| Title |
Section 5311 Grant: Community Transportation Program (Public Transportation for Nonurbanized Areas) |
| Agency |
Department of Transportation
Public Transportation Division
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| Web |
http://www.ncdot.org/transit/transitnet/PublicInfo/TransitFinance/Grants/5311.html |
| Description |
The goals of the Nonurbanized Area Formula Program are: (1) to enhance access of people in nonurbanized areas to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services and recreation; (2) to assist in the maintenance, development, improvement and use of public transportation systems in rural and small urban areas; (3) to encourage and facilitate the most efficient use of all federal funds used to provide passenger transportation in nonurbanized areas through the coordination of programs and services; (4) to assist in the development and support of intercity bus transportation; (5) and to provide for the participation of private transportation providers in nonurbanized transportation to the maximum extent feasible. To meet these goals, capital assistance grants are made available to purchase buses, vans, radios, wheelchair lifts, computers and other equipment necessary to transport human service clients and general public passengers. Administrative assistance is provided to public transportation systems that are open to the general public on more than an incidental and space available basis. Operating assistance is provided to small urban fixed route and user-side subsidy programs. Applicants for Nonurbanized Area Program funding must be identified in the locally adopted Community Transportation Service Plan (CTSP). |
| Grantee Eligibility |
State agencies, local public bodies, private nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes and groups, and private operators of public transit services. |
| Fund |
84210-7831 |
| State |
$2,701,901.56 |
| Federal |
$23,561,184.28 |
| Other |
Other Amount not specified |
| Funding Year |
FY 2012-13 |
| Keywords |
public transportation, rural areas, transportation services |
| Assistance |
project grants |
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