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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$174,395,636

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

WORK BEGAN2026-03-23·LATEST ACTION2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2026-004_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION IS TO ENSURE SAFE AND RELIABLE MODERNIZATION OF FACILITIES AND REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES WHICH ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS FOR OPERATIONS AND CUSTOMERS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BLADENSBURG AND NORTHERN BUS GARAGES WHICH INCLUDE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES THE INSTALLATION OF BUS BARRIERS ACROSS THE METRO BUS FLEET AND REPLACEMENT OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES WHICH HAVE MET THEIR USEFUL LIFE.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE OUTCOMES AND BENEFITS ARE TO PROVIDE METRO CUSTOMERS SAFE AND RELIABLE PARATRANSIT SERVICE IMPROVE SAFETY OF BUS OPERATORS IMPROVE OPERATIONS OF BUS GARAGES AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF METRO ASSETS AND ITS CUSTOMERS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: BENEFICIARIES ARE WMATAS EMPLOYEES WHO WORK WITHING THE METRO SYSTEM AND CUSTOMERS WHO COMMUTE WITHIN OR CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH THE DC-VA-MD UZA.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AWARD.

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Modernize DC-area transit infrastructure: replace aging bus garages, deploy electric buses, upgrade paratransit vehicles, and install safety barriers.

Sub-sectors
transit-modernizationelectric-busesfta-formula-grant
Why this matters

Supports regional transit reliability and safety while advancing federal EV adoption goals in a major metropolitan corridor.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for battery-electric bus manufacturing, charging infrastructure, and garage construction/retrofit services in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-23. Cost: $0.002967.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-23
End
2029-12-30
Status
activein 1266 days
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Sources

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