Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO)
FTA Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program – Jan. 17, 2025, deadline. Up to $10 million is available to research standard bus designs, safety innovations and systems and bus compartments that support safety and accessibility goals.
FTA Technology Transfer (T2) Program – Feb. 11, 2025, deadline. Up to $5 million is available to fund an applicant, through an FTA cooperative agreement, to develop and manage FTA’s T2 program with an expected period of performance spanning at least 48 months.
FTA Buy America Waiver; Vans and Minivans
FTA has extended the Buy America waiver for vans and minivans, for a period of five years. This partial, time-limited, general nonavailability waiver extension follows FTA’s review of a RFC, to which AASHTO responded.
FTA CCAM Fact Sheet on Medicaid Transportation Coordination
FTA and CMS created a Medicaid Coordination Fact Sheet to help clarify the 2023 Medicaid Transportation Coverage Guide and encourage partnership and coordination between state Medicaid agencies and state DOTs.
FTA FAQ for General Directive 24-1: Required Actions Regarding Assaults on Transit Workers
FTA published an FAQ clarifying General Directive 24-1, in addition to the webinar held in October, also available on FTA’s website. The FAQs clarify requirements to support transit agencies in meeting the Dec. 26 reporting deadline to FTA.
U.S. DOT is revising its drug and alcohol procedures to provide temporary qualification requirements for mock oral fluid monitors, provide for consistent requirements by identifying which individuals may be present during an oral fluid collection and clarify how collectors are to document that a sufficient volume of oral fluid was collected.
FTA 2024 Circular Update Guidance – C 9050 and 9040 videos posted
FTA is releasing a series of videos summarizing the changes and requirements to the revised circulars. Most recently, the Circular 5010 Awards Management Requirements guidance video was posted. See the videos on FTA's website.
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