Opportunity Information: Apply for FTA 2018 003 LOWNO
The Solicitation of Project Proposals for the Low or No Emission Program (Low-No) Program (Funding Opportunity Number: FTA 2018 003 LOWNO) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It sits within the transportation funding category and is listed under CFDA 20.526. The program was posted on April 23, 2018, with an original application deadline of June 18, 2018, and the agency anticipated making about 35 awards. The notice lists an award ceiling of 0, which typically signals that the cap is not specified in the summary field rather than meaning awards will be zero.
The central purpose of the Low-No Program is to speed up the shift of public transit fleets toward the cleanest and most energy-efficient vehicles available. In practice, that means helping transit providers replace or expand bus fleets using zero-emission and low-emission technologies, reducing tailpipe pollution and supporting more sustainable transit operations. The emphasis is on modernizing fleets in a way that lowers emissions, improves energy performance, and supports long-term transition away from higher-polluting legacy vehicles.
Funding under this opportunity is intended specifically for capital-type investments tied to low- or zero-emission transit buses. Eligible uses include the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, as well as the related infrastructure that makes those buses usable in everyday service. The opportunity explicitly includes funding for the acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities. In a typical Low-No project, those supporting elements can include items like charging or fueling infrastructure, facility modifications, or other bus-support assets needed to deploy and maintain the new technology, as long as they are directly required to support the low- or zero-emission fleet investment described in the proposal.
Eligibility is aimed at public-sector entities and certain related applicants. The eligible applicant types listed include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The listing also references "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)" and notes the eligibility is unrestricted within the types named, subject to any clarifications in that additional eligibility text. In other words, the core audience is state and local governmental authorities and tribal governments, with potential additional eligible entities depending on the full notice language.
Overall, this solicitation is designed for transit agencies and public authorities that are ready to propose concrete fleet transition projects: acquiring low- or zero-emission buses and putting in place the facilities needed to operate them. The FTA is using a competitive, discretionary grant approach to select a set of projects (about 35 expected awards) that advance national goals around cleaner transit, lower emissions, and higher energy efficiency in public transportation bus fleets.Apply for FTA 2018 003 LOWNO
- The Department of Transportation, DOT/Federal Transit Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Solicitation of Project Proposals for the Low or No Emission Program (Low-No) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.526.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 23, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 18, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification), Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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