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Announcement of Fiscal Year 2026 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program Project Selections
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Published Document: 2026-05152 (91 FR 12902)
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Federal Transit Administration
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION:
Notice of project selections and implementation guidance.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the award of $388,279,883 for 34 projects under the FY 2026 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program (Bus Competitive Program). This notice provides administrative guidance on project implementation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Successful applicants should contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional Offices can be found at
For all other questions, contact Kirsten Wiard-Bauer, Office of Program Management, at
ftalownobusnofo@dot.gov
or (202) 366-2053. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal public transportation law (
49 U.S.C. 5339(b)
) authorizes FTA to make competitive grants for the Bus Competitive Program.
Federal public transportation law (
49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(M)
) authorized $408,223,797 in FY 2026 funds for the Bus Competitive Program after an oversight takedown.
On May 15, 2025, FTA published a joint Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of approximately $398 million in FY 2025 Bus Competitive Program funds and approximately $1.10 billion in Low or No Emission (Low-No) Program funds (
90 FR 20737
). FTA is electing to select additional projects from this NOFO using FY 2026 Bus Competitive Program funds, as well as available prior year funds. These funds will provide financial assistance to states and eligible public agencies to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses, vans, and related equipment; and for capital projects to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. In response to the NOFO, FTA received 479 eligible project proposals requesting approximately $6.8 billion in Federal funds. Project proposals were evaluated based on each applicant's
printed page 12903)
responsiveness to the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO.
Based on the criteria in the NOFO, FTA is funding 34 projects, as shown in Table 1, for a total of $388,279,883. A minimum of 15 percent of the amount made available for the Bus Competitive Program is set aside for projects located in rural areas, which is reflected in FTA's joint selections across FY 2025 and FY 2026. A statutory cap of 10 percent for any one applicant in the Bus Competitive Program is reflected as well.
Recipients selected for competitive funding are required to work with their FTA Regional Office to submit a grant application in FTA's Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) for the projects identified in the attached table to quickly obligate funds. A discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMS application. Grant applications must include only eligible activities applied for in the original project proposal.
When the allocated amount is less than the requested amount, recipients must reduce scope or scale the project so that a complete phase or a usable segment of the originally proposed project is implemented. Amounts may be reduced because they were capped or scaled due to more funding being requested than available, ineligible expenses may have been removed from the funded project scope, or funding was allocated for only the low-emission elements of a mixed-emission project. In all such cases where the amount allocated is less than the amount requested, the recipient should work with its Regional Office to reduce the scope appropriately. Recipients may also provide additional local funds to complete a proposed project.
Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre-award authority no earlier than Friday, February 20, 2026. Pre-award costs are incurred at your own risk, and the announcement that a project was selected does not guarantee that FTA will, in fact, obligate a grant for the funding. FTA is not required to reimburse pre-award costs if you do not receive an obligated grant or if the obligated grant is less than anticipated and is inadequate to cover all pre-award costs. Eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon planning and environmental requirements having been met, among other factors. For more about FTA's policy on pre-award authority, please see the current FTA Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information at
Post-award reporting requirements include submission of Federal Financial Reports and Milestone Progress Reports in TrAMS (see FTA Circular 5010.1F). Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal requirements in carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. FTA emphasizes that recipients must follow all third-party procurement requirements set forth in Federal public transportation law (
49 U.S.C. 5325(a)
) and described in the FTA Third Party Contracting Guidance Circular (FTA Circular 4220.1G).
Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by September 30, 2029.
Technical Review and Evaluation Summary:
The FTA assessed all project proposals that were submitted under the FY 2025 Buses and Bus Facilities Program and the Low-No Program competition. For information on the evaluation criteria, please refer to
Federal Register
Notice (
91 FR 1856
):
Matthew J. Welbes,
Executive Director.
Table 1—FY 2026 Buses And Bus Facilities Project Selections
[Note: Some projects have multiple project IDs]
State
Recipient
Project ID
Project description
Award
AK
Manokotak Village
D2026-BUSC-100
Purchase expansion bus
$205,000
AK
University of Alaska Fairbanks
D2026-BUSC-101
Expand and rehabilitate maintenance facility
5,440,000
CA
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
D2026-BUSC-102
Construct operations and maintenance facility
16,640,000
CA
City of Santa Ana
D2026-BUSC-103
Rehabilitate and replace bus infrastructure
3,472,000
CA
Foothill Transit
D2026-BUSC-104
Construct a mobility hub
20,800,000
CA
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District
D2026-BUSC-105
Relocate bus transit center
25,600,000
CA
Orange County Transportation Authority
D2026-BUSC-106
Purchase safety and security equipment for bus facilities
960,000
CA
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
D2026-BUSC-107
Construct bus transit center
14,680,000
DE
Delaware Department of Transportation
D2026-BUSC-108
Rehabilitate buses
14,260,000
FL
City of Gainesville
D2026-BUSC-109
Purchase replacement buses, construct bus transfer station, and improve bus stops
10,263,750
FL
Florida Department of Transportation obo Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX)
D2026-BUSC-110
Purchase replacement buses
9,270,640
HI
Honolulu Department of Transportation Services
D2026-BUSC-111
Purchase replacement buses and related equipment
11,569,965
IA
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
D2026-BUSC-112
Expand bus facility
20,000,000
IL
Springfield Mass Transit District
D2026-BUSC-113
Construct bus fueling station
6,733,300
LA
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA)
D2026-BUSC-114
Purchase replacement buses and rehabilitate two operations and maintenance facilities
27,200,000
MD
Maryland Transit Administration obo Transit Services of Frederick County
D2026-BUSC-115
Purchase replacement vehicles
336,000
MI
Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority
D2026-BUSC-116
Purchase new bus facility
7,220,095
MO
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
D2026-BUSC-117
Purchase replacement buses and rehabilitate bus facility
13,333,000
NC
City of Durham
D2026-BUSC-118
Purchase replacement buses
6,142,400
NC
Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority dba GoTriangle
D2026-BUSC-119
Expand and rehabilitate operations and maintenance facility
17,718,750
printed page 12904)
NC
Town of Chapel Hill
D2026-BUSC-120
Purchase replacement vehicles and safety training equipment
8,802,268
ND
North Dakota Department of Transportation
D2026-BUSC-121
Purchase replacement buses
5,070,000
NV
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
D2026-BUSC-122
Purchase replacement buses and related equipment
8,843,449
NY
Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (CNYRTA)
D2026-BUSC-123
Construct bus maintenance, storage, and administrative facility
28,800,000
NY
New York City Department of Transportation
D2026-BUSC-124
Construct and rehabilitate bus stops
10,000,000
NY
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
D2026-BUSC-125
Rehabilitate three bus facilities
21,600,000
OR
Salem Area Mass Transit District
D2026-BUSC-126
Construct bus transit center
3,000,000
PR
Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority obo Municipality of Aguada
D2026-BUSC-127
Purchase expansion buses and rehabilitate bus terminal
2,477,341
PR
Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority obo Municipality of San German
D2026-BUSC-128
Purchase expansion buses and construct bus stops
1,182,550
TN
City of Clarksville
D2026-BUSC-129 and D2026-BUSC-130
Construct bus transit center
16,000,000
VA
Petersburg Area Transit
D2026-BUSC-131
Purchase replacement buses and construct operations and maintenance facility
23,820,750
VA
Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads
D2026-BUSC-132
Purchase replacement buses
10,620,000
WA
Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority (DBA Kitsap Transit)
D2026-BUSC-133
Construct bus driver training facility
15,000,000
WA
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe
D2026-BUSC-134
Purchase replacement buses and construct bus facility
1,218,625
Total
388,279,883
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