Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program

The summary for the Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the DOT Federal Transit Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program: The Bus Livability Program makes funds available to public transportation 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 subrecipients that are public agencies, private companies engaged in public transportation, or private non-profit organizations. The Bus Livability Program will be funded using at least $150 million in available 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), Pub. L. 109-59, August 10, 2005. FTA may use additional Bus and Bus Facilities funding that becomes available to further support this initiative. The Notice in FR DOC # 2011-16015 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. For more details please see Federal Register Volume 76, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2011)Pages 37393-37402.

Federal Grant Title:	Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program
Federal Agency Name:	DOT Federal Transit Administration
Grant Categories:	Transportation
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	FTA-2011-020-BLV
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	20.500
CFDA Descriptions:	Federal Transit_Capital Investment Grants
Current Application Deadline:	Jul 29, 2011
Original Application Deadline:	Jul 29, 2011
Posted Date:	Jun 27, 2011
Creation Date:	Jun 29, 2011
Archive Date:	Aug 28, 2011
Total Program Funding:	$150,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants under this program are direct recipients of funds provided under the Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula program (``Direct Recipients''), as well as 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 include projects to be implemented by the applicant as a ``Recipient'' or as one or more partners (``subrecipients''). Eligible subrecipients include public agencies, private non-profit organizations, and private providers engaged in public transportation.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Bryce McNitt Office of Budget and Policy (202) 366-2618

Bryce McNitt email [[email protected]]
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