This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 06/25/2018 and available online at https://federalregister.gov/d/2018-13558, and on FDsys.gov

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Fiscal Year 2017 Grants for and Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; announcement of project selections. Fiscal year 2017 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program ______

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects with $226,473,000 of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 and $37,973,775 of FY 2018 appropriations for the

Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program (Bus and Bus

Infrastructure Program).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying for the funds or program- specific information. A list of Regional Offices can be found at www.fta.dot.gov. Unsuccessful applicants may contact Mark G. Bathrick, Office of Program Management at (202) 366–9955, email: [email protected], to arrange a proposal debriefing within 30 days of this announcement. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 18, 2017, FTA published a Notice of Funding

Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of Federal funding for the Grants for Buses and

Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program as authorized by Federal transit law (49 U.S.C.

§5339(b)). These program funds will provide financial assistance to states and eligible public agencies to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses, vans, and related equipment, and capital projects to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. In response to the NOFO, FTA received 453 project proposals from 53 States and territories totaling

approximately $2 billion in Federal funds, or nearly nine dollars requested for each dollar available, indicating significant demand for funding for buses and bus facility projects. Project proposals were evaluated based on each applicant’s responsiveness to the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO.

FTA is funding 139 projects, as shown in Table 1, for a total of $264,446,775. Recipients selected for competitive funding should work with their FTA Regional Office to submit a grant application in FTA’s Transit Award Management System (TrAMs) for the projects identified in the attached table. Funds must be used consistent with the competitive proposal and for the eligible capital purposes established in the NOFO and described in the FTA Circular 9030.1E.

Applicants with more than one selected project will receive a single allocation that may be used for any one or more of the selected projects.

In cases where the allocation amount is less than the proposer’s total requested amount, recipients are required to fund the scalable project option as described in the application. If the award amount does not correspond to the scalable option, for example due to a cap on the award amount, the recipient should work with the Regional Office to reduce scope or scale the project such that a complete phase or project is accomplished. Recipients are reminded that program requirements such as cost sharing or local match can be found in the NOFO. A discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMs application.

Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre-award authority no earlier than the date projects were publicly announced, April 5, 2018. Pre-award authority does not guarantee that project expenses incurred prior to the award of a grant will be eligible for reimbursement, as eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon other requirements, such as planning and

environmental requirements, having been met. For more about FTA’s policy on pre-award authority, please see the FTA Fiscal Year Apportionments, Allocations, and Program

Information and Interim Guidance found in 82 FR 6692 (January 19, 2017). Post-award reporting requirements include submission of the Federal Financial Report and Milestone progress reports in TrAMs as appropriate (see FTA.C.5010.1E and C9030.1E). Recipients must comply with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal requirements in carrying out the project supported by the FTA grant. FTA emphasizes that recipients must follow all third-party procurement guidance, as described in

FTA.C.4220.1F. Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by

September 30, 2021.

______K. Jane Williams Acting Administrator

TABLE 1 FY 16 GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS

Project Funded Project State Applicant Project Description ID Amount Rating Alaska Department of D2017- Interior Alaska Bus Line Highly AK Transportation BUSC- transit vehicle replacement $68,000 Recommended & Public 001 project Facilities Alaska Department of D2017- Purchase of Replacement Highly AK Transportation BUSC- $216,000 Paratransit Buses Recommended & Public 002 Facilities Alaska Department of D2017- Snow Removal Equipment Highly AK Transportation BUSC- $140,000 for Stops and Shelters Recommended & Public 003 Facilities D2017- Ninilchik Highly AK BUSC- Bus Maintenance Facility $551,982 Village Recommended 004 D2017- MOA PTD Bus Storage Municipality Highly AK BUSC- Building Roof and Interior $1,250,000 of Anchorage Recommended 005 Drainage Replacement Birmingham- D2017- Jefferson Highly AL BUSC- Bus Acquisition $3,600,000 County Transit Recommended 006 Authority Ozark D2017- Highly AR Regional BUSC- Replacement of Buses $3,600,000 Recommended Transit 007 D2017- Rock Region Highly AR BUSC- Bus Replacement $3,570,000 METRO Recommended 008 D2017- City of Highly AZ BUSC- Bus Replacement $2,600,000 Phoenix Recommended 009 Butte County D2017- ADA Bus Stop Highly CA Association of BUSC- Replacements and $1,206,518 Recommended Governments 010 Rehabilitations D2017- Unitrans Bus Mid-Life Highly CA City of Davis BUSC- $1,206,518 Overhaul Recommended 011

2 Projects: (1) Anaheim Transportation Network: Zero-Emission Battery D2017- City of Electric Bus Replacement Highly CA BUSC- $1,206,518 Norwalk Project/ (2) Norwalk Transit Recommended 012 System: Zero-Emission Expansion Project D2017- City of Santa CityBus Electric Bus Highly CA BUSC- $1,206,518 Rosa Project Recommended 013 D2017- Fairfield, City Diesel-Electric Hybrid Bus Highly CA BUSC- $1,206,518 of Replacement Project Recommended 014 Livermore D2017- Livermore Transit Center Amador Valley Highly CA BUSC- Rehabilitation and $434,811 Transit Recommended 015 Improvement Project Authority Long Beach D2017- Public Purchase of Battery-Electric Highly CA BUSC- $1,206,518 Transportation Buses Recommended 016 Company D2017- North County Replacement of Battery- Highly CA BUSC- $1,206,518 Transit District Electric Buses Recommended 017 2 Projects: (1) OCTA Bus Amenities Infrastructure Orange County D2017- Improvement Program/ (2) Highly CA Transportation BUSC- $1,206,518 OCTA Bus Operations Recommended Authority 018 Infrastructure Improvement Program Bus Maintenance Facility Sacramento D2017- #1 (BMF1) Compressed Highly CA Regional BUSC- $1,206,518 Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Recommended Transit District 019 Equipment Replacement Santa Cruz D2017- Santa Cruz METRO: CNG Highly CA Metropolitan BUSC- $1,206,518 Bus Replacements Recommended Transit District 020 California D2017- Nevada County Transit Highly CA Department of BUSC- Services Transit Facility $500,000 Recommended Transportation 021 Improvement Project State of D2017- Estes Park - Green Bus Colorado Highly CO BUSC- (Electric Trolley) $360,045 Department of Recommended 022 Acquisition Transportation CO State of D2017- Glenwood Springs - $458,384 Highly

Colorado BUSC- Purchase CNG bus Recommended Department of 023 Transportation City of Colorado D2017- Springs dba Highly CO BUSC- Transit Campus Expansion $758,785 Mountain Recommended 024 Metropolitan Transit State of D2017- Colorado Durango Transit Highly CO BUSC- $264,000 Department of Replacement Trolleys Recommended 025 Transportation State of D2017- Colorado Greeley - Fixed Route Bus Highly CO BUSC- $758,785 Department of Replacement Recommended 026 Transportation D2017- Norwalk Transit District Norwalk Highly CT BUSC- ASM Rehabilitation and $3,600,000 Transit District Recommended 027 Expansion Project Washington D2017- Metropolitan Bus Shelter Asset Highly DC BUSC- $3,600,000 Area Transit Replacement Recommended 028 Authority Delaware D2017- North Middletown, Highly DE Transit BUSC- $150,000 Delaware, Park and Ride Recommended Corporation 029 Wilmington Transit Delaware D2017- Corridor Highly DE Transit BUSC- $2,450,000 Reconfiguration/Improvem Recommended Corporation 030 ents Lee County D2017- LeeTran South County Board of Highly FL BUSC- Transfer Station and Park $3,000,000 County Recommended 031 and Ride Lot Commissioners Manatee County Board D2017- Manatee County Revenue Highly FL of County BUSC- $1,913,000 Fleet Rehabilitation Recommended Commissioners 032 / MCAT Miami-Dade Department of D2017- Transportation and Public Miami-Dade Highly FL BUSC- Works CNG Bus Purchases $3,600,000 County Recommended 033 for DTPW Bus Replacement Program GA Georgia D2017- 2 Projects: (1) Xpress Park- $3,600,000 Highly

Regional BUSC- and-Ride Technology Recommended Transportation 034 Refresh/ (2) Xpress West Authority Operations and Light Maintenance Facility Metropolitan MARTA Articulated Near- Atlanta Rapid D2017- Zero Emissions CNG Bus Highly GA Transit BUSC- $3,600,000 Acquisition/Replacement Recommended Authority 035 Program (MARTA) Hawaii D2017- Purchase of replacement Highly HI Department of BUSC- $576,000 light and medium duty vans Recommended Transportation 036 2 Projects: (1) Iowa Rural Iowa D2017- Transit Bus Replacement Highly IA Department of BUSC- Project/ (2) Iowa Urban $3,600,000 Recommended Transportation 037 Transit Bus Replacement Project Replacement bus for the D2017- Coeur d' Alene Coeur d' Alene Tribe Highly ID BUSC- $115,200 Tribe Citylink public bus transit Recommended 038 service Idaho D2017- Mountain Rides buses and Highly ID Transportation BUSC- $540,000 vans replacement project Recommended Department 039 Idaho D2017- Vehicle Replacements for Highly ID Transportation BUSC- $240,000 Grand Targhee Shuttle Recommended Department 040 Idaho D2017- Highly ID Transportation BUSC- Bus Replacement $136,000 Recommended Department 041 Replacement of a Bus Maintenance and Greater Peoria D2017- Operations Facility at the Highly IL Mass Transit BUSC- current GPMTD Bus $3,600,000 Recommended District 042 Maintenance and Operations Facility location. Madison D2017- MCT 30-foot Heavy Duty Highly IL County Mass BUSC- Clean Diesel Transit Bus $3,600,000 Recommended Transit District 043 Replacement Rock Island Co. D2017- MetroLINK Electric Highly IL Metropolitan BUSC- $3,165,000 Corridor Project Recommended Mass Transit 044 District IL Springfield D2017- Replacement of $2,201,724 Highly

Mass Transit BUSC- Compressed Natural Gas Recommended District 045 (CNG) buses Bloomington D2017- Public Highly IN BUSC- Bus Replacement $720,000 Transportation Recommended 046 Corporation Fort Wayne Heavy Duty Bus Public D2017- Replacement; On-board Highly IN Transportation BUSC- camera safety system $2,502,028 Recommended Corporation/Ci 047 upgrade; bus maintenance tilink training Greater Lafayette D2017- CityBus of Lafayette Highly IN Public BUSC- Pedestrian and Cyclist $485,760 Recommended Transportation 048 Detection Systems Corporation D2017- Bus Purchase - Downtown Highly KS City of Wichita BUSC- $2,600,000 Trolley Replacement Recommended 049 Transit D2017- Highly KY Authority of BUSC- Bus Replacement $3,600,000 Recommended River City 050 Kentucky D2017- Rural Transit Expansion & Highly KY Transportation BUSC- $3,600,000 Replacement Vehicles Recommended Cabinet 051 D2017- City of Replacement Fixed-Route Highly KY BUSC- $677,406 Owensboro Buses Recommended 052 D2017- Capital Area Highly LA BUSC- Replace Vans with Buses $2,600,000 Transit System Recommended 053 Berkshire D2017- Regional Replacement of 35 Foot Highly MA BUSC- $660,721 Transit Low Floor Diesel Buses Recommended 054 Authority Construction of New Massachusetts D2017- Franklin Regional Transit Highly MA Department of BUSC- $6,000,000 Authority Maintenance and Recommended Transportation 055 Operations Facility Maryland D2017- Beyond the Bus Stop: Highly MD Transit BUSC- Facility Improvements for $2,600,000 Recommended Administration 056 Operators and Passengers D2017- ME City of Bangor BUSC- Replacement Buses $1,944,540 Recommended 057 MI City of Detroit D2017- Coolidge Terminal and $3,600,000 Highly

Department of BUSC- Maintenance Facility Recommended Transportation 058 Rehabilitation 2 Projects: (1) Expand Current Operations Center for Harbor Transit Multi- Michigan D2017- Modal Transit System Highly MI Department of BUSC- (HTTMTS)/ (2) Transit $3,600,000 Recommended Transportation 059 Revenue Vehicle Replacements for Rural Agencies and Small Urban Agencies D2017- Duluth Transit Authority Duluth Transit Highly MN BUSC- Fare Collection System $1,800,320 Authority Recommended 060 Replacement Project City of St. D2017- Highly MO Joseph, BUSC- Bus Replacement $4,725,000 Recommended Missouri 061 Missouri Rural Transit Missouri D2017- Asset Replacement Project Highly MO Department of BUSC- for the purchase of transit $3,600,000 Recommended Transportation 062 buses or vans for rural public transportation Phase II Improvements, Mississippi South Approach and Transit Coast D2017- Tram Bridge across US 90 Highly MS Transportation BUSC- from the Coast Transit $2,600,000 Recommended Authority dba 063 Authority (CTA) Gulfport Coast Transit Transit Center to Jones Park Bus Station, Gulfport, MS Missoula D2017- Urban Comprehensive Capital Highly MT BUSC- $2,726,888 Transportation Investments Recommended 064 District CSKT/Flathead Transit Bus Confederated D2017- and Bus Facilities Salish & Highly MT BUSC- Infrastructure and $580,000 Kootenai Recommended 065 Workforce Development Tribes Project Cape Fear D2017- Public Compressed Natural Gas Highly NC BUSC- $3,600,000 Transportation Buses Recommended 066 Authority D2017- Jacksonville Jacksonville Multi-Modal Highly NC BUSC- $4,500,000 Transit Center (MMC) Recommended 067 ND City of Grand D2017- Public Transportation $3,600,000 Highly

Forks BUSC- Facility Recommended 068 Rehabilitation/Renewal & Expansion Project City of D2017- StarTran Facility Highly NE Lincoln, BUSC- $2,600,000 Relocation Project – Phase I Recommended Nebraska 069 City of Nashua D2017- 2 Projects: (1) Rolling Highly NH / Nashua BUSC- Stock Procurement / (2) $1,080,000 Recommended Transit System 070 Transit Center Retrofit Cooperative Alliance for New D2017- Seacoast Transportation Hampshire Highly NH BUSC- (COAST) (Urban Provider) $1,520,000 Department of Recommended 071 Rolling Stock Bus Transportation Replacement D2017- NJ TRANSIT Bus Garage Roof Highly NJ BUSC- $2,600,000 Corporation Replacements Recommended 072 Cape May D2017- County Fare Fare Free Transportation Highly NJ BUSC- $1,200,000 Free Administration Building Recommended 073 Transportation D2017- Santa Fe Transit City of Santa Highly NM BUSC- Rehabilitation Center on $2,036,562 Fe Recommended 074 Entrada New Mexico D2017- NCRTD Maintenance Highly NM Department of BUSC- Facility, Vehicle Wash Bay $3,600,000 Recommended Transportation 075 and Fueling Station Regional Enhancing Safety and Transportation D2017- Reliability by Proactive Highly NV Commission of BUSC- $4,588,766 Investment in Transit Recommended Southern 076 Capital Nevada Carson Area Replacement of fixed route Metropolitan D2017- vehicles for the Jump Highly NV Planning BUSC- $447,480 Around Carson (JAC) Recommended Organization 077 transit fleet. (CAMPO) D2017- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Pyramid Lake Highly NV BUSC- Transit Project: New $1,500,000 Paiute Tribe Recommended 078 Transit Facility Broome County D2017- Low/No Emissions Fixed Highly NY Department of BUSC- $2,040,000 Route Buses Recommended Public 079 Transportation NY City of Glen D2017- City of Glen Cove Loop $59,500 Highly

Cove BUSC- Bus Vehicle Recommended 080 D2017- Replace Bee-Line County of Highly NY BUSC- Fleet with $3,600,000 Westchester Recommended 081 Hybrid Electric Buses Butler County Butler County Connect - D2017- Regional Chestnut Street Multimodal Highly OH BUSC- $2,668,750 Transit Station and Shared Services Recommended 082 Authority Facility Greater Cleveland D2017- Regional Triskett CNG Building Highly OH BUSC- $2,668,750 Transit Compliance Project Recommended 083 Authority (GCRTA) Greater Dayton D2017- Regional Highly OH BUSC- Bus Replacement $2,325,000 Transit Recommended 084 Authority Portage Area D2017- Regional Indoor PARTA Storage Highly OH BUSC- $2,668,750 Transportation Facility Recommended 085 Authority Southwest D2017- Ohio Regional Bus Replacement And New Highly OH BUSC- $2,668,750 Transit Delivery (BRAND) Recommended 086 Authority Metropolitan D2017- Tulsa Transit Bus Highly OK Tulsa Transit BUSC- $4,202,870 Replacement Program Recommended Authority 087 Oklahoma D2017- Replacement Rural Transit Highly OK Department of BUSC- $3,600,000 Vehicles Recommended Transportation 088 Oklahoma State/Stillwater Oklahoma D2017- Highly OK Department of BUSC- $2,400,000 Transportation Operations Recommended Transportation 089 and Maintenance Facility Rogue Valley D2017- A Transit Signal Priority Highly OR Transportation BUSC- System for Southern $1,020,014 Recommended District 090 Oregon Rogue Valley D2017- Replacement ADA Highly OR Transportation BUSC- Accessible Low-Floor $3,018,750 Recommended District 091 Clean Natural Gas Buses Salem Area D2017- Highly OR Mass Transit BUSC- Bus Replacement $2,475,000 Recommended District 092

Luzerne D2017- County Highly PA BUSC- CNG Replacement Buses $1,700,000 Transportation Recommended 093 Authority Port Authority D2017- Highly PA of Allegheny BUSC- Bus Replacement $3,600,000 Recommended County 094 Pennsylvania D2017- Bradford Transportation Highly PA Department of BUSC- $2,639,499 Center Recommended Transportation 095 Transportation D2017- & Motor Buses Highly PA BUSC- Bus Replacement $1,800,000 for Public Use Recommended 096 Authority Renovation of the Francisco Autonomous D2017- Pereira Transportation Highly PR Municipality BUSC- $2,600,000 Terminal / Replacement of Recommended of Caguas 097 Vans Rhode Island D2017- East Side Tunnel Highly RI Public Transit BUSC- $903,870 Improvements Recommended Authority 098 South Carolina D2017- SCDOT Vehicle Highly SC Department of BUSC- $4,500,000 Replacement Recommended Transportation 099 SD D2017- Acquisition of ADA vans, Highly SD Department of BUSC- small buses, medium duty $1,874,400 Recommended Transportation 100 buses and light duty buses. City of D2017- Electric Buses and Highly TN Knoxville, BUSC- $3,600,000 Charging Equipment Recommended Tennessee 101 Tennessee D2017- Public Transit Fixed Route Highly TN Department of BUSC- and Demand Response $6,000,000 Recommended Transportation 102 Vehicle Replacement Denton County D2017- Bus Operations and Highly TX Transportation BUSC- $2,625,000 Maintenance Facility Recommended Authority 103 Golden Crescent D2017- Vehicle Replacements and Highly TX Regional BUSC- $1,222,799 Shelter Projects Recommended Planning 104 Commission Connect Transit D2017- Gulf Coast Administration and Highly TX BUSC- $3,001,068 Center Operations Center and Park Recommended 105 and Ride Facility TX Metropolitan D2017- 2 Projects: (1) North Post $3,600,000 Highly

Transit BUSC- Oak Transitway Project/ (2) Recommended Authority of 106 Universal Accessibility Harris County, Improvements at Bus Stops Texas D2017- Utah Transit Depot District Clean Fuel Highly UT BUSC- $2,600,000 Authority Tech Center Recommended 107 Potomac and D2017- Rappahannock Highly VA BUSC- Bus Replacement $3,600,000 Transportation Recommended 108 Commission Town of D2017- Blacksburg/ Purchase of 60-foot Highly VA BUSC- $1,440,000 Blacksburg Articulated Buses Recommended 109 Transit Bus Shelter Replacements Virgin Islands D2017- and Constructing Bus Highly VI Department of BUSC- $445,640 Shelters in Locations with Recommended Public Works 110 Only Bus Stop Signs Vermont D2017- Green Mountain Transit Highly VT Agency of BUSC- $800,000 Expansion Vehicles Recommended Transportation 111 Vermont D2017- Highly VT Agency of BUSC- Statewide Bus Replacement $1,800,000 Recommended Transportation 112 D2017- Rehabilitation & Ben Franklin Highly WA BUSC- Enhancement of the $1,200,000 Transit Recommended 113 Operations Building Central Puget Sound D2017- Replace Expired Buses with Highly WA Regional BUSC- New High Capacity Transit $1,375,000 Recommended Transit 114 Buses Authority D2017- Replacement of Diesel City of Everett, Highly WA BUSC- Buses with No Emission $1,375,000 Recommended 115 Electric Buses D2017- Pattison Street Facility Intercity Highly WA BUSC- Renovation and Expansion $1,375,000 Transit Recommended 116 Project 2 Projects: (1) Eastlake Off- King County D2017- Street Layover Facility/ (2) Highly WA Department of BUSC- Fleet $1,375,000 Recommended Transportation 117 Replacement - Battery Electric Buses Muckleshoot D2017- Muckleshoot Transit Bus Highly WA $800,000 Indian Tribe BUSC- Facility Rehabilitation Recommended

118 Pierce County Public D2017- Highly WA Transportation BUSC- CNG Bus Replacement $1,375,000 Recommended Benefit Area 119 Corporation System D2017- Skagit Transit Maintenance Operations Highly WA BUSC- $1,375,000 System and Administration Facility Recommended 120 Project Snohomish D2017- County Double Decker Highly WA BUSC- $1,375,000 Transportation Replacement Buses Recommended 121 Benefit Area Spokane D2017- Highly WA Transit BUSC- Fixed Route Coaches $1,375,000 Recommended Authority 122 D2017- City of Highly WI BUSC- Bus Replacement $1,200,000 Oshkosh Recommended 123 Wisconsin D2017- City of Hartford Department of Highly WI BUSC- Replacement non-accessible $32,000 Transportation Recommended 124 Mini-van (WisDOT) Wisconsin D2017- Department of Rural Transit Technology Highly WI BUSC- $134,880 Transportation Improvements Recommended 125 (WisDOT) D2017- 2 Projects: (1) Bus City of Highly WI BUSC- Replacement/ (2) Facilities $350,506 Appleton Recommended 126 Renovation Project D2017- City of Highly WI BUSC- Replacement Buses $350,506 Janesville Recommended 127 Roof Replacement for D2017- City of Shoreline Metro Highly WI BUSC- $350,506 Sheboygan Administrative and Recommended 128 Maintenance Facility City of West Bend - Wisconsin D2017- Replacement non-accessible Department of Highly WI BUSC- mini-van and replacement $181,600 Transportation Recommended 129 ADA-accessible cutaway (WisDOT) mini-buses Eastern D2017- Transit Operations and $4,491,510/ Highly WV Panhandle BUSC- Transfer Center $8,490 Recommended Transit 130/

Authority D2017- BUSC- 131 Total $264,446,775 [FR Doc. 2018-13558 Filed: 6/22/2018 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/25/2018]