Deadline: Awarded annually through 2026
Eligible Applicants: Designated recipients that allocate funds to fixed-route bus operators, States (including territories and Washington D.C.), local governmental entities that operate fixed-route bus services, and Indian Tribes.
Fuel Type: Not specified
Agency: Department of Transportation
Description: Federal resources available to states and direct recipients to replace, rehabilitate and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities, including technological changes or innovations to modify low- or no-emission vehicles or facilities. Funding is provided through formula allocations and competitive grants.
Eligible Projects: Capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses, vans, and related equipment, and to construct bus-related facilities, including technological changes or innovations to modify low- or no-emission vehicles or facilities. Additionally, 0.5% of a request may be for workforce development training, and an additional 0.5% may be for training at the National Transit Institute. Applicants proposing any project related to zero-emission vehicles must also spend 5% of their award on workforce development and training as outlined in their Zero-Emission Transition Plan, unless the applicant certifies that their financial need is less.
More Information: Federal Transit Administration
