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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$125,717,205

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

ACTION DATE2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_IL-2016-025_069
Award description

FY 2016 SECTION 5307

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds Chicago Transit Authority operations and capital improvements under FY 2016 Section 5307 formula grant program.

Sub-sectors
public-transitfta-formula-granturban-mobility
Why this matters

Section 5307 is core federal support for urban transit systems serving major metropolitan areas; critical for congestion reduction and emissions.

Supply-chain signal

Supports demand for transit vehicles, rail infrastructure, and maintenance services from regional and national suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002026.

Period of performance
Start
1999-10-01
End
2026-04-30
Status
expired17 days ago
Sources

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