Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs

Objective

Provides capital funding to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses and bus related equipment and to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. Provides capital funding for low or no emissions bus projects.

Who Can Apply

• U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government
• Department or Agency of a U.S. Territorial Government
• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
• Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages)
• County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
• Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
• Local
• State
• Territorial
• Tribal
• Nonprofit Organization
• Transit Authority

Eligible recipients are designated recipients, States (including territories and Washington, DC), local governmental authorities, and Indian tribes. For the Bus Formula and Competitive Programs, eligible recipients must also allocate funds to or operate fixed-route bus service. For the Bus Formula and Competitive Programs, eligible subrecipients also include public agencies and private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation.

Who Benefits

Beneficiaries of funding include states and designated recipients. After allocation of funds, fixed-route bus operators, the general public, both users and non-users of public transportation, public agencies, and private transportation companies may benefit.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

FTALowNoBusNOFO@dot.gov
202-366-2053