USDOT awards $3.2 billion in infrastructure grant funding

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $3.2 billion in funding through 180 infrastructure grants for more than 3,200 projects. Since assuming office, USDOT has approved a total of 329 grants. 

“America is building again,” said USDOT Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “At the Department of Transportation, that means getting back to basics: building more, building efficiently and building quickly.” 

Many of the grants approved by USDOT will help U.S. transit agencies improve public transportation. Some of the grants approved include: 

Federal Railroad Administration 

• Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements- Six projects ($221 million) 
• Corridor Identification and Development Program- Two projects ($4 million) 
• Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail- One project ($30 million) 
• Railroad Crossing Elimination- 14 projects ($25 million) 
• Special Transportation Circumstances- One project ($2.4 million) 

Federal Transit Administration 

• Low or No Emission (Bus) Grants- 30 projects ($494 million) 
• Tribal Transit- six projects ($3.5 million) 

Some of the projects awarded under the Low or No Emission Grants includes: 

• $5.2 million to the Riverside Transit Agency to purchase five 40-foot hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses and workforce training for coach operators and mechanics. 
• $27.9 million to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority for its electric bus and charging expansion. 
• $27.6 million to the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority to replace the agency’s compressed natural gas buses. 
• $19 million to Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation to purchase 20 vehicles, which will use the eGen Flex Diesel-Electric Hybrid engine technology for fleet replacement and modernization. 
• $3.1 million to the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky to convert its diesel buses to hybrid. 

Some of the projects awarded under the Tribal Transit Program includes: 

• $380,050 to the Coeur D' Alene Tribe for the Coeur D'Alene Tribe Replacement Project. 
• $899,139 to the Nez Perce Tribe for the Nez Perce Tribe Appaloosa Express Transit. 
• $567,990 to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the 2023 Requested Vehicle Expansion Project. 

Some of the projects awarded under the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation program includes: 

• $12.1 million to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for The Show Starts Here: Better Customer Experience Through Transit-First Integrated Ticketing project. 
• $1.5 million to the Chicago Department of Transportation for the Chicago Accessible Intersection Navigation Application project. 
• $634,294 to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to help improve SEPTA'S accessibility using GTFS-Pathways. 
• $2 million to the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority for the Fixed-Line Transit 2.0: Real-Time Optimization of High-Frequency Transit Service project. 

The full list of projects can be found on USDOT’s website.