Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Program
- Posted
- May 14, 2025
- Closed
- July 14, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $39,810,323
- Program funding
- $398,103,239
- Expected awards
- 50
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 20.526
- Category
- Transportation
- Archives
- August 13, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 20.526 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.5B
- FY2025 obligated
- $2.3B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $2.2B
- Awards in window
- 2,418
Top recipients: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey Transit Corporation, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Department of Transportation Connecticut
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $398 million in competitive grants under the Buses and Bus Facilities Program to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing or leasing buses or related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing or leasing bus-related facilities. Synopses and full announcement will be posted on Grants.gov as opportunity FTA-2025-007-TPM-BUS. Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by 11:59 PM Eastern Time July 14th, 2025.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
Eligible applicants for the Buses and Bus Facilities Program include designated recipients that allocate funds to fixed route bus operators, States (including territories and Washington D.C.) or local governmental entities that operate fixed route bus service, and Indian tribes. Eligible subrecipients include all otherwise eligible applicants and also private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation. Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes, all proposals for projects in rural (non-urbanized) areas must be submitted by a State, either individually or as a part of a statewide application.
The official record
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