OpportunityTitle: FY 2021 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Route Planning Restoration Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants must be eligible recipients under Section 5307 of Title 49, United States Code (FTA&#8217;s Urbanized Area Formula Grants program), as of the publication date of this NOFO on GRANTS.GOV.  Additionally, applicants must have experienced a reduction in transit service any time on or after January 20, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Description: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $25,000,000 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding under the Route Planning Restoration Program (Federal Assistance Listing: 20.505). As required by Federal public transportation law and subject to funding availability, funds will be awarded competitively to support planning designed to (i) increase ridership and reduce travel times, while maintaining or expanding the total level of vehicle revenue miles of service provided in the planning period; or (ii) make service adjustments to increase the quality or frequency of service provided to low-income riders and disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Colby McFarland
GrantorContactText: 1200 New Jersey Ave SE                                                                                                                                                                        Washington, DC 20590                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (Phone) 202-366-1648