Fiscal Year 2021 Tribal Transit Project Selections
| State | Project Sponsor | Project Description | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Asa'carsarmiut Tribe | The Asa'carsarmiut Tribe will receive funding to continue operations and to purchase vehicles. This project will improve safety, reliability and mobility for tribal members in Mountain Village, Alaska. | $176,600 |
| AK | Craig Tribal Association | The Craig Tribal Association will receive funding to purchase and install bus shelters to protect its tribal members in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The project will address state of good repair needs and ensure a continuity of services especially needed during winter weather conditions. | $45,172 |
| AK | Craig Tribal Association | The Craig Tribal Association will receive funding to develop a public transit expansion plan. This will allow the tribe to better serve its tribal members and the communities of Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. | $25,000 |
| AK | Huslia Village | The Huslia Village will receive funding to purchase a new vehicle that meets Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. The project will ensure safe, reliable, and economical transit to the growing community of Huslia and nearby Birch Grove Subdivision. | $114,150 |
| AK | Huslia Village | The Huslia Village will receive funding for operating assistance to continue services for tribal members that live in the growing community of Huslia and nearby Birch Grove Subdivision. | $107,139 |
| AK | Kenaitze Indian Tribe (IRA) | The Kenaitze Indian Tribe will receive funding to pilot a fixed-route service for its tribal members across Alaska's central Kenai Peninsula. The pilot program will supplement existing services provided by the Central Area Rural Transit System (CARTS) and Alaska Cab by providing an affordable transportation option. | $1,172,153 |
| AK | Klawock Cooperative Association | The Klawock Cooperative Association will receive funding to develop a transit plan. This project will improve access to and within the community and better connect residents to jobs, healthcare and economic opportunities in Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. | $25,000 |
| AK | Petersburg Indian Association | The Petersburg Indian Association will receive funding to develop a transit plan. This project will improve access to and within the community and better connect residents to jobs, healthcare and economic opportunities of the Petersburg Indian Association and Petersburg Borough, Alaska. | $12,500 |
| AK | Seldovia Village Tribe | The Seldovia Village Tribe will receive funding to construct a replacement ferry dock for the Seldovia Bay Ferry. This project will improve safety, mobility and service reliability for residents who use the service to access jobs, education and community services in Seldovia, Alaska. | $961,177 |
| AZ | Ak-Chin Indian Community | The Ak-Chin Indian Community will receive funding to purchase a transit vehicle and support infrastructure. This project will improve access for residents in the community and better connect them to jobs, healthcare and economic opportunities. | $157,700 |
| AZ | Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians | The Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians will receive funding to replace transit vehicles that have exceeded their useful life. This project will help residents access healthcare and other services in northern Mohave and Coconino Counties and nearby southern Utah. | $76,900 |
| AZ | Quechan Indian Tribe | The Quechan Indian Tribe will receive funding to develop an On-Demand First-Last Mile Service. The project will ensure safe, reliable, and economical transit services for tribal residents. | $25,000 |
| AZ | White Mountain Apache Tribe Division of Transportation | The White Mountain Apache Tribe Division of Transportation will receive funding to purchase a mobile maintenance vehicle to assist the Fort Apache Connection Transit (FACT). This project will address state of good repair needs and help the tribe continue to provide safe and reliable transit service to help residents access jobs, school and community services on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation. | $100,000 |
| CA | Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians will receive funding to purchase a vehicle and funding to support training and maintenance needs. This project will address state of good repair needs and will assist members living on the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Reservation to the nearest town 15 miles away, of Ukiah, in reaching healthcare, employment and education opportunities. | $144,699 |
| CA | Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation | The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation will receive funding to purchase new battery-electric vehicles to replace older vehicles that have exceeded their useful life and support charging infrastructure. This project will ensure continued service reliability, maintain a state of good repair and, by improving air quality, advance environmental justice in the tribal community. | $612,000 |
| CO | Southern Ute Indian Tribe | The Southern Ute Indian Tribe will receive funding to replace a vehicle that has exceeded its useful life. This project will address state of good repair needs and ensure continued safe and reliable service for tribal members who need access to jobs, healthcare and other services throughout the reservation in the southeast part of LaPlata County, CO. | $73,395 |
| MN | Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa will receive funding to install a new radio communications system. This project will address state of good repair needs and ensure continued safe and reliable service for tribal members in the Arrowhead region of northern Minnesota. | $318,000 |
| MN | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will receive funding to purchase new vehicles to replace retired vehicles. This project will address state of good repair needs and ensure continued demand-response weekday service on the Fond du Lac Reservation and service to Duluth. | $373,435 |
| MN | Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will receive funding to initiate new transit services on the reservation. This project will provide residents with greater access to jobs, school, healthcare and other services in Cass County and connecting the village of Onigum with the community of Bena which is located on US Highway 2. | $882,882 |
| MN | Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians will receive funding to upgrade its main transit station. The project will address state of good repair needs and ensure safe and reliable travel for tribal residents in Northwest Minnesota. | $100,000 |
| MT | Crow Tribe of Indians | The Crow Tribe of Indians will receive funding to initiate on-demand service. This project will provide critical transit services to transit-dependent residents in the rural areas of the reservation in major communities along I-90 (Billings, Crow Agency, Lodge Grass, and Wyola.) | $213,188 |
| MT | The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation | The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation will receive funding to upgrade its transit facility and funding to purchase a replacement vehicle. This project address state of good repair needs and ensure continued safe and reliable services for tribal members of the Blackfeet Tribe and surrounding communities. | $441,000 |
| NM | Jicarilla Apache Nation | The Jicarilla Apache Nation will receive funding to replace vehicles that have exceeded their useful life. This project will address state of good repair needs and ensure safe and reliable transit service for its tribal residents. | $415,580 |
| NM | Jicarilla Apache Nation | The Jicarilla Apache Nation will receive funding to upgrade bus stops to Americans with Disabilities Act standards. The bus stops are served and maintained by North Central Regional Transit District, a public transit provider in the Jicarilla Apache Nation and north central New Mexico. The project addresses state of good repair needs and will maintain safe and reliable transit service for its Jicarilla Apache Nation tribal residents. | $150,000 |
| NM | Mescalero Apache Tribe | The Mescalero Apache Tribe will receive funding to purchase and install new bus shelters and a maintenance vehicle to maintain transit services. The project will ensure continued transit service for tribal members with improved access to jobs, healthcare and essential services. | $571,068 |
| NM | Ohkay Owingeh | The Ohkay Owingeh Tribe will receive funding to purchase a vehicle to replace an older vehicle that has exceeded its useful life. This project addresses state of good repair needs and ensures continued transit service for tribal members with improved access to jobs, healthcare and essential services. | $64,323 |
| NM | Pueblo of Taos | The Pueblo of Taos will receive funding to upgrade several bus stops to American with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, which will include shelters, benches and other amenities. This project addresses state of good repair needs and will help the Pueblo of Taos continue to provide safe and reliable transit service to help tribal residents access employment, education and healthcare. | $200,000 |
| NV | Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe | The Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe will receive funding to ensure continued transit services for tribal members within Churchill County in rural, northwestern Nevada. The project will improve access to jobs, healthcare and essential services in and around the reservation. | $244,747 |
| NY | Seneca Nation of Indians | The Seneca Nation of Indians will receive funding to develop a transit plan. This project will improve access to and within the community and better connect residents to jobs, healthcare and economic opportunities. | $25,000 |
| OK | Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town | The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town will receive funding to develop a transit plan. This project will improve access to and within the community so that the tribe may better serve its members and the rural communities of Hughes County in central Oklahoma. | $18,500 |
| OK | Cherokee Nation | The Cherokee Nation will receive funding to purchase new vehicles that meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. This project will help the tribe address state of good repair needs and continue safe and reliable transit services for residents traveling to jobs, healthcare and other community services. | $108,329 |
| OK | Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | The Northeast Oklahoma Tribal Transit Consortium (NTTC), on behalf of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, will receive funding for the expansion of on-demand, shared ride public transportation services in Ottawa County, OK. This project addresses state of good repair needs and will help ensure safe and reliable transit services for its tribal members. | $107,196 |
| OK | Kaw Nation | The Kaw Nation will receive funding to initiate fixed route and demand transit services. This project will help ensure safe and reliable transit services for its tribal members. | $784,963 |
| OK | Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians | The Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians will receive funding to support transit service and provide rides for tribal and community members to work, healthcare and other community services in Noble and Kay counties. | $130,380 |
| OK | United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma | The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma will receive funding to maintain transit services for tribal and community members to work, healthcare and other community services. | $198,000 |
| OK | Wichita and Affiliated Tribes | The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes will receive funding to develop a transit plan. This project will improve access to and within the community so that the tribe may better serve its members and the rural communities of Caddo County in southwestern Oklahoma. | $24,500 |
| SD | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, working with River Cities Public Transit, will receive funding to purchase new transit vehicles. This project will address state of good repair needs and help tribal residents access healthcare, employment and education opportunities in North Central South Dakota. | $548,000 |
| SD | Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation | The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation will receive funding to install video cameras on its existing fleet of vehicles and funding to ensure continued transit services for tribal members in Northeastern South Dakota. This project will enhance operator and passenger safety and maintain essential transit services in and around the reservation. | $342,981 |
| WI | Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin will receive funding to purchase new vehicles that meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and to replace older vehicles that have exceeded their useful life. This project will help the tribe address state of good repair needs and continue safe and reliable transit services for residents traveling to jobs, healthcare and other community services. | $270,000 |
Total Funds:
$10,360,657
Last updated: Monday, January 24, 2022