If the amounts expended for acquisition of a van is undertaken through a third party leased van, the third party should follow FTA’s Capital Cost of Contracting guidance found in chapter IV, pages 11-13 of FTA circular 9030.1E to determine the amount...

If a participant acquired a van before joining the vanpool program, the value of the van should be calculated by applying straight-line depreciation beginning on the date the van was first used in the program and subtracting any federal, state or...

No, this is no longer a program requirement or selection criterion.

Projects to fund the incremental costs of a project may receive a higher rating for the local financial commitment to the project, but will still be evaluated based on the remainder of the evaluation criteria provided in the NOFO.

No, if you have registered and are up to date you should be able to apply for these opportunities.

Yes, this is allowable. Projects will be evaluated on a project by project basis regardless of how they are submitted to grants.gov.

Both the SF-424 and Program Supplemental forms can be downloaded from Grants.gov under the program opportunity tab.  The supplemental form is also available from the FTA website at www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/lowno.

An applicant must use the pdf supplemental form that is provided at Grants.gov or on FTA’s website. Other formats will not be accepted.

Grants.gov will allow you to upload supporting documents. Supporting documents may be helpful to reviewers, as they may confirm what is stated in the narrative.

An applicant can choose either option; however, we recommend separate submissions for multiple urban agencies.