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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$115,318,260

Department of Transportation·Federal Transit Administration

to WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

ACTION DATE2026-03-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DC-2024-014_069
Award description

APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE IS TO CONTINUE ONGOING BUS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ADD SECURITY SYSTEMS AND ENTERPRISE VIDEO SYSTEMS AND IMPROVE ADA ACCESSIBILITY AT LENFANT PLAZA.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ONGOING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF BUSES TO MAINTAIN THE METRO FLEET IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR SECURITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS MTPD PROJECTS AND THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW ELEVATOR AND STAIRS AT LENFANT PLAZA.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE BENEFITS WILL ENSURE CONTINUED SAFE AND RELIABLE BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVE ADA ACCESSIBILITY AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF METRO ASSETS AND ITS CUSTOMERS; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: AWARD BENEFICIARIES ARE WMATAS EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS WHO COMMUTE WITHIN OR CONNECT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH THE DC-VA-MD UZA.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS

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In plain English

Funds preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, security upgrades, and ADA accessibility improvements for Washington Metro's bus fleet and stations.

Sub-sectors
transit-ftabus-fleet-maintenanceaccessibility-ada
Why this matters

Sustains critical public transit infrastructure serving the DC-VA-MD region, supporting workforce mobility and reducing congestion in the nation's capital.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for bus maintenance services, security system vendors, elevator manufacturers, and ADA-compliant infrastructure suppliers in the transit sector.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002315.

Period of performance
Start
2024-09-16
End
2028-12-29
Status
activein 958 days
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