FTA Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative

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	Federal Grant Title:	FTA Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative
	CFDA Number:	20.500
	CFDA Description:	Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	DOT Federal Transit Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Transportation
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FTA-2010-002-TPM
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Dec 22, 2009
	Creation Date:	Dec 22, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 10, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 10, 2010
	Archive Date:	Mar 12, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$150,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants under this program are Direct Recipients under the Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula program, States, and Indian Tribes. Proposals for funding eligible projects in rural (nonurbanized) areas must be submitted as part of a consolidated State application with the exception of nonurbanized projects to Indian Tribes. Tribes, States, and Direct Recipients may also submit consolidated proposals for projects in urbanized areas. Proposals may contain projects to be implemented by the Recipient or its subrecipients. Eligible subrecipients include public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and private providers engaged in public transportation.
Grant Description: SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of discretionary Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities grant funds in support of the Department of Transportation's Livability Initiative (''Livability Bus Program''). The Livability Bus program will be funded using $150 million in unallocated Discretionary Bus and Bus Facilities Program funds, authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5309(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users (SAFETEA-LU), Public Law 109-59, August 10, 2005. FTA may use additional Bus and Bus Facilities funding that becomes available for discretionary allocation to further support this initiative. The Livability Bus Program makes funds available to public transit providers to finance capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities, including programs of bus and bus-related projects for assistance to sbrecipients that are public agencies, private companies engaged in public transportation, or private non-profit organizations. This notice includes priorities established by FTA for these discretionary funds, the criteria FTA will use to identify meritorious projects for funding, and describes how to apply. This announcement is available on the FTA Web site at: http://www.fta.dot.gov. FTA will announce final selections on the Web site and in the Federal Register. A synopsis of this announcement will be posted in the FIND module of the government-wide electronic grants Web site at http://www.grants.gov. Proposals may be submitted to FTA electronically at buslivability@dot.gov or through the GRANTS.GOV APPLY function. Those who apply via e-mail at buslivability@dot.gov should receive a confirmation e-mail within two business days. Please refer to eligibility criteria, application instructions and procedures outlined in the Federal Register Notice: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-29242.pdf
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants_financing_7829.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Kimberly Sledge Office of Transit Programs (202) 366-2053 e-mail: kimberly.sledge@dot.gov
U S Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration [kimberly.sledge@dot.gov]
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