5. Federal Transit Assistance for Large, Small, and Nonurbanized Areas

The Urbanized Area Formula Program, with its multiple tiers and formula factors, does not allocate funds on a strict per capita basis. The allocations are also targeted to urbanized areas, though the states do play a role in the allocations to urbanized areas under 200,000, as discussed above....

Prior Year Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Program (Ladders of Opportunity Initiative)

Program funds may be used to purchase, replace, or rehabilitate transit buses and vans as well as to modernize or construct bus facilities (such as maintenance depots and intermodal facilities) in urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Project Selections for Ladders of Opportunity...

Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development Program

This notice solicits proposals that promote innovative public transportation workforce development models and programs of regional and national significance, which invest in America’s economic growth and promote ladders of opportunity for all Americans.

Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery Demonstration

The Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery Research program funds innovative research and demonstration projects that develop and showcase promising technologies, methods, practices, and techniques that improve the operational safety, infrastructure resilience, and...

Mobility Services for All Americans Deployment Planning Projects

Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) Deployment Planning Project grants are awarded to selected local and regional organizations to plan coordinated mobility services. Funded projects use intelligent transportation systems to coordinate deployment of on-demand public transportation systems...

Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (5320)

The Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program was established to address the challenge of increasing vehicle congestion in and around our national parks and other federal lands. America’s national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests were created to protect unique...

Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (5316)

The Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program was established to address the unique transportation challenges faced by welfare recipients and low-income persons seeking to obtain and maintain employment.

Fixed Guideway Modernization (5309 (b)(2))

The transit capital investment program (49 U.S.C. 5309) provides capital assistance for three primary activities:

Expired Grant Programs

The following FTA grant programs have expired or been repealed:

Flexible Funding for Transit and Highway Improvements

Federal law (23 U.S.C. § 104(f); 49 U.S.C. § 5334(i)(1)) allows Federal-Aid Highway Program funding made available for public transportation projects to be flexed (or transferred) to be administered by FTA for public transportation projects. 

See potentially eligible programs at...