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No. FTA-2026-010-TPM-BUS · DOT - Federal Transit Administration

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Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Program

Dealbreakers Cost share: not stated Audit: not stated Reimbursement-only: not stated
Award range
$0 – $0
Expected awards
Not specified
Application deadline
Sep 21, 2026 19 days left
Posted
Jul 27, 2026
Last verified
Today

At a glance

AI summary

The Federal Transit Administration is offering $610 million in competitive grants for buses and bus facilities through the Fiscal Year 2026 Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Low or No Emission Grant Program. Eligible applicants are not named in the text. Complete proposals must be submitted through GRANTS.GOV by September 21, 2026, and mail or fax submissions will not be accepted. The notice does not state any cost-share requirements or geographic restrictions.

AI-generated summary — verify against the announcement

What it funds

  • Transportation
Official description from grants.gov

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $21 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-2026-010-TPM-BUS. Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by 11:59 PM Eastern Time September 21, 2026.

Who can apply

  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Others
  • State governments
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (20.526), not just this notice.

Fiscal year Awards Median award Middle half
FY 2026 (so far) 236 $2,277,916 $391,736 – $6,339,889
FY 2025 494 $2,303,600 $568,412 – $7,585,634
FY 2024 440 $1,993,240 $500,753 – $5,449,236
FY 2023 449
FY 2022 378
FY 2021 466

For comparison, this notice advertises $0 – $0.

Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 2,463 — award counts are complete.

Who wins it Local government (1,240), State government (423), Tribal government (31) of 2,463 awards — categories can overlap.
Top states CA (115) · TX (80) · FL (63) · NC (35) · NY (32)
Largest recent awards
  1. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY $444,450,133 · FY 2025
  2. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MINNESOTA $130,765,554 · FY 2024
  3. COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE $130,382,011 · FY 2025
  4. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY $104,160,000 · FY 2024
  5. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY $104,000,000 · FY 2026

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 13, 2026