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TrAMS Frequently Asked Questions

TrAMS: FTA’s New Grants System

This page is a compilation of questions and answers resulting from a series of webinars and changes made to TrAMS resulting from your feedback. Learn more by selecting from the list of questions below.

How do I  access TrAMS?What is a TrAMS User Manager Role...

TrAMS User Manager Outreach Letter

January 07, 2015

Dear Colleagues,

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently posted notices regarding the anticipated deployment of the Transportation Award Management System (TrAMS), our next generation of TEAM, expected to go live in April, 2015 (specific date TBD). TrAMS...

TrAMS Guidance

For TrAMS users who have questions about how TrAMS functions or are experiencing technical difficulties.

TEAM to TrAMS Transition Information

Moving from TEAM to TrAMS

The below highlights some of the most frequent questions. You can explore more in our TrAMS FAQs.

General TrAMS Access

All active user accounts in TEAM will have access to TrAMS. You do not have to resubmit a user access form to gain access to TrAMS. FTA will...

Bus Transit Safety Quarterly Newsletter - August 2008

Transit Bus SafetyQuarterly Newsletter

FTA Transit Bus Safetyand Security ProgramProgram Overview

As FTA Administrator James S. Simpson stated in his 2006 Dear Colleague letter, FTA has taken a “fresh approach” to developing its Transit Bus Safety and Security...

The Transit Award Management System (TrAMS)

Welcome to the Transit Award Management System (TrAMS), FTA’s platform to award and manage federal grants. TrAMS was created to provide greater efficiency and improved transparency and accountability. FTA deployed TrAMS in February 2016 to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and flexible tool...

Existing Recipients

Resources for Grant Recipients Competitive Grant Opportunities on Grants.gov — FTA posts all competitive grant and cooperative agreement opportunities on Grants.gov, the comprehensive government-wide website for announcing competitive grant opportunities. Grants.gov is the single, secure...

New Applicants

Getting Started

FTA awards funds to transit systems in competitive grants and as formula grants. These funding sources each have specific requirements, funding cycles, and awards processes that should be carefully reviewed. Review the different grant programs currently...