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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$87,402,372

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

WORK BEGAN2026-05-06·LATEST ACTION2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NY-2026-007_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST THE MTA TO INVEST CAPITAL FUNDING INTO ITS BUS FLEET.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THE APPLICATION SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES PURCHASING 90 ARTICULATED BUSES AND 7 NON-REVENUE VEHICLES FOR MTA BUS COMPANY.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS APPLICATION WILL SUPPORT THE MTAS NEED TO REHABILITATE AND REPLACE ASSETS TO ACHIEVE A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE MTA AND ITS RIDERSHIP.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE MTA DOES NOT HAVE SUBRECIPIENTS UNDER THIS AWARD.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Fund MTA's purchase of 90 articulated buses and 7 support vehicles to modernize its bus fleet and achieve state of good repair.

Sub-sectors
transit-capitalbus-fleet-modernizationfta-formula-grant
Why this matters

Supports urban transit infrastructure resilience and replacement of aging assets critical to regional mobility and ridership.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for domestic bus manufacturers and component suppliers; supports vehicle production and assembly capacity.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002177.

Period of performance
Start
2026-05-06
End
2033-12-31
Status
activein 2784 days
Sources

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