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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$159,007,141

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

transportationactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-08-28·LATEST ACTION2026-03-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_CA-2024-153_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE SFMTA WILL USE A TOTAL OF $157160257 IN FY2024 5337 STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FUNDS FOR LRV REPLACEMENT PROCUREMENTS CABLE CAR INFRASTRUCTURE OVERHEAD LINE REHABILITATION RAILWAY STRUCTURES AND HISTORIC STREETCAR CABLE CAR RESTORATIONS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: PROCUREMENT OF REPLACEMENT LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES MAINTAIN CABLE CAR INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORM OVERHEAD LINE REHABILITATION MAINTAIN RAILWAY STRUCTURES AND HISTORIC STREETCAR PERFORM CABLE CAR RESTORATIONS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: OVERALL TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN AND/OR IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY OF THE GREATER BAY AREA RELY ON AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE AND DEPENDABLE TRANSIT SERVICE. WITHOUT THIS SERVICE MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO WORK SHOP FOR FOOD OR OBTAIN NEEDED MEDICAL CARE.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE WILL BE NO SUBRECIPIENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds San Francisco's light rail vehicle replacement, cable car infrastructure rehabilitation, and overhead line repairs to maintain transit system reliability and safety.

Sub-sectors
transit-infrastructurelight-rail-vehiclescable-car-restoration
Why this matters

Sustains affordable public transit for Bay Area residents; critical for workforce mobility and economic access in a major U.S. metro region.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for light rail vehicle manufacturers and transit infrastructure suppliers; supports domestic transit equipment procurement.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-23. Cost: $0.003000.

Period of performance
Start
2024-08-28
End
2028-12-31
Status
activein 915 days
Sources

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