TX-2024-107
Formula Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Application purpose: This award will fund bus preventive maintenance, ADA paratransit support, and partially fund the purchase of forty-foot clean diesel replacement transit buses.
Activities performed: Funds will provide capitalized preventive maintenance related to bus and bus-related activities such as replacement, overhaul, and rebuilding of buses to ensure that METRO's bus fleet is maintained in a state of good repair.
Funds will also provide assistance for continuation of METRO's program to provide ADA compliant paratransit service to the Houston UZA.
METRO's paratransit service METROLIFT provides transportation for people with disabilities that prevent independent use of fixed route transit services for some or all trips.
METROLIFT utilizes METRO-furnished lift equipped vans and contractor-furnished wheelchair accessible minivans.
This program covers residents of Harris County, TX.
Funding will also offset the total project cost of METRO's FY24 bus fleet replacement program.
METRO will purchase from New Flyer of America a total of 160 clean diesel 40 transit buses at an estimated cost of $126,588,000, which includes a ten (10) percent METRO-controlled contingency of $11,508,000 (see Board Resolution 2023-62 dated June 29, 2023).
27 buses will be purchased in this grant.
The IFB was released in Bonfire on December 19, 2022.
Expected outcomes: Funds allocated to capitalized bus preventive maintenance will assist in maintaining bus activities in a state of good repair and provide required maintenance of METRO's fixed route bus system that provides transportation services in a 1,305 square mile service area supporting the City of Houston, 14 multi-cities, and major portions of unincorporated Harris County.
METRO maintains over 1,200 buses, 20 transit centers, 29 park and ride lots, six bus operating facilities, and two bus support facilities used to provide a network of 111 weekday, 77 Saturday, and 77 Sunday fixed routes starting as early as 3:41 a.m. and ending as late as 2:58 a.m. the next day.
Funds allocated to the METROLIFT ADA paratransit program will assist in enabling METRO to continue offering comparable paratransit service to individuals within the Houston UZA with disabilities who are unable to use the fixed route system.
The program will allow disabled persons the ability to ride all METRO bus, rail, METRO Rapid, and also utilize (upon request) curb-to-curb and door-to-door shared-ride services that are equal to or exceed the standards as established by the ADA.
METRO's complimentary paratransit service operates seven days a week as early as 3:30 a.m. to as late as 2:50 a.m. utilizing van, sedan, and taxi services.
METRO's bus fleet replacement project will be used to replace and retire older buses in the METRO fleet with new buses and effectively lower emissions to meet the current cleaner emissions standards.
The cost to purchase and maintain new buses will offset the costs of frequent repairs and/or the need for replacement parts on older buses.
Intended beneficiaries: Capitalized bus preventive maintenance activities will benefit the Houston UZA and greater Houston area.
Additionally, proper bus maintenance ensures safety and reliability, which is essential for the demand for this form of transportation and the satisfaction of its customers.
Routine maintenance can also help extend the lifespan of buses and prevent costly repairs down the line, saving money and improving the bottom line.
The METROLIFT ADA paratransit program will benefit persons (18 years old and over) with disabilities who cannot board, ride, or disembark from a METRO fixed-route bus even if that bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift or ramp.
Patrons utilizing METRO's METROLIFT ADA transit services can rest assured that if they make reservations one day before the day of service and request a ride (demand response), the program will deliver fixed route public transportation service comparable with those persons that use the fixed route system, and such transportation will be provided in vehicles that are clean, comfortable, efficient, and well maintained.
The bus fleet replacement program will help METRO replace aging buses, reduce air pollution, provide good-paying jobs, and improve the reliability of transit systems.
Subrecipient activities: N/A
Activities performed: Funds will provide capitalized preventive maintenance related to bus and bus-related activities such as replacement, overhaul, and rebuilding of buses to ensure that METRO's bus fleet is maintained in a state of good repair.
Funds will also provide assistance for continuation of METRO's program to provide ADA compliant paratransit service to the Houston UZA.
METRO's paratransit service METROLIFT provides transportation for people with disabilities that prevent independent use of fixed route transit services for some or all trips.
METROLIFT utilizes METRO-furnished lift equipped vans and contractor-furnished wheelchair accessible minivans.
This program covers residents of Harris County, TX.
Funding will also offset the total project cost of METRO's FY24 bus fleet replacement program.
METRO will purchase from New Flyer of America a total of 160 clean diesel 40 transit buses at an estimated cost of $126,588,000, which includes a ten (10) percent METRO-controlled contingency of $11,508,000 (see Board Resolution 2023-62 dated June 29, 2023).
27 buses will be purchased in this grant.
The IFB was released in Bonfire on December 19, 2022.
Expected outcomes: Funds allocated to capitalized bus preventive maintenance will assist in maintaining bus activities in a state of good repair and provide required maintenance of METRO's fixed route bus system that provides transportation services in a 1,305 square mile service area supporting the City of Houston, 14 multi-cities, and major portions of unincorporated Harris County.
METRO maintains over 1,200 buses, 20 transit centers, 29 park and ride lots, six bus operating facilities, and two bus support facilities used to provide a network of 111 weekday, 77 Saturday, and 77 Sunday fixed routes starting as early as 3:41 a.m. and ending as late as 2:58 a.m. the next day.
Funds allocated to the METROLIFT ADA paratransit program will assist in enabling METRO to continue offering comparable paratransit service to individuals within the Houston UZA with disabilities who are unable to use the fixed route system.
The program will allow disabled persons the ability to ride all METRO bus, rail, METRO Rapid, and also utilize (upon request) curb-to-curb and door-to-door shared-ride services that are equal to or exceed the standards as established by the ADA.
METRO's complimentary paratransit service operates seven days a week as early as 3:30 a.m. to as late as 2:50 a.m. utilizing van, sedan, and taxi services.
METRO's bus fleet replacement project will be used to replace and retire older buses in the METRO fleet with new buses and effectively lower emissions to meet the current cleaner emissions standards.
The cost to purchase and maintain new buses will offset the costs of frequent repairs and/or the need for replacement parts on older buses.
Intended beneficiaries: Capitalized bus preventive maintenance activities will benefit the Houston UZA and greater Houston area.
Additionally, proper bus maintenance ensures safety and reliability, which is essential for the demand for this form of transportation and the satisfaction of its customers.
Routine maintenance can also help extend the lifespan of buses and prevent costly repairs down the line, saving money and improving the bottom line.
The METROLIFT ADA paratransit program will benefit persons (18 years old and over) with disabilities who cannot board, ride, or disembark from a METRO fixed-route bus even if that bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift or ramp.
Patrons utilizing METRO's METROLIFT ADA transit services can rest assured that if they make reservations one day before the day of service and request a ride (demand response), the program will deliver fixed route public transportation service comparable with those persons that use the fixed route system, and such transportation will be provided in vehicles that are clean, comfortable, efficient, and well maintained.
The bus fleet replacement program will help METRO replace aging buses, reduce air pollution, provide good-paying jobs, and improve the reliability of transit systems.
Subrecipient activities: N/A
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Texas
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
NOT APPLICABLE
Metropolitan Transit Authority Of Harris County was awarded
Formula Grant TX-2024-107
worth $76,841,871
from the FTA Office of Budget and Policy in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Texas United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year 9 months and
was awarded through assistance program 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants.
$19,210,469 (20.0%) of this Formula Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 9/16/24
Period of Performance
9/13/24
Start Date
6/1/26
End Date
Funding Split
$76.8M
Federal Obligation
$19.2M
Non-Federal Obligation
$96.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
TX-2024-107
SAI Number
TX-2024-107-00-20.507
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
6974U7 REGION 6 DOT FTA
Funding Office
693JJ8 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND POLICY(TBP)
Awardee UEI
CDEZZSTCZTR5
Awardee CAGE
5ARK2
Performance District
TX-90
Senators
John Cornyn
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Modified: 9/16/24