Section 5309 Bus and Bus-Related Facilities Discretionary Grant Program To Support Urban Partnerships

The summary for the Section 5309 Bus and Bus-Related Facilities Discretionary Grant Program To Support Urban Partnerships Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, 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 in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Section 5309 Bus and Bus-Related Facilities Discretionary Grant Program To Support Urban Partnerships
	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:	D2007-BUSP-630-0003
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	May 11, 2007
	Creation Date:	May 11, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 22, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jun 21, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$439,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	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: Applicant Eligibility. To be eligible to apply for funding pursuant to this notice, an applicant must satisfy the following conditions: (1) The applicant is a state or public body or agency or subdivision thereof, or a public corporation, board or commission established under state or local law for transportation purposes, in each case duly recognized by FTA as a grantee; (Note: Private operators may now receive FTA funds, through eligible recipients, without competition if they are included in a program of projects submitted by the designated public authority acting as the primary recipient of a grant.) (2) The applicant is located within a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, which has (A) a travel-time index of 1.25 or greater, as reported by the Texas Transportation Institute (``TTI'') in its 2005 Annual Urban Mobility Report, or (B) an annual congestion cost per traveler of $600 or greater, as reported by TTI in its 2005 Urban Mobility Report, or (C) a number of hours of congestion per day of seven hours or greater, as reported by TTI in its 2005 Urban Mobility Report; (NOTE: See attached Federal Register Notice for more complete discussion of eligibility.) (3) The applicant can demonstrate, either by a motion from its board of directors or letter from an authorizing authority, that it is located within a jurisdiction that has adopted, or proposes to adopt within two years after the date of this notice, a congestion reduction demonstration; (4) The applicant proposes to use the funds applied for to improve existing transit service or to provide new transit service in a corridor, cordon or area (See Note 11 in Federal Register) that is part of a congestion reduction demonstration. Note: Please refer to the attached Federal Register Notice for more complete discussion of eligibility:
Grant Description: SUMMARY: This notice solicits applications for a significant portion of funds not ``earmarked'' by law and otherwise available in Fiscal Year 2007 under the Section 5309 Bus and Bus-Related Facilities Discretionary Grant Program (the ``Bus Program'') reserved by the Federal Transit Administration (``FTA'') for proposals selected in accordance with the terms of this notice. Under 49 U.S.C. 5309, the FTA Administrator, acting on behalf of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (the ``Secretary''), has the discretion to award grants for bus and bus-related equipment and facilities. By this notice, the Department, acting through FTA, is seeking applications to the Bus Program that support the objectives of the National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on SUMMARY: This notice solicits applications for a significant portion of funds not ``earmarked'' by law and otherwise available in Fiscal Year 2007 under the Section 5309 Bus and Bus-Related Facilities Discretionary Grant Program (the ``Bus Program'') reserved by the Federal Transit Administration (``FTA'') for proposals selected in accordance with the terms of this notice. Under 49 U.S.C. 5309, the FTA Administrator, acting on behalf of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (the ``Secretary''), has the discretion to award grants for bus and bus-related equipment and facilities. By this notice, the Department, acting through FTA, is seeking applications to the Bus Program that support the objectives of the National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network (the ``Congestion Initiative'') established in May 2006 by the U.S. Department of Transportation (the ``Department''). This Notice is one of four solicitations issued by the Department to date in connection with the Urban Partnership Program as part of the Congestion Initiative. See below ``Supplementary Information: Coordination with Other Urban Partnership Program Solicitations.Addition description is in attached file...
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Federal Register, March 23, 2007: Federal Transit Administration Notice of Funding Availability
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4833.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: David B. Horner, Esq.,
Chief Counsel, Federal Transit Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

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