Fiscal Year 2024 Tribal Transit Project Selections
State | Project Sponsor | Project Description | Funding |
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AK | Gulkana Village Council | The Gulkana Village Council (Soaring Eagle Transit) will receive funding to buy new transit vans to replace aging vehicles, improving system safety and reliability. The vans will improve service for village residents to get to medical appointments, tribal functions, and other key destinations. | $154,916 |
AK | Native Village of Unalakleet | The Native Village of Unalakleet will receive funding to maintain their transit service, the only public transportation service in Unalakleet. The village, located on the Norton Sound 180 miles southeast of Nome, provides transit to help residents get to the health clinic, grocery store, post office, tribal office, airport, and other services. | $65,205 |
AK | Ninilchik Village Tribe | The Ninilchik Village Tribe will receive funding to buy a new transit van to replace an aging vehicle and better support operations, allowing the Tribe to extend service from three days a week to five. The Tribe will close transportation gaps on the Kenai Peninsula, offering a convenient and affordable travel option for tribal residents and connecting them to essential services. | $509,038 |
AK | Sitka Tribe | The Sitka Tribe will receive funding to buy a new transit van to replace an older vehicle and maintenance equipment to keep other vans in a state of good repair. This will allow the tribe, located on the west coast of Baranof Island, to better serve residents with access to education and healthcare. | $235,501 |
AZ | Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians | The Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians will receive funding to buy two new transit vans to replace aging vehicles, support continued operations and conduct a transit study to identify existing travel patterns, opportunities to increase ridership and coordination with regional transit systems. This project will help tribal residents access healthcare and other services in the northern Mohave and Coconino counties and nearby southern Utah. | $252,750 |
AZ | Navajo Nation | The Navajo Nation (Winslow-Indian Health Center) will receive funding to buy four new transit vans to replace older vehicles and maintain operations. This project will allow the tribe to ensure community members can reach critical healthcare services. | $842,505 |
AZ | San Carlos Apache Tribal Council | The San Carlos Apache Tribal Council will receive funding to buy two new transit vans that will replace vehicles that are reaching the end of their useful life. The vehicles serve northern Graham, southeastern Gila, and eastern Pinal counties, and neighboring communities—allowing residents to access jobs, schools, healthcare and essential services. | $425,000 |
CA | Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria | The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians will receive funding to purchase two transit vans and maintain operations. The vehicles will provide service to medical appointments, tribal functions, and other key destinations for its tribal residents in Sonoma County, CA. | $248,000 |
CA | Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians | The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians will receive funding to support the continued operations of its transit program. This will ensure continued services within Riverside and San Bernadino counties, and better connect its residents to jobs, healthcare and economic opportunities. | $636,670 |
CA | Yurok Tribe | The Yurok Tribe will receive funding to purchase three transit vans and maintain operations. This funding will support the creation of new routes and maintain current service to improve tribal access to employment, education, healthcare, and other crucial resources. | $519,986 |
MA | Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe | The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe will receive funding to purchase a new tribal van to replace an older vehicle that is reaching the end of its useful life. The new vehicle will support tribal residents in Barnstable County with greater access to jobs, school, healthcare and economic opportunities. | $200,000 |
MI | Bay Mills Indian Community | The Bay Mills Indian Community will receive funding to ensure continued transit services, which has seen a 150 percent growth in ridership since 2021. The funding will help its tribal members in rural Chippewa County maintain their access to jobs, healthcare and essential services for the community. | $180,000 |
MI | Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians | The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians will receive funding to ensure continued transit services for its tribal members living in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula. This funding will help the Tribe maintain access to jobs, healthcare and essential services. | $440,000 |
MN | Bois Forte Tribal Government | The Bois Forte Tribal Government will receive funding to replace older vehicles that are reaching the end of their useful life and for operations support. This project will ensure continued safe and reliable service for tribal members in the Arrowhead region of northern Minnesota. | $904,335 |
MN | Minnesota Chippewa Tribe: White Earth Band | The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - White Earth Band will receive funding to purchase a computer-aided scheduling dispatch system. The project will improve service and improve access for tribal residents to jobs, healthcare and essential services. | $80,000 |
NE | Village of Santee | The Village of Santee will receive funding for a planning project to improve its transit bus program, a lifeline for more than 900 residents who rely on it to access jobs, healthcare, and essential services in rural northeast Nebraska. | $50,000 |
NM | Mescalero Apache Tribe | The Mescalero Apache Tribe will receive funding to buy a snow plow-enabled maintenance vehicle to ensure continued transit services in the winter months. The project will ensure continued transit service for tribal members with improved access to jobs, healthcare and essential services. | $480,913 |
NM | Pueblo of Taos | The Pueblo of Taos will receive funding to upgrade two bus stops to American with Disabilities Act standards, which will include shelters, lighting and other amenities. This project will help the Pueblo of Taos continue to provide safe and reliable transit service to help tribal residents access employment, education and healthcare. | $158,448 |
NV | Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe | The Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe will receive funding to ensure continued transit services for tribal members in rural northwestern Nevada. The project will improve access to jobs, healthcare and essential services in and around the reservation. | $226,714 |
NV | Walker River Paiute Tribe | The Walker River Paiute Tribe will receive funding to support its Agai Dicutta Tribal Transit Service, which is a vital link for tribal members living in three counties in rural midwestern Nevada. The project will ensure community members can access education, healthcare and economic opportunities. | $547,149 |
OK | Cherokee Nation | The Cherokee Nation will receive funding to purchase five new passenger vehicles, expanding the Nation's transit service to meet increasing demand. In addition to expanding services to low-income and community members with disabilities, this funding will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing private vehicle use. | $460,456 |
OR | The Klamath Tribes | The Klamath Tribes (Quail Trail Public Transit) will receive funding to buy a new transit van to replace an older vehicle and to support operations. This project will improve safety, reliability and mobility for tribal members located in Klamath County. | $221,387 |
SD | Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation | The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation will receive funding to expand its transit operations, including the addition of vehicles for new routes and weekend hours to ensure continued transit services for tribal members in northeastern South Dakota. This project will help maintain access to healthcare and education opportunities in and around the reservation. | $690,327 |
WA | Cowlitz Indian Tribe | The Cowlitz Indian Tribe will receive funding to maintain the tribe's transit services. Cowlitz Tribal Transit Services provides on-demand service for its tribal community in a largely rural, low-density service area in Southwest Washington. | $100,000 |
WI | Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin will receive funding to improve the safety and visibility of bus stops by installing crosswalks and new pavement markings. The improvements will help tribal members in Northwest Wisconsin to safely access transit service for continued access to jobs, education and healthcare. | $49,696 |
WI | Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians will receive funding to purchase two new electric hybrid passenger vans to replace older vehicles and to construct a storage facility. This project will improve reliability, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality for tribal members in Bayfield County. | $957,052 |
Total Funds:
$9,636,048
Last updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2025