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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$174,395,636

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

ACTION DATE2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2026-004_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION IS TO ENSURE SAFE AND RELIABLE MODERNIZATION OF FACILITIES AND REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES WHICH ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS FOR OPERATIONS AND CUSTOMERS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BLADENSBURG AND NORTHERN BUS GARAGES WHICH INCLUDE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES THE INSTALLATION OF BUS BARRIERS ACROSS THE METRO BUS FLEET AND REPLACEMENT OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES WHICH HAVE MET THEIR USEFUL LIFE.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE OUTCOMES AND BENEFITS ARE TO PROVIDE METRO CUSTOMERS SAFE AND RELIABLE PARATRANSIT SERVICE IMPROVE SAFETY OF BUS OPERATORS IMPROVE OPERATIONS OF BUS GARAGES AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF METRO ASSETS AND ITS CUSTOMERS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: BENEFICIARIES ARE WMATAS EMPLOYEES WHO WORK WITHING THE METRO SYSTEM AND CUSTOMERS WHO COMMUTE WITHIN OR CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH THE DC-VA-MD UZA.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AWARD.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Modernize and replace aging bus garages, vehicles, and safety systems for Washington DC-area public transit.

Sub-sectors
public-transitbus-fleet-modernizationvehicle-replacement
Why this matters

Supports critical regional transit infrastructure serving millions of commuters across DC-VA-MD; enables transition to electric buses.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for battery-electric bus manufacturing, charging infrastructure, and paratransit vehicle suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002295.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-23
End
2029-12-30
Status
activein 1323 days
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