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FY 2021 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Route Planning Restoration Program

Agency: DOT - Federal Transit Administration

Assistance Listings
  • 20.505 -- Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $25,000,000 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding under the Route Planning Restoration Program (Federal Assistance Listing: 20.505). As required by Federal public transportation law and subject to funding availability, funds will be awarded competitively to support planning designed to (i) increase ridership and reduce travel times, while maintaining or expanding the total level of vehicle revenue miles of service provided in the planning period; or (ii) make service adjustments to increase the quality or frequency of service provided to low-income riders and disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities.  

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • County governments
  • Special district governments
  • State governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • City or township governments

Additional information

Applicants must be eligible recipients under Section 5307 of Title 49, United States Code (FTA’s Urbanized Area Formula Grants program), as of the publication date of this NOFO on GRANTS.GOV. Additionally, applicants must have experienced a reduction in transit service any time on or after January 20, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grantor contact information

Description

1200 New Jersey Ave SE Washington, DC 20590 (Phone) 202-366-1648

Email

Colby McFarland

Colby.McFarland@dot.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
FRN_2021-19735.pdf
Federal Register
Sep 14, 2021 02:07 PM UTC
FY-21-ARP-Planning-Supplemental-Form.pdf
FTA Supplemental Form
Nov 5, 2021 07:35 PM UTC

Link to additional information

FTA Notice of Funding Opportunity FTA-2021-007-TPE

Archived: December 15, 2021

Application process

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Award

$25,000,000

Program Funding

25

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

FTA-2021-007-TPE

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Transportation

Category Explanation:

--

History

Version:

8

Posted date:

September 14, 2021

Archive date:

December 15, 2021

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