Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program

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	Federal Grant Title:	Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program
	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-2011-020-BLV
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jun 27, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jun 29, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 29, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 29, 2011
	Archive Date:	Aug 28, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	150,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	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.
Grant Description: 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.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/fr-2011-06-27/pdf/2011-16015.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Bryce McNitt Office of Budget and Policy (202) 366-2618

Bryce McNitt email [bryce.mcnitt@dot.gov]
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