999
Highly Recommended.
1,125,000
Highly Recommended.
14,232,816
Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
4,300,000
Highly Recommended.
7,246,315
Highly Recommended.
4,500,000
Highly Recommended.
1,651,720
Highly Recommended.
248,000
Recommended.
76,500
Recommended.
850,000
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State
Applicant
Project ID
Project description
The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit
Committee, operating four bus routes and six
seasonal trolley routes near Portland, Maine, will
receive funding to replace buses that have exceeded their useful life. The replacement vehicles
will improve safety, reduce maintenance costs
and improve reliability.
The City of Bangor will receive funding for construction of a new Bangor Transportation Center to replace an aging bus depot that has exceeded its
useful life. The new transportation center will
boost ridership and serve as a multi-modal facility
for the City’s Community Connector fixed route,
shared ride services, intercity buses and other active transit.
The Maine Department of Transportation will receive funding to replace buses for three regional
transit providers spanning eight Maine counties.
The new buses will improve the fleets’ state of
good repair, reduce maintenance costs and improve the passenger experience.
The City of Detroit Department of Transportation
(DDOT) will receive funding to purchase new
fareboxes to modernize its fare collection system.
The new fareboxes will reduce the frequency and
cost of repairs, improve boarding times and
schedule adherence, and expand fare payment
options for passengers.
The Flint Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) will
receive funding to purchase propane transit buses
and CNG commuter buses to replace diesel
buses that have exceeded their useful life. The
new buses will allow MTA to improve safety, efficiency and service reliability, especially on MTA’s
peak hour and regional routes that transport passengers to work and school.
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians will receive funding so that Red Lake Public Transit can
purchase new buses and equipment, allowing it to
expand its bus fleet to accommodate growing ridership. Red Lake Public Transit provides on-demand bus service on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, which is located in a rural area of northwest Minnesota.
The Bi-State Development Agency of St. Louis will
receive funding to transform bus stops into mobility hubs to improve safety and create a more welcoming experience for riders. The hubs will improve accessibility and include amenities such as
benches, lighting and community information, at
key transit transfer points.
The Missouri Department of Transportation will receive funding to construct two storage and maintenance facilities for rural transit providers. The
facilities will save operational costs compared to
using contract services, add efficiencies and help
keep transit buses in a state of good repair.
Coast Transit Authority will receive funding to construct a bridge structure between the Gulfport
Transit Center and the Jones Park Bus Station in
Gulfport, MS. This project will provide pedestrian
safety and improved mobility between these two
locations.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation will
receive funding to purchase new buses. This
project will support service expansion throughout
the state and help meet the needs of Mississippi
residents who rely on transportation services to
get to employment opportunities and an increasing demand for health care destinations.
The City of Billings Metropolitan Transit System will
receive funding to replace buses that have exceeded their useful life. The buses will help the
agency increase safety, maintain its bus fleet in a
state of good repair and ensure safe and reliable
service to the residents of Billings, Montana’s
largest city.
ME ...............
Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit
Committee.
D2020–BUSC–042
ME ...............
City of Bangor ..................
D2020–BUSC–043
ME ...............
Maine Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–044
MI ................
City of Detroit Department
of Transportation
(DDOT).
D2020–BUSC–045
MI ................
Flint Mass Transportation
Authority (MTA).
D2020–BUSC–046
MN ...............
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
D2020–BUSC–047
MO ...............
Bi-State Development
Agency.
D2020–BUSC–048
MO ...............
Missouri Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–049
MS ...............
Coast Transit Authority ....
D2020–BUSC–050
MS ...............
Mississippi Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–051
MT ...............
City of Billings Metropolitan Transit System.
D2020–BUSC–052
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Overall rating
880,000
Highly Recommended.
1,286,000
Highly Recommended.
1,057,567
Highly Recommended.
8,494,812
Highly Recommended.
4,300,000
Highly Recommended.
211,944
Recommended.
350,000
Highly Recommended.
5,120,000
Highly Recommended.
5,351,155
Highly Recommended.
5,680,000
Highly Recommended.
840,000
Highly Recommended.
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Applicant
Project ID
Project description
The Montana Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of North Central Montana
Transit to replace buses that have exceeded their
useful life and purchase the bus maintenance facility it has been renting. The agency, which provides service to two tribal governments—Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
and the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council—in north central Montana, provides trips to
healthcare, grocery stores and tribal colleges.
The City of Salisbury, on behalf of the Salisbury
Transit System, will receive funding to purchase
new vehicles to replace older vehicles that have
exceeded their useful life, and purchase bus
equipment. This project will improve safety and
state of good repair with new buses that will be
more reliable and reduce maintenance costs.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation,
on behalf of several rural transit systems, will receive funding to replace vehicles, as well as construct and renovate public transportation facilities
throughout the state. These projects will address
safety, state of good repair and critical transit
needs throughout the state.
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation
will receive funding to purchase new vehicles to
replace older vehicles that have exceeded their
useful life. The new vehicles will increase reliability and safety for passengers in Burlington,
Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem, NC.
The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha will receive funding to replace buses that have exceeded their useful life. The buses will help improve
reliability and help maintain the 98-vehicle fleet in
a state of good repair.
New Jersey Transit (NJT) will receive funding to
purchase new 60-foot buses to help expand capacity in Northern New Jersey. The project will
allow NJT to meet growing demand for its services.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation
(NMDOT) will receive funding to enable the North
Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) to design and construct a new operations and maintenance facility in Taos. The new facility will feature
more space and house more functions than the
current facility, allowing NCRTD to more efficiently maintain its buses and improve service reliability.
The Rio Metro Regional Transit District (RMRTD),
which provides bus service in central New Mexico, will receive funding to construct a new bus
administration and operations facility in Los
Lunas, New Mexico. The new facility will enable
RMRTD to consolidate its administrative and operations functions, increasing safety and security
for staff and improving operational efficiency.
Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
(CAMPO) will receive funding to purchase new
buses and replace aging vehicles that have exceeded their useful life. The new buses will improve transit service and reliability for the Jump
Around Carson (JAC) transit system, the largest
transit provider in Carson City, Nevada.
The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Indian Colony will receive funding to purchase a new passenger bus equipped
with a camera and fare box. It will also purchase
a camera and fare box for their current transit
bus. The project will improve transit service for
people living within the boundaries of the reservation and Indian colony, located in rural Churchill
County, Nevada.
MT ...............
Montana Department of
Transportation (North
Central Montana Transit).
D2020–BUSC–053
NC ...............
City of Salisbury ..............
D2020–BUSC–054
NC ...............
North Carolina Department of Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–055
NC ...............
Piedmont Authority for
D2020–BUSC–056
Regional Transportation.
NE ...............
Transit Authority of the
City of Omaha.
D2020–BUSC–057
NJ ................
New Jersey Transit ..........
D2020–BUSC–058
NM ...............
New Mexico Department
of Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–059
NM ...............
Rio Metro Regional Transit District (RMRTD).
D2020–BUSC–060
NV ...............
Carson Area Metropolitan
Planning Organization
(CAMPO).
D2020–BUSC–061
NV ...............
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone
Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Indian Colony.
D2020–BUSC–062
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Overall rating
510,088
Highly Recommended.
480,000
Highly Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
6,768,000
Highly Recommended.
4,709,375
Highly Recommended.
17,275,000
Highly Recommended.
5,251,090
Highly Recommended.
5,984,955
Highly Recommended.
455,000
Highly Recommended.
59,525
Highly Recommended.
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Project ID
Project description
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), which provides transit service
in Las Vegas and southern Nevada, will receive
funding to replace camera systems on fixed route,
paratransit and alternative transportation vehicles
to improve safety and operating efficiencies. RTC
also will receive funding to install a new paratransit bus wash and upgrade the existing fixed
route bus wash system at its Sunset Maintenance
Facility, which will also improve maintenance and
operations.
The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) will receive funding to provide safety, infrastructure and
passenger upgrades to its intermodal transit facility in Hempstead, New York. This project will improve safety and state of good repair for transit
riders utilizing the intermodal facility.
The New York City Department of Transportation
will receive funding for the Safe Routes to Transit
project to make infrastructure, pedestrian safety
and accessibility improvements for transit riders
along 86th Street in Brooklyn. This project will improve safety and state of good repair for the transit public utilizing bus service in this section of
Brooklyn, NY.
The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority
(RTA) will receive funding to purchase new buses
to replace buses that have exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will be more reliable than the
current buses, allowing the transit authority to reduce maintenance costs, and improve service reliability and on-time performance.
Laketran in Northeast Ohio will receive funding to
purchase battery electric buses and equipment as
well as to reconstruct a park and ride facility. The
funding will allow Laketran to replace diesel
buses that have exceeded their useful life and rehabilitate the park and ride facility to accommodate electric buses and improve access and facilities for passengers.
Western Reserve Transit Authority will receive funding to upgrade its maintenance bays for repairing
vehicles and updating the parts storage room.
The upgrades will help improve safety and transit
service for residents in the City of Youngstown
and Mahoning County.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will receive funding to purchase vans to replace vehicles that
have exceeded their useful life and expand the
free transit service it provides to elderly, disabled
and low income residents of rural southeastern
Oklahoma. The new vehicles will improve mobility
and access to healthcare for riders who need
transportation to non-emergency medical treatment such as chemotherapy and dialysis.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will receive funding to purchase new buses and vans to
expand rural service and replace vehicles that
have exceeded their useful life. The new vehicles
will allow rural transit providers in the state to reduce maintenance costs, improve safety and
meet rising demand for transit service.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will receive funding on behalf of rural transit providers
in the state to rehabilitate and expand operations
and maintenance facilities. The improved facilities
will allow the transit providers to enhance safety,
maintain vehicles in a state of good repair and
improve service for riders.
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
will receive funding on behalf of the City of
Woodburn to replace the oldest bus in the city’s
fleet with a new heavy-duty transit bus, significantly reducing transit repair and maintenance
costs. The new bus will improve access, mobility
and transit service for riders who use the service
in Woodburn.
NV ...............
Regional Transportation
Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC).
D2020–BUSC–063
NY ...............
Nassau County (Nassau
Inter-County Express).
D2020–BUSC–064
NY ...............
New York City Department of Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–065
OH ...............
Greater Dayton Regional
Transit Authority.
D2020–BUSC–066
OH ...............
Laketran ...........................
D2020–BUSC–067
OH ...............
Western Reserve Transit
Authority.
D2020–BUSC–068
OK ...............
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
D2020–BUSC–069
OK ...............
Oklahoma Department of
Transportation (ODOT).
D2020–BUSC–070
OK ...............
Oklahoma Department of
Transportation (ODOT).
D2020–BUSC–071
OR ...............
Oregon Department of
Transportation (City of
Woodburn).
D2020–BUSC–072
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Overall rating
7,475,000
Highly Recommended.
2,000,000
Highly Recommended.
9,000,000
Highly Recommended.
2,971,592
Highly Recommended.
4,300,000
Highly Recommended.
600,104
Highly Recommended.
1,378,403
Highly Recommended.
4,020,576
Highly Recommended.
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Recommended.
300,000
Recommended.
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Applicant
Project ID
Project description
OR ...............
Oregon Department of
Transportation (Mid-Columbia Economic Development District).
D2020–BUSC–073
OR ...............
Oregon Department of
Transportation (Yamhill
County Transit).
D2020–BUSC–074
OR ...............
Oregon Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–075
OR ...............
Salem Area Mass Transit
District.
D2020–BUSC–076
PA ................
Erie Metropolitan Transit
Authority.
D2020–BUSC–077
PA ................
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
D2020–BUSC–078
RI .................
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.
D2020–BUSC–079
SC ...............
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments.
D2020–BUSC–080
SC ...............
Greenville Transit Authority (Greenlink).
D2020–BUSC–081
SD ...............
SD Department Of Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–082
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
will receive funding on behalf of the Mid-Columbia
Economic Development District to replace LINK
buses that have exceeded their useful life. The
new LINK buses will improve access, mobility and
transit service for riders who use the service in
Wasco County.
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
will receive funding on behalf of Yamhill County
Transit to replace several buses that have exceeded their useful life. The new buses will improve access, mobility and transit service for riders who use the service in northern Oregon.
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
will receive funding to purchase a new bus for a
new rural public transportation bus route between
the communities of Eugene and Florence, Oregon. The route will link the valley with the coast
and provide a needed public transportation option
between these two communities that are 60 miles
apart.
Salem Area Mass Transit District, which operates
‘‘Cherriots’’ transit service in Salem, Keizer, and
the mid-Willamette Valley, will receive funding to
implement Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
improvements including Transit Signal Priority
technology and Real Time Passenger Information
systems. In partnership with the City of Salem
and the Oregon Department of Transportation,
the agency will equip intersections and transit
buses with GPS receivers to prioritize traffic signals to optimize efficient transit routes in congested corridors. The project will also deploy a
Real Time Passenger Information system to improve transit system efficiency and the customer
experience.
The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority will receive
funding to replace diesel buses with compressed
natural gas (CNG) buses in the City and County
of Erie, Pennsylvania. The new buses will help
the agency replace aging buses that have exceeded their useful life.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will receive funding to construct
new bus stations to extend its Roosevelt Boulevard Direct Bus Service from Frankford Transportation Center to Wissahickon Transportation Center. This project will improve safety and state of
good repair with new infrastructure and passenger amenities.
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)
will receive funding to construct two mobility hubs
with improved rider amenities at the University of
Rhode Island and the Community College of
Rhode Island to improve service and access to
major destinations. The hubs will feature up to
eight bus bays, interior waiting space and fare
machines.
The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of
Governments will receive funding on behalf of the
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) to replace older diesel buses with
new, all-electric vehicles and associated support
infrastructure. This project will support CARTA’s
state of good repair needs, while reducing the
agency’s operating costs.
The Greenville Transit Authority (Greenlink) will receive funding to purchase new buses to help expand service. The new buses will improve transit
service for residents of the Greenville and
Mauldin/Simpsonville areas in South Carolina.
The South Dakota Department of Transportation on
behalf of Community Transit will receive funding
to create a call and dispatch center that centralizes the communications activities of five transit
agencies under one umbrella in Watertown. The
remodeled facility and enhanced technology will
increase communication, safety and reliability for
Community Transit and partner agencies in eastern South Dakota.
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Overall rating
150,126
Recommended.
999,968
Highly Recommended.
110,500
Recommended.
1,054,240
Highly Recommended.
2,031,580
Highly Recommended.
2,000,000
Highly Recommended.
8,040,000
Highly Recommended.
8,321,700
Highly Recommended.
2,040,000
Highly Recommended.
68,402
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Applicant
Project ID
Project description
TN ................
Tennessee Department of
Transportation, Division
of Multimodal Transportation Resources.
D2020–BUSC–083
TX ................
Corpus Christi Regional
D2020–BUSC–084
Transportation Authority.
TX ................
Texas Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–085
UT ................
Utah Department of
Transportation (Park
City Transit).
D2020–BUSC–086
UT ................
Utah Transit Authority
(UTA).
D2020–BUSC–087
WA ...............
City of Longview ..............
D2020–BUSC–088
WA ...............
Intercity Transit ................
D2020–BUSC–089
WA ...............
Washington State Department of Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–090
WI ................
City of Janesville, WI .......
D2020–BUSC–091
WI ................
City of Madison ................
D2020–BUSC–092
The Tennessee DOT Division of Multimodal Transportation Resources will receive funding on behalf
of rural and urban transit agencies to purchase
new vehicles and specialized vehicles to replace
older vehicles that have exceeded their useful life.
This will ensure vehicles are available for accessible transportation services throughout the state.
The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (CCRTA) will receive funding to rehabilitate
and build bus transfer stations and reconstruct a
bus maintenance facility parking lot. The projects
will allow the transportation authority to improve
safety for passengers and employees, comply
with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements
and meet the transit needs of a growing population.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
will receive funding on behalf of rural transit providers throughout the state to replace transit vehicles that have exceeded their useful life. The
grants also will fund new and rehabilitated maintenance and other facilities, allowing the rural
transit providers to improve safety and efficiency
and meet growing demand for service.
The Utah Department of Transportation will receive
funding on behalf of Park City Transit to upgrade
bus communications technology. The software
and hardware upgrades will replace outdated systems, including on-board driver communications,
dispatch, scheduling, data storage, reporting and
web servers that provide real-time bus location information.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) will receive funding to improve more than 100 bus stops that
serve riders in Salt Lake City and seven surrounding counties. The enhanced bus stops will
be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities
Act, improve safety and provide amenities such
as shelters, benches, lighting and bike racks to
improve the rider experience.
The City of Longview will receive funding to purchase new low-floor biodiesel buses to replace
older buses that have exceeded their useful life.
The new buses will be operated by RiverCities
Transit and will improve access, mobility and transit service for residents of Kelso and Longview.
Intercity Transit, which serves Washington State’s
capital city, Olympia, and neighboring cities will
receive funding to complete a bus yard expansion
and install its own propane fueling station to support increased transit service. This project is the
last element of Intercity Transit’s Pattison Street
maintenance facility upgrade, a complete overhaul of a well-used facility and restoring it to fully
serviceable conditions to support the next generation of transit services for the Thurston region.
Washington State Department of Transportation
(WSDOT) will receive funding for replacement
and expansion vehicles and equipment for four
transit agencies providing rural service in Clallam,
Grant, Island and Kittitas counties. The new vehicles will improve safety, access and mobility for
transit riders in rural Washington.
The City of Janesville will receive funding to purchase new low floor, accessible transit buses to
replace aging buses that have exceeded their
useful life. The new clean diesel buses will improve transit service and reliability for those who
travel by transit throughout the city.
The City of Madison will receive funding to purchase several local buildings to use for bus storage and maintenance. The project will relieve
crowding at the city’s current storage and maintenance facility, allow for future fleet and service
expansions and enable the city to meet growing
demand for transit.
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16,228,197
Overall rating
Recommended.
7,231,023
Highly Recommended.
13,815,200
Highly Recommended.
400,000
Highly Recommended.
3,220,250
Highly Recommended.
1,560,000
Highly Recommended.
4,956,000
Highly Recommended.
3,932,622
Highly Recommended.
800,000
Highly Recommended.
7,000,000
Highly Recommended.
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Applicant
Project ID
Project description
WI ................
Wisconsin Department of
Transportation.
D2020–BUSC–093
WV ...............
Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority (EPTA).
D2020–BUSC–094/
D2020–BUSC–
095.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation
(WisDOT) will receive funding to replace transit
vehicles that have exceeded their useful life. The
new vehicles will allow rural transit providers in
the state to improve the state of good repair of
their fleets, reduce operating and maintenance
expenses, enhance safety and increase service
reliability.
The Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority (EPTA)
will receive funding to design and construct a new
maintenance facility that will replace an older facility. The new facility will help improve transit
service throughout Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
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Total .....
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Veterans’ Family, Caregiver, and
Survivor Advisory Committee, Notice
of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) that the
Veterans’ Family, Caregiver, and
Survivor Advisory Committee will meet
on March 25–26, 2020. The meeting will
be held at the American Red Cross, 430
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.
The meeting sessions will begin and end
as follows:
Date:
Time:
March 25, 2020 ..
March 26, 2020 ..
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
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The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
on matters related to: The need of
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Veterans’ families, caregivers, and
survivors across all generations,
relationships, and Veterans status; the
use of VA care, benefits and memorial
services by Veterans’ families,
caregivers, and survivors, and
opportunities for improvements to the
experience using such services; VA
policies, regulations, and administrative
requirements related to the transition of
Servicemembers from the Department of
Defense (DoD) to enrollment in VA that
impact Veterans’ families, caregivers,
and survivors; and factors that influence
access to, quality of, and accountability
for services, benefits and memorial
services for Veterans’ families,
caregivers, and survivors.
On March 25 and March 26, the
agenda will include opening remarks
from the Committee Chair and the Chief
Veterans Experience Officer. There will
be updates on the Center of Excellence
for Veteran and Caregiver Research,
Program of Comprehensive Assistance
for Family Caregivers, and caregiver
research conducted by the Elizabeth
Dole Foundation. On March 25, 2019,
public comments will be received at
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Highly Recommended.
6,080,000
Highly Recommended.
423,329,839
Individuals wishing to speak should
contact Ms. Toni Bush Neal (Alternate
Designated Federal Official) at
VEOFACA@va.gov to submit a 1–2 page
summary of their comments for
inclusion in the official meeting record.
In accordance with FACA guidelines,
each speaker will be held to a 5-minute
time limit.
Members of the public interested in
attending should submit their name to
VEOFACA@va.gov by March 20, 2020 to
help expedite the sign-in process. To
prevent delays, members of the public
should allow an additional 30 minutes
for parking and access to the facility.
Any member of the public seeking
additional information should contact
Betty Moseley Brown (Designated
Federal Official) at
Betty.MoseleyBrown@va.gov or (210)
392–2505.
Dated: February 26, 2020.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Announcement of Fiscal Year 2019 Grants for Buses and Bus
Facilities Program Project Selections
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; announcement of project selections. Grants for Buses
and Bus Facilities Program.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the allocation of $423,329,839 to
projects under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Grants for Buses and Bus
Facilities Program (Bus Program) and provides administrative guidance
on project implementation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact
the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying
for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional
Offices can be found at www.transit.dot.gov/. Unsuccessful applicants
may contact Mark G. Bathrick, Office of Program Management at (202)
366-9955, email: [email protected], within 30 days of this
announcement to arrange a proposal debriefing. A TDD is available at 1-
800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal public transportation law (49 U.S.C.
5339(b)) authorizes FTA to make competitive grants for buses and bus
facilities. Federal public transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5338)
authorized $263,219,530 for competitive allocations in FY 2019. The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116-6) appropriated an
additional $160 million for the Bus Program for FY 2019. An additional
$130,710 of unawarded FY 2018 funding was also made available. After
the statutory set aside for oversight, $423,350,240 was made available
for competitive grants under the Bus Program.
On May 15, 2019, FTA published a Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NOFO) (84 FR 21899) announcing the availability of $423,350,240 in
competitive funding under the Bus Program. These funds will provide
financial assistance to states and eligible public agencies to replace,
rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses, vans, and related equipment,
and for capital projects to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease
bus-related facilities. In response to the NOFO, FTA received 318
eligible project proposals from 43 States and the District of Columbia,
totaling approximately $1.89 billion in Federal funds. Project
proposals were evaluated based on each applicant's responsiveness to
the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO.
Based on the criteria in the NOFO, FTA is funding 94 projects, as
shown in Table 1, for a total of $423,329,839. Recipients selected for
competitive funding are required to work with their FTA Regional Office
to submit a grant application in FTA's Transit Award Management System
(TrAMS) for the projects identified in the attached table to quickly
obligate funds. Grant applications must only include eligible
activities applied for in the original project application. Funds must
be used consistent with the competitive proposal and for the eligible
capital purposes described in the NOFO.
In cases where the allocation amount is less than the proposer's
total requested amount, recipients are required to fund the scalable
project option as described in the application. If the award amount
does not correspond to the scalable option, the recipient should work
with the Regional Office to reduce scope or scale the project such that
a complete phase or project is accomplished. Recipients may also
provide additional local funds to complete a proposed project. A
discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each
project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMS
application.
Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre-award
authority no earlier than the date projects were publicly announced,
November 25, 2019. Pre-award authority does not guarantee that project
expenses incurred prior to the award of a grant will be eligible for
reimbursement, as eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon
other requirements, such as planning and environmental requirements,
having been met. For more about FTA's policy on pre-award authority,
please see the FTA Fiscal Year 2019 Apportionments, Allocations, and
Program Information and Interim Guidance (84 FR 31984). Post-award
reporting requirements include submission of Federal Financial Reports
and Milestone Progress Reports in TrAMS (see FTA.C.5010.1E). Recipients
must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations,
executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal requirements in
carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. FTA emphasizes
that recipients must follow all third-party procurement requirements
set forth in Federal public transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5325(a)) and
described in the FTA Third Party Contracting Guidance Circular (FTA
Circular 4220.1). Funds allocated in this announcement must be
obligated in a grant by September 30, 2023.
Technical Review And Evaluation Summary: The FTA assessed all
project proposals that were submitted under the FY 2019 Bus Program
competition according to the following evaluation criteria. The
specific metrics for each criterion were described in the May 15, 2019,
NOFO:
1. Demonstration of Need
2. Demonstration of Benefits
3. Planning/Local Prioritization
4. Local Financial Commitment
5. Project Implementation Strategy
6. Technical, Legal, and Financial Capacity
For each project, a technical review panel assigned a rating of Highly
Recommended, Recommended, or Not Recommended for each of the six
criteria. The technical review panel then assigned an overall rating of
Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended, or Ineligible to the
project proposal.
Projects were assigned a final overall rating of Highly Recommended
if they were rated Highly Recommended in at least four categories
overall, with no Not Recommended ratings. Projects were assigned a
final overall rating of Recommended if the projects had three or more
Recommended ratings and no Not Recommended ratings. Projects were
assigned a rating of Not Recommended if they received a Not Recommended
rating in any criteria. A summary of the final overall ratings for all
318 eligible project proposals is shown in the table below.
Overall Project Ratings
[Eligible submissions]
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Highly Recommended...................................... 188
Recommended............................................. 96
Not Recommended......................................... 34
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Total................................................. 318
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As outlined in the NOFO, FTA made the final selections based on the
technical ratings as well as geographic diversity, percentage of local
cost share, departmental objectives, location in an opportunity zone,
and/or receipt of other recent competitive awards.
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As further outlined in the NOFO, in some cases, due to funding
limitations, proposers that were selected for funding received less
than the amount originally requested.
K. Jane Williams,
Acting Administrator.
Table 1--FY 2019 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competition Project Selections
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State Applicant Project ID Project description Funded amount Overall rating
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AK.................. Chickaloon Native D2020-BUSC-001............. The Chickaloon Native $53,966 Highly Recommended.
Village. Village will receive
funding for a replacement
accessible minivan for
the Chickaloon Area
Transit System (CATS).
This project will improve
safety, reliability and
mobility for tribal
residents in Southcentral
Alaska.
AK.................. Kenaitze Indian Tribe D2020-BUSC-002............. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe 1,600,000 Highly Recommended.
(IRA). will receive funding to
rehabilitate a facility
for transit vehicle
maintenance needed to
extend useful bus life
and maintain a state of
good repair in this
rural, sub-arctic region
of Alaska. This project
will improve safety,
state of good repair and
improve service
reliability for tribal
residents on the Kenai
Peninsula in Southcentral
Alaska.
AK.................. Nulato Village........ D2020-BUSC-003............. The Nulato Village will 179,885 Recommended.
receive funding to
purchase a bus to provide
tribal residents and
members of the public
with safe and reliable
transit to the Nulato
Airport. The project will
improve safety and allow
residents to stay out of
extreme weather while
traveling to and from the
airport in rural Alaska.
AL.................. Tuscaloosa County D2020-BUSC-004............. The Tuscaloosa County 2,018,750 Recommended.
Parking and Transit Parking and Transit
Authority. Authority will receive
funding to replace buses
that are at the end of
their useful life. This
project will improve
safety, support state of
good repair, and
accommodate ridership.
AZ.................. Northern Arizona D2020-BUSC-005............. The Northern Arizona 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
Intergovernmental Intergovernmental Public
Public Transportation Transportation Authority,
Authority. which operates Mountain
Line transit service in
Flagstaff, will receive
funding for essential
projects, including
construction of a
Downtown Connection
Center and the purchase
of all-electric buses to
replace diesel and hybrid
buses that have exceeded
their useful life. The
projects will improve
safety, support state of
good repair, and
accommodate growing
ridership, including
students at Northern
Arizona University.
AZ.................. White Mountain Apache D2020-BUSC-006............. The White Mountain Apache 160,000 Highly Recommended.
Tribe. Tribe, which operates the
Fort Apache Connection
transit service on the
Fort Apache Indian
Reservation in the east
central region of
Arizona, will receive
funding to purchase new
vehicles and expand
transit service. The
project will improve
safety and reliability
and ensure continued
transit service for
tribal residents on the
Indian Reservation, which
includes parts of Navajo,
Gila, and Apache counties.
CA.................. California Department D2020-BUSC-007............. Full Access and 466,883 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation on Coordinated
behalf of Full Access Transportation, Inc
and Coordinated (FACT), which provides
Transportation, Inc specialized
(FACT). transportation services
for residents of San
Diego County, will
receive funding to
purchase accessible
vehicles that will
replace vehicles that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new
vehicles will improve
access, mobility and
service reliability for
people with disabilities,
seniors and others who
use the service.
CA.................. California Department D2020-BUSC-008............. Redwood Coast Transit 260,000 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation on Authority (RCTA) will
behalf of Redwood receive funding to
Coast Transit purchase new buses that
Authority (RCTA). will replace buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new
buses will improve
safety, reliability and
state of good repair for
the system, which
provides transit service
for residents in rural
Del Norte County in
northern California.
CA.................. California Department D2020-BUSC-009............. Tehama County Transit 592,998 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation on Agency Board will receive
behalf of Tehama funding to renovate
County Transit Agency existing buildings at the
Board. Tehama Rural Area Express
(TRAX) transit facility
in Red Bluff, California.
The renovations will help
improve transit service
and reliability for rural
residents of Tehama
County in northern
California.
CA.................. California Department D2020-BUSC-010............. Yosemite Area Regional 4,335,000 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation on Transportation System
behalf of Yosemite (YARTS) will receive
Area Regional funding to purchase
Transportation System. battery-electric over-the-
road coach buses equipped
with ADA lifts and
restrooms. The new
vehicles will improve
access and transit
service for residents and
visitors to Yosemite
National Park and the
surrounding communities.
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CA.................. Fresno Council of D2020-BUSC-011............. The Fresno Council of 5,145,281 Highly Recommended.
Governments (Fresno Governments will receive
County Rural Transit funding for the Fresno
Agency). County Rural Transit
Agency to construct a new
state-of-the-art bus
maintenance and
operations facility. The
new facility will improve
safety, reliability and
state of good repair for
the transit system, which
provides service to
residents throughout the
rural areas of Fresno
County.
CA.................. Kings County Area D2020-BUSC-012............. Kings County Area Public 3,279,570 Highly Recommended.
Public Transit Agency. Transit Agency will
receive funding to
purchase new buses that
will replace buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new
buses will improve
safety, reliability and
state of good repair for
the system, which
provides transit service
for residents in the
Central San Joaquin
Valley.
CA.................. Solano County Transit. D2020-BUSC-013............. Solano County Transit will 1,800,000 Highly Recommended.
receive funding to plan,
construct, and install
electrical charging
infrastructure to
accommodate an all-
electric bus fleet that
is planned for the
future. The project will
improve safety and
reliability for residents
who use the transit
service to travel in
Solano County, which is
part of the San Francisco
Bay Area.
CA.................. Transit Joint Powers D2020-BUSC-014............. The Transit Joint Powers 2,000,000 Highly Recommended.
Authority for Merced Authority for Merced
County (The Bus). County (The Bus) will
receive funding to
purchase zero-emission
electric buses and
associated charging
equipment to replace the
agency's gasoline-fueled
buses that have exceeded
their useful life. The
new buses will improve
safety and reliability
for residents who use the
service to travel in
Merced County, which is
located in the San
Joaquin Valley of
California.
CO.................. City of Colorado D2020-BUSC-015............. Mountain Metropolitan 1,621,500 Highly Recommended.
Springs (Mountain Transit in Colorado
Metropolitan Transit). Springs will receive
funding to purchase
battery electric buses
and charging stations to
expand transit service on
one of its busiest
routes. The buses will
allow MMT to accommodate
growing ridership and
provide a responsive
transit service for
people accessing jobs,
school and community
services.
CO.................. Colorado Department of D2020-BUSC-016............. The Colorado Department of 2,015,775 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation will
(Breckenridge Free receive funding on behalf
Ride). of the Town of
Breckenridge to replace
diesel buses that have
exceed their useful life
with battery-electric
vehicles and charging
infrastructure. The fleet
helps Breckenridge, home
to one of Colorado's
largest ski resorts,
provide access to jobs,
services and tourist
sites.
CO.................. Colorado Department of D2020-BUSC-017............. The Colorado Department of 199,500 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation will
(Laradon Hall Society receive funding on behalf
for Exceptional of Laradon Hall Society
Children and Adults). for Exceptional Children
and Adults in Denver to
replace transit vans that
transport people with
disabilities to and from
campus. The vehicles will
replace vans that have
exceeded their useful
life, improving safety
and reliability.
CO.................. Colorado Department of D2020-BUSC-018............. The Colorado Department of 1,788,312 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation will
(Roaring Fork receive funding on behalf
Transportation of the Roaring Fork
Authority). Transportation Authority
to replace buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. The
replacement buses will
enhance the rural transit
agency's network
throughout the Roaring
Fork Valley of Central
Colorado and help
accommodate growing
ridership.
CO.................. Colorado Department of D2020-BUSC-019............. The Colorado Department of 400,000 Recommended.
Transportation Transportation will
(Snowmass Village receive funding on behalf
Shuttle). of Snowmass Village in
rural Pitkin County to
replace buses that have
exceed their useful life.
The replacement vehicles
will reduce maintenance
costs and improve
reliability for the
Snowmass Village Shuttle,
which provides residents
access to jobs and
services.
CO.................. Colorado Department of D2020-BUSC-020............. The Colorado Department of 12,000,000 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation will
(Winter Park Lift). receive funding on behalf
of Winter Park Lift in
Colorado's Grand County,
to build a maintenance
facility for its bus
fleet. The infrastructure
investment will help the
three-year-old transit
system house
administrative offices
and dispatching services,
with additional space for
future new buses and
electric charging
facilities.
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DC.................. Washington D2020-BUSC-021............. The Washington 11,040,000 Recommended.
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Transit
Transit Authority Authority (WMATA) will
(WMATA). receive funding to
upgrade its farebox
system on its fleet of
buses with modern,
supported technologies.
This technology upgrade
will enhance operational
reliability, while
enabling WMATA to
introduce new buses to
their fleet.
FL.................. Broward County Transit D2020-BUSC-022............. Broward County Transit 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
will receive funding to
rehabilitate its existing
operations and
maintenance buildings,
construct new
administration/operations
and training buildings
and add infrastructure
for electric buses. This
project will improve
safety and state of good
repair for facilities
that were originally
built in the 1980's.
FL.................. Hillsborough Area D2020-BUSC-023............. Hillsborough Area Regional 4,300,000 Highly Recommended.
Regional Transit Transit Authority (HART)
Authority (HART). will receive funding to
purchase new CNG buses to
replace diesel buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. This project
will improve safety,
state of good repair and
ensure continued transit
services for residents of
Hillsborough County,
Florida.
GA.................. University of Georgia. D2020-BUSC-024............. The University of Georgia, 7,462,000 Highly Recommended.
which provides transit
service to the residents
of Athens, Georgia and
the University of Georgia
campus, will receive
funding to purchase new
electric buses to replace
older buses that have
exceeded their useful
life. The new vehicles
will improve safety,
state of good repair and
service reliability.
HI.................. State of Hawaii D2020-BUSC-025............. The State of Hawaii 6,586,650 Recommended.
Department of Department of
Transportation. Transportation will
receive funding to
purchase new accessible
vehicles and buses to
replace those that have
exceeded their useful
life for the County of
Hawai'i and the County of
Kaua'i. The new vehicles
will improve safety and
reliability for residents
who use public transit to
commute to work on long
commuter routes such as
the Hilo-to-South Kohala
Resort route
(approximately 200 miles
round trip) and East
Hawaii-to-West Hawaii
commuter route
(approximately 160 miles
round trip).
IA.................. Des Moines Area D2020-BUSC-026............. The Des Moines Area 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
Regional Transit Regional Transit
Authority (DART). Authority (DART) will
receive funding to
construct a new
operations and
maintenance facility to
replace an outdated and
undersized facility. The
new building will be
located in downtown Des
Moines, away from the
current facility's flood-
prone area.
IA.................. Iowa Department of D2020-BUSC-027............. The Iowa Department of 9,414,785 Highly Recommended.
Transportation. Transportation will
receive funding to
replace rural buses
throughout the state that
have exceeded their
useful life Iowa. DOT
estimates that more than
half of its statewide
transit bus fleet is in
need of replacement.
ID.................. City of Lewiston...... D2020-BUSC-028............. The City of Lewiston in 64,000 Recommended.
northern Idaho will
receive funding to
construct a transit
center at the Lewiston
Community Center, which
currently does not have
any infrastructure
designed specifically for
transit needs. The
project will repurpose
the west side of the
parking lot to construct
a small transit center
where passengers have
access to amenities and
where transit activities
can take place more
safely and reliably.
IL.................. Bloomington-Normal D2020-BUSC-029............. Connect Transit will 500,000 Highly Recommended.
Public Transit System receive funding to
(DBA Connect Transit). improve bus stops by
adding shelters and
benches as well as
infrastructure that
complies with the
Americans with
Disabilities Act. The
upgrades will enhance
safety for riders, better
accommodate passenger
transfers between buses,
and attract new customers.
IL.................. Champaign-Urbana Mass D2020-BUSC-030............. The Champaign-Urbana Mass 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
Transit District. Transit District will
receive funding to
renovate and expand the
Illinois Terminal, a
transportation hub with
local and intercity buses
and passenger rail. The
project will improve
safety and accommodate
rising demand at the
terminal, which is part
of a joint development
project that includes
plans for a hotel and
conference center as well
as residential and
commercial development.
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IL.................. Illinois Department of D2020-BUSC-031............. The Illinois Department of 8,046,999 Highly Recommended.
Transportation. Transportation (IDOT)
will receive funding to
replace buses, improve
maintenance facilities
and purchase bus
equipment in the
downstate region. The
funding will allow
transit providers in
rural areas and small
cities to accommodate
growing ridership,
improve safety and
reliability, address
state of good repair
needs and reduce
maintenance costs.
IN.................. Bloomington Public D2020-BUSC-032............. Bloomington Transit will 1,125,000 Highly Recommended.
Transportation receive funding to
Corporation replace and upgrade the
(Bloomington Transit). fare collection system on
its fixed-route service
buses. The new fare
collection system will
allow Bloomington Transit
to expand fare payment
options for riders,
reduce farebox
maintenance costs and
obtain more accurate fare
counts.
KS.................. City of Wichita....... D2020-BUSC-033............. Wichita Transit will 14,232,816 Recommended.
receive funding to build
a replacement transit
center to meet current
and future regional
transportation needs. The
building will connect 17
bus routes, four
circulator trolleys and
commuter transit and
boost economic
development in the West
Bank area of the Arkansas
River.
KY.................. Transit Authority of D2020-BUSC-034............. The Transit Authority of 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
River City (TARC). River City (TARC) will
receive funding to
purchase new buses to
replace older buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. This project
will improve safety,
state of good repair and
improve service
reliability for residents
who rely on bus service
in the Greater Louisville
area.
LA.................. Jefferson Parish, Inc D2020-BUSC-035............. Jefferson Transit will 4,300,000 Highly Recommended.
(Jefferson Transit). receive funding to build
a new operations center
to replace an aging,
makeshift operations
facility. The new center
will be double the size
of the current facility
in order to accommodate
critical safety, dispatch
and training functions
while providing
passengers seeking to
purchase passes and fare
cards with a modern
facility that complies
with the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
LA.................. New Orleans Regional D2020-BUSC-036............. The New Orleans Regional 7,246,315 Highly Recommended.
Transit Authority Transit Authority (RTA)
(RTA). will receive funding to
purchase biodiesel buses
to replace buses that RTA
purchased after Hurricane
Katrina destroyed the
authority's bus fleet in
2005. Those buses have
reached the end of their
useful life, and new
buses will allow RTA to
enhance safety, improve
service and reduce
vehicle breakdowns.
MA.................. Montachusett Regional D2020-BUSC-037............. The Montachusett Regional 4,500,000 Highly Recommended.
Transit Authority. Transit Authority in
north central
Massachusetts will
receive funding to
replace buses that have
exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will
improve safety through
the installation of
security cameras, boost
reliability and lower
maintenance costs.
MD.................. Baltimore County, D2020-BUSC-038............. Baltimore County, 1,651,720 Highly Recommended.
Maryland. Maryland, will receive
funding to purchase new
buses and new
infrastructure for the
proposed Towson
Circulator project. This
project will improve
access and mobility for
the transit riding public
through the creation of a
new transit service.
MD.................. Maryland Transit D2020-BUSC-039............. Delmarva Community 248,000 Recommended.
Administration (MTA) Services will receive
on behalf of Delmarva funding to purchase new
Community Services. vehicles and support
infrastructure. This
project will improve
safety, state of good
repair and enhance
mobility for riders in
Kent, Caroline, Talbot
and Dorchester Counties.
MD.................. Maryland Transit D2020-BUSC-040............. The St. Mary's Transit 76,500 Recommended.
Administration (MTA) System, which provides
on behalf of St. service in St. Mary's
Mary's Transit System. County, Maryland, will
receive funding to expand
its vehicle maintenance
facility for its bus
fleet.
MD.................. Maryland Transit D2020-BUSC-041............. The Tri-County Council for 850,000 Highly Recommended.
Administration (MTA) the Lower Eastern Shore
on behalf of Tri- of Maryland (Shore
County Council for Transit) will receive
the Lower Eastern funding to purchase new
Shore of Maryland vehicles to replace older
(Shore Transit). vehicles that have
exceeded their useful
life. This project will
improve safety, state of
good repair and service
reliability for riders in
Maryland's lower eastern
shore counties of
Somerset, Wicomico, and
Worcester.
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ME.................. Biddeford-Saco-Old D2020-BUSC-042............. The Biddeford-Saco-Old 880,000 Highly Recommended.
Orchard Beach Transit Orchard Beach Transit
Committee. Committee, operating four
bus routes and six
seasonal trolley routes
near Portland, Maine,
will receive funding to
replace buses that have
exceeded their useful
life. The replacement
vehicles will improve
safety, reduce
maintenance costs and
improve reliability.
ME.................. City of Bangor........ D2020-BUSC-043............. The City of Bangor will 1,286,000 Highly Recommended.
receive funding for
construction of a new
Bangor Transportation
Center to replace an
aging bus depot that has
exceeded its useful life.
The new transportation
center will boost
ridership and serve as a
multi-modal facility for
the City's Community
Connector fixed route,
shared ride services,
intercity buses and other
active transit.
ME.................. Maine Department of D2020-BUSC-044............. The Maine Department of 1,057,567 Highly Recommended.
Transportation. Transportation will
receive funding to
replace buses for three
regional transit
providers spanning eight
Maine counties. The new
buses will improve the
fleets' state of good
repair, reduce
maintenance costs and
improve the passenger
experience.
MI.................. City of Detroit D2020-BUSC-045............. The City of Detroit 8,494,812 Highly Recommended.
Department of Department of
Transportation (DDOT). Transportation (DDOT)
will receive funding to
purchase new fareboxes to
modernize its fare
collection system. The
new fareboxes will reduce
the frequency and cost of
repairs, improve boarding
times and schedule
adherence, and expand
fare payment options for
passengers.
MI.................. Flint Mass D2020-BUSC-046............. The Flint Mass 4,300,000 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation Authority
Authority (MTA). (MTA) will receive
funding to purchase
propane transit buses and
CNG commuter buses to
replace diesel buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new
buses will allow MTA to
improve safety,
efficiency and service
reliability, especially
on MTA's peak hour and
regional routes that
transport passengers to
work and school.
MN.................. Red Lake Band of D2020-BUSC-047............. The Red Lake Band of 211,944 Recommended.
Chippewa Indians. Chippewa Indians will
receive funding so that
Red Lake Public Transit
can purchase new buses
and equipment, allowing
it to expand its bus
fleet to accommodate
growing ridership. Red
Lake Public Transit
provides on-demand bus
service on the Red Lake
Indian Reservation, which
is located in a rural
area of northwest
Minnesota.
MO.................. Bi-State Development D2020-BUSC-048............. The Bi-State Development 350,000 Highly Recommended.
Agency. Agency of St. Louis will
receive funding to
transform bus stops into
mobility hubs to improve
safety and create a more
welcoming experience for
riders. The hubs will
improve accessibility and
include amenities such as
benches, lighting and
community information, at
key transit transfer
points.
MO.................. Missouri Department of D2020-BUSC-049............. The Missouri Department of 5,120,000 Highly Recommended.
Transportation. Transportation will
receive funding to
construct two storage and
maintenance facilities
for rural transit
providers. The facilities
will save operational
costs compared to using
contract services, add
efficiencies and help
keep transit buses in a
state of good repair.
MS.................. Coast Transit D2020-BUSC-050............. Coast Transit Authority 5,351,155 Highly Recommended.
Authority. will receive funding to
construct a bridge
structure between the
Gulfport Transit Center
and the Jones Park Bus
Station in Gulfport, MS.
This project will provide
pedestrian safety and
improved mobility between
these two locations.
MS.................. Mississippi Department D2020-BUSC-051............. The Mississippi Department 5,680,000 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation. of Transportation will
receive funding to
purchase new buses. This
project will support
service expansion
throughout the state and
help meet the needs of
Mississippi residents who
rely on transportation
services to get to
employment opportunities
and an increasing demand
for health care
destinations.
MT.................. City of Billings D2020-BUSC-052............. The City of Billings 840,000 Highly Recommended.
Metropolitan Transit Metropolitan Transit
System. System will receive
funding to replace buses
that have exceeded their
useful life. The buses
will help the agency
increase safety, maintain
its bus fleet in a state
of good repair and ensure
safe and reliable service
to the residents of
Billings, Montana's
largest city.
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MT.................. Montana Department of D2020-BUSC-053............. The Montana Department of 510,088 Highly Recommended.
Transportation (North Transportation will
Central Montana receive funding on behalf
Transit). of North Central Montana
Transit to replace buses
that have exceeded their
useful life and purchase
the bus maintenance
facility it has been
renting. The agency,
which provides service to
two tribal governments--
Chippewa Cree Tribe of
the Rocky Boy's
Reservation and the Fort
Belknap Indian Community
Council--in north central
Montana, provides trips
to healthcare, grocery
stores and tribal
colleges.
NC.................. City of Salisbury..... D2020-BUSC-054............. The City of Salisbury, on 480,000 Highly Recommended.
behalf of the Salisbury
Transit System, will
receive funding to
purchase new vehicles to
replace older vehicles
that have exceeded their
useful life, and purchase
bus equipment. This
project will improve
safety and state of good
repair with new buses
that will be more
reliable and reduce
maintenance costs.
NC.................. North Carolina D2020-BUSC-055............. The North Carolina 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
Department of Department of
Transportation. Transportation, on behalf
of several rural transit
systems, will receive
funding to replace
vehicles, as well as
construct and renovate
public transportation
facilities throughout the
state. These projects
will address safety,
state of good repair and
critical transit needs
throughout the state.
NC.................. Piedmont Authority for D2020-BUSC-056............. The Piedmont Authority for 6,768,000 Highly Recommended.
Regional Regional Transportation
Transportation. will receive funding to
purchase new vehicles to
replace older vehicles
that have exceeded their
useful life. The new
vehicles will increase
reliability and safety
for passengers in
Burlington, Greensboro,
High Point and Winston-
Salem, NC.
NE.................. Transit Authority of D2020-BUSC-057............. The Transit Authority of 4,709,375 Highly Recommended.
the City of Omaha. the City of Omaha will
receive funding to
replace buses that have
exceeded their useful
life. The buses will help
improve reliability and
help maintain the 98-
vehicle fleet in a state
of good repair.
NJ.................. New Jersey Transit.... D2020-BUSC-058............. New Jersey Transit (NJT) 17,275,000 Highly Recommended.
will receive funding to
purchase new 60-foot
buses to help expand
capacity in Northern New
Jersey. The project will
allow NJT to meet growing
demand for its services.
NM.................. New Mexico Department D2020-BUSC-059............. The New Mexico Department 5,251,090 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation. of Transportation (NMDOT)
will receive funding to
enable the North Central
Regional Transit District
(NCRTD) to design and
construct a new
operations and
maintenance facility in
Taos. The new facility
will feature more space
and house more functions
than the current
facility, allowing NCRTD
to more efficiently
maintain its buses and
improve service
reliability.
NM.................. Rio Metro Regional D2020-BUSC-060............. The Rio Metro Regional 5,984,955 Highly Recommended.
Transit District Transit District (RMRTD),
(RMRTD). which provides bus
service in central New
Mexico, will receive
funding to construct a
new bus administration
and operations facility
in Los Lunas, New Mexico.
The new facility will
enable RMRTD to
consolidate its
administrative and
operations functions,
increasing safety and
security for staff and
improving operational
efficiency.
NV.................. Carson Area D2020-BUSC-061............. Carson Area Metropolitan 455,000 Highly Recommended.
Metropolitan Planning Planning Organization
Organization (CAMPO). (CAMPO) will receive
funding to purchase new
buses and replace aging
vehicles that have
exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will
improve transit service
and reliability for the
Jump Around Carson (JAC)
transit system, the
largest transit provider
in Carson City, Nevada.
NV.................. Fallon Paiute-Shoshone D2020-BUSC-062............. The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone 59,525 Highly Recommended.
Tribe of the Fallon Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Reservation and Indian
Indian Colony. Colony will receive
funding to purchase a new
passenger bus equipped
with a camera and fare
box. It will also
purchase a camera and
fare box for their
current transit bus. The
project will improve
transit service for
people living within the
boundaries of the
reservation and Indian
colony, located in rural
Churchill County, Nevada.
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NV.................. Regional D2020-BUSC-063............. The Regional 7,475,000 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation Commission
Commission of of Southern Nevada (RTC),
Southern Nevada (RTC). which provides transit
service in Las Vegas and
southern Nevada, will
receive funding to
replace camera systems on
fixed route, paratransit
and alternative
transportation vehicles
to improve safety and
operating efficiencies.
RTC also will receive
funding to install a new
paratransit bus wash and
upgrade the existing
fixed route bus wash
system at its Sunset
Maintenance Facility,
which will also improve
maintenance and
operations.
NY.................. Nassau County (Nassau D2020-BUSC-064............. The Nassau Inter-County 2,000,000 Highly Recommended.
Inter-County Express). Express (NICE) will
receive funding to
provide safety,
infrastructure and
passenger upgrades to its
intermodal transit
facility in Hempstead,
New York. This project
will improve safety and
state of good repair for
transit riders utilizing
the intermodal facility.
NY.................. New York City D2020-BUSC-065............. The New York City 9,000,000 Highly Recommended.
Department of Department of
Transportation. Transportation will
receive funding for the
Safe Routes to Transit
project to make
infrastructure,
pedestrian safety and
accessibility
improvements for transit
riders along 86th Street
in Brooklyn. This project
will improve safety and
state of good repair for
the transit public
utilizing bus service in
this section of Brooklyn,
NY.
OH.................. Greater Dayton D2020-BUSC-066............. The Greater Dayton 2,971,592 Highly Recommended.
Regional Transit Regional Transit
Authority. Authority (RTA) will
receive funding to
purchase new buses to
replace buses that have
exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will
be more reliable than the
current buses, allowing
the transit authority to
reduce maintenance costs,
and improve service
reliability and on-time
performance.
OH.................. Laketran.............. D2020-BUSC-067............. Laketran in Northeast Ohio 4,300,000 Highly Recommended.
will receive funding to
purchase battery electric
buses and equipment as
well as to reconstruct a
park and ride facility.
The funding will allow
Laketran to replace
diesel buses that have
exceeded their useful
life and rehabilitate the
park and ride facility to
accommodate electric
buses and improve access
and facilities for
passengers.
OH.................. Western Reserve D2020-BUSC-068............. Western Reserve Transit 600,104 Highly Recommended.
Transit Authority. Authority will receive
funding to upgrade its
maintenance bays for
repairing vehicles and
updating the parts
storage room. The
upgrades will help
improve safety and
transit service for
residents in the City of
Youngstown and Mahoning
County.
OK.................. Choctaw Nation of D2020-BUSC-069............. The Choctaw Nation of 1,378,403 Highly Recommended.
Oklahoma. Oklahoma will receive
funding to purchase vans
to replace vehicles that
have exceeded their
useful life and expand
the free transit service
it provides to elderly,
disabled and low income
residents of rural
southeastern Oklahoma.
The new vehicles will
improve mobility and
access to healthcare for
riders who need
transportation to non-
emergency medical
treatment such as
chemotherapy and dialysis.
OK.................. Oklahoma Department of D2020-BUSC-070............. The Oklahoma Department of 4,020,576 Highly Recommended.
Transportation (ODOT). Transportation will
receive funding to
purchase new buses and
vans to expand rural
service and replace
vehicles that have
exceeded their useful
life. The new vehicles
will allow rural transit
providers in the state to
reduce maintenance costs,
improve safety and meet
rising demand for transit
service.
OK.................. Oklahoma Department of D2020-BUSC-071............. The Oklahoma Department of 129,240 Recommended.
Transportation (ODOT). Transportation will
receive funding on behalf
of rural transit
providers in the state to
rehabilitate and expand
operations and
maintenance facilities.
The improved facilities
will allow the transit
providers to enhance
safety, maintain vehicles
in a state of good repair
and improve service for
riders.
OR.................. Oregon Department of D2020-BUSC-072............. The Oregon Department of 300,000 Recommended.
Transportation (City Transportation (ODOT)
of Woodburn). will receive funding on
behalf of the City of
Woodburn to replace the
oldest bus in the city's
fleet with a new heavy-
duty transit bus,
significantly reducing
transit repair and
maintenance costs. The
new bus will improve
access, mobility and
transit service for
riders who use the
service in Woodburn.
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OR.................. Oregon Department of D2020-BUSC-073............. The Oregon Department of 150,126 Recommended.
Transportation (Mid- Transportation (ODOT)
Columbia Economic will receive funding on
Development District). behalf of the Mid-
Columbia Economic
Development District to
replace LINK buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new LINK
buses will improve
access, mobility and
transit service for
riders who use the
service in Wasco County.
OR.................. Oregon Department of D2020-BUSC-074............. The Oregon Department of 999,968 Highly Recommended.
Transportation Transportation (ODOT)
(Yamhill County will receive funding on
Transit). behalf of Yamhill County
Transit to replace
several buses that have
exceeded their useful
life. The new buses will
improve access, mobility
and transit service for
riders who use the
service in northern
Oregon.
OR.................. Oregon Department of D2020-BUSC-075............. The Oregon Department of 110,500 Recommended.
Transportation. Transportation (ODOT)
will receive funding to
purchase a new bus for a
new rural public
transportation bus route
between the communities
of Eugene and Florence,
Oregon. The route will
link the valley with the
coast and provide a
needed public
transportation option
between these two
communities that are 60
miles apart.
OR.................. Salem Area Mass D2020-BUSC-076............. Salem Area Mass Transit 1,054,240 Highly Recommended.
Transit District. District, which operates
``Cherriots'' transit
service in Salem, Keizer,
and the mid-Willamette
Valley, will receive
funding to implement
Intelligent
Transportation System
(ITS) improvements
including Transit Signal
Priority technology and
Real Time Passenger
Information systems. In
partnership with the City
of Salem and the Oregon
Department of
Transportation, the
agency will equip
intersections and transit
buses with GPS receivers
to prioritize traffic
signals to optimize
efficient transit routes
in congested corridors.
The project will also
deploy a Real Time
Passenger Information
system to improve transit
system efficiency and the
customer experience.
PA.................. Erie Metropolitan D2020-BUSC-077............. The Erie Metropolitan 2,031,580 Highly Recommended.
Transit Authority. Transit Authority will
receive funding to
replace diesel buses with
compressed natural gas
(CNG) buses in the City
and County of Erie,
Pennsylvania. The new
buses will help the
agency replace aging
buses that have exceeded
their useful life.
PA.................. Southeastern D2020-BUSC-078............. The Southeastern 2,000,000 Highly Recommended.
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Transportation Transportation Authority
Authority (SEPTA). (SEPTA) will receive
funding to construct new
bus stations to extend
its Roosevelt Boulevard
Direct Bus Service from
Frankford Transportation
Center to Wissahickon
Transportation Center.
This project will improve
safety and state of good
repair with new
infrastructure and
passenger amenities.
RI.................. Rhode Island Public D2020-BUSC-079............. The Rhode Island Public 8,040,000 Highly Recommended.
Transit Authority. Transit Authority (RIPTA)
will receive funding to
construct two mobility
hubs with improved rider
amenities at the
University of Rhode
Island and the Community
College of Rhode Island
to improve service and
access to major
destinations. The hubs
will feature up to eight
bus bays, interior
waiting space and fare
machines.
SC.................. Berkeley-Charleston- D2020-BUSC-080............. The Berkeley-Charleston- 8,321,700 Highly Recommended.
Dorchester Council of Dorchester Council of
Governments. Governments will receive
funding on behalf of the
Charleston Area Regional
Transportation Authority
(CARTA) to replace older
diesel buses with new,
all-electric vehicles and
associated support
infrastructure. This
project will support
CARTA's state of good
repair needs, while
reducing the agency's
operating costs.
SC.................. Greenville Transit D2020-BUSC-081............. The Greenville Transit 2,040,000 Highly Recommended.
Authority (Greenlink). Authority (Greenlink)
will receive funding to
purchase new buses to
help expand service. The
new buses will improve
transit service for
residents of the
Greenville and Mauldin/
Simpsonville areas in
South Carolina.
SD.................. SD Department Of D2020-BUSC-082............. The South Dakota 68,402 Recommended.
Transportation. Department of
Transportation on behalf
of Community Transit will
receive funding to create
a call and dispatch
center that centralizes
the communications
activities of five
transit agencies under
one umbrella in
Watertown. The remodeled
facility and enhanced
technology will increase
communication, safety and
reliability for Community
Transit and partner
agencies in eastern South
Dakota.
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TN.................. Tennessee Department D2020-BUSC-083............. The Tennessee DOT Division 16,228,197 Recommended.
of Transportation, of Multimodal
Division of Transportation Resources
Multimodal will receive funding on
Transportation behalf of rural and urban
Resources. transit agencies to
purchase new vehicles and
specialized vehicles to
replace older vehicles
that have exceeded their
useful life. This will
ensure vehicles are
available for accessible
transportation services
throughout the state.
TX.................. Corpus Christi D2020-BUSC-084............. The Corpus Christi 7,231,023 Highly Recommended.
Regional Regional Transportation
Transportation Authority (CCRTA) will
Authority. receive funding to
rehabilitate and build
bus transfer stations and
reconstruct a bus
maintenance facility
parking lot. The projects
will allow the
transportation authority
to improve safety for
passengers and employees,
comply with Americans
with Disabilities Act
requirements and meet the
transit needs of a
growing population.
TX.................. Texas Department of D2020-BUSC-085............. The Texas Department of 13,815,200 Highly Recommended.
Transportation. Transportation (TxDOT)
will receive funding on
behalf of rural transit
providers throughout the
state to replace transit
vehicles that have
exceeded their useful
life. The grants also
will fund new and
rehabilitated maintenance
and other facilities,
allowing the rural
transit providers to
improve safety and
efficiency and meet
growing demand for
service.
UT.................. Utah Department of D2020-BUSC-086............. The Utah Department of 400,000 Highly Recommended.
Transportation (Park Transportation will
City Transit). receive funding on behalf
of Park City Transit to
upgrade bus
communications
technology. The software
and hardware upgrades
will replace outdated
systems, including on-
board driver
communications, dispatch,
scheduling, data storage,
reporting and web servers
that provide real-time
bus location information.
UT.................. Utah Transit Authority D2020-BUSC-087............. The Utah Transit Authority 3,220,250 Highly Recommended.
(UTA). (UTA) will receive
funding to improve more
than 100 bus stops that
serve riders in Salt Lake
City and seven
surrounding counties. The
enhanced bus stops will
be compliant with the
Americans with
Disabilities Act, improve
safety and provide
amenities such as
shelters, benches,
lighting and bike racks
to improve the rider
experience.
WA.................. City of Longview...... D2020-BUSC-088............. The City of Longview will 1,560,000 Highly Recommended.
receive funding to
purchase new low-floor
biodiesel buses to
replace older buses that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new
buses will be operated by
RiverCities Transit and
will improve access,
mobility and transit
service for residents of
Kelso and Longview.
WA.................. Intercity Transit..... D2020-BUSC-089............. Intercity Transit, which 4,956,000 Highly Recommended.
serves Washington State's
capital city, Olympia,
and neighboring cities
will receive funding to
complete a bus yard
expansion and install its
own propane fueling
station to support
increased transit
service. This project is
the last element of
Intercity Transit's
Pattison Street
maintenance facility
upgrade, a complete
overhaul of a well-used
facility and restoring it
to fully serviceable
conditions to support the
next generation of
transit services for the
Thurston region.
WA.................. Washington State D2020-BUSC-090............. Washington State 3,932,622 Highly Recommended.
Department of Department of
Transportation. Transportation (WSDOT)
will receive funding for
replacement and expansion
vehicles and equipment
for four transit agencies
providing rural service
in Clallam, Grant, Island
and Kittitas counties.
The new vehicles will
improve safety, access
and mobility for transit
riders in rural
Washington.
WI.................. City of Janesville, WI D2020-BUSC-091............. The City of Janesville 800,000 Highly Recommended.
will receive funding to
purchase new low floor,
accessible transit buses
to replace aging buses
that have exceeded their
useful life. The new
clean diesel buses will
improve transit service
and reliability for those
who travel by transit
throughout the city.
WI.................. City of Madison....... D2020-BUSC-092............. The City of Madison will 7,000,000 Highly Recommended.
receive funding to
purchase several local
buildings to use for bus
storage and maintenance.
The project will relieve
crowding at the city's
current storage and
maintenance facility,
allow for future fleet
and service expansions
and enable the city to
meet growing demand for
transit.
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WI.................. Wisconsin Department D2020-BUSC-093............. The Wisconsin Department 838,400 Highly Recommended.
of Transportation. of Transportation
(WisDOT) will receive
funding to replace
transit vehicles that
have exceeded their
useful life. The new
vehicles will allow rural
transit providers in the
state to improve the
state of good repair of
their fleets, reduce
operating and maintenance
expenses, enhance safety
and increase service
reliability.
WV.................. Eastern Panhandle D2020-BUSC-094/D2020-BUSC- The Eastern Panhandle 6,080,000 Highly Recommended.
Transit Authority 095. Transit Authority (EPTA)
(EPTA). will receive funding to
design and construct a
new maintenance facility
that will replace an
older facility. The new
facility will help
improve transit service
throughout Berkeley and
Jefferson Counties.
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