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Grants

Legacy ID
421

New Starts Reporting Instructions

These reporting instructions for the New Starts (Section 5309 Capital Investment Grants Program) inform applicants of the information they must provide so FTA may undertake the legislatively required evaluation and rating of project merit.

Extract of the Uniform Act

To provide for uniform and equitable treatment of persons displaced from their homes, businesses, or farms by Federal and federally assisted programs and to establish uniform and equitable land acquisition policies for Federal and federally assisted programs.Be it enacted by the Senate and House...

Real Estate Information

Overview

FTA is committed to ensuring that FTA grant recipients comply with all laws, regulations, and agency policy related to the acquisition of real property for use on federally -assisted transit projects. FTA recipients must ensure all private property owners and displaced persons are...

About the Program

Overview Discretionary & Competitive Federal Grant Program Authorized up to $4.6 billion per year, subject to Congressional appropriations Funds light rail, heavy rail, commuter rail, streetcar, and bus rapid transit projects IIJA outlines: Multi-year, multi-step process...

ARRA Transit Programs

ARRA appropriated $8.4 billion for three major transit programs. ARRA funds may be used only for capital projects (as defined in 49 USC 5302(a)(1)), and no local share is required. Less than one percent of the total funding ($64 million) was made available to FTA for oversight and administration...

Certifications and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

8/17/2012

Dear Colleague:

It has come to my attention that many recipients of funds administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) may not be correctly applying the Federal lobbying disclosure reporting requirements. As a result, recipients may not realize that they may...