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FTA is partnering with the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to offer technical assistance to transit agencies transitioning fleets from diesel vehicles to buses and ferries with new propulsion technology. Established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),...
This Dear Colleague letter announces a temporary 24-month waiver of the FTA’s minimum life extension requirement for medium size, light-duty transit buses, known as cutaways, and smaller vehicle rebuilds initiated over the next two years when using FTA funds. The waiver grants a shorter minimum...
General and eligibility FAQs on FTA’s Ferry Programs.
FTA’s FY22 Low- and No-Emission and Bus and Bus Facilities programs will provide $1.66 billion in grants to transit agencies, territories and states across the country to invest in bus fleets and facilities. Funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the majority of funded projects...
This Dear Colleague letter reminds project sponsors of FTA’s policies on the acquisition of real property where Federal funds will be, or are anticipated to be, used for the purchase or development of that property.
This Dear Colleague letter informs State Departments of Transportation that intercity bus providers that request to use a nationwide model to allocate costs are eligible to be reimbursed for net operating costs under FTA’s Formula Grants for Rural Areas program (Section 5311(f)), including...
Public transportation plays an important role connecting millions of Americans to jobs, vital services, and civic participation, including voting. Transit providers across the country are distinctly positioned to reduce some of the obstacles Americans face to exercising their sacred, fundamental...
The All Stations Accessibility Program makes competitive funding available to assist in the financing of capital projects to repair, improve, modify, retrofit, or relocate infrastructure of stations or facilities to make all public areas of the station accessible to people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.
Eligible applicants for ASAP include designated recipients that allocate funds to legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, states (including territories and Washington D.C.) or local governmental entities that operate legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems.
Eligible activities are capital projects to upgrade the accessibility of legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems for people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs, by increasing the number of existing stations or facilities for passenger use that meet or exceed the new construction standards of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131). Activities include:
The federal share is not to exceed 80 percent of the net project cost for capital expenditures.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Division J
The 5310 chart is a visual summary of how the funds are allocated within the program for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.