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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$69,970,773

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

ACTION DATE2026-03-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FL-2024-057_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE CAPITAL AND PLANNING ASSISTANCE TO LYNX.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: FUNDS WILL BE USED TO COVER ALL ELIGIBLE CAPITAL PLANNING EXPENSES SUCH AS VEHICLES SHELTERS IT HARDWARE PROCUREMENT OF SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TOOLS AND ITEMS WITH A USEFUL LIFE OF MORE THAN ONE-YEAR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ADA PLANNING ACTIVITY ETCETERA IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TRANSIT OPERATIONS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: FUNDING WILL ALLOW LYNX TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED SERVICE WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES WILL BE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE LYNX SERVICE AREA THAT RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR ACCESSING ESSENTIAL SERVICES WORK AND OTHER PLACES.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NOT APPLICABLE. THIS GRANT WILL NOT HAVE SUBRECIPIENTS.

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

Provides capital and planning funds to Central Florida's public transit authority (Lynx) for vehicles, infrastructure, maintenance, and operations.

Sub-sectors
public-transitfta-formula-grantcapital-planning
Why this matters

Sustains essential public transportation service for residents and visitors accessing employment, healthcare, and critical services in the region.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for transit vehicles, shelters, IT hardware, and maintenance equipment from manufacturers and service providers.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002257.

Period of performance
Start
2024-09-03
End
2034-03-30
Status
activein 2876 days
Sources

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