For CTA, $912.1MM ARP Grant

Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
CTA employs some 10,600 workers, who provided nearly 200 million trips in 2020.

CTA employs some 10,600 workers, who provided nearly 200 million trips in 2020.

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has been awarded a $912.1 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for COVID-19 response under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021.

The CTA grant is part of the $30 billion-plus for public transportation in the ARP Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11, 2021. The funding—intended to help transit agencies maintain service and keep workers on the payroll as communities continue to recover from the pandemic—comes from the $26.6 billion allocated by statutory formulas to urban and rural areas and to tribal governments, and for the enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities, according to FTA. The Act also included $2.2 billion for additional transit pandemic-associated need, which will be awarded later this year, FTA reported. No local share is required for this funding.

CTA employs some 10,600 workers, who provided nearly 200 million trips in 2020.

FTA has also awarded ARP grants to Metra (Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation), $513.6 million; Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT, $332.5 million); Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA, $1.24 billion); New Jersey Transit (NJT, $1.6 billion); New York Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityTri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon ($289.1 million)Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority ($285.7 million)Washington state’s Sound Transit ($275.3 million)Miami-Dade (Fla.) Department of Transportation and Public Works ($249.4 million); Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Port Authority of Allegheny County ($216.9 million)San Diego (Calif.) Metropolitan Transit System ($140.4 million)Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ($859.6 million); Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority ($163.9 million)San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ($330.8 million); Denver (Colo.) Regional Transportation District ($304.2 million)Houston Metro ($298.6 million); and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency ($288.2 million).

FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez

“As our nation’s transit systems recover from COVID-19, the American Rescue Plan funds ensure they continue to provide service to the many Americans who depend on transit,” FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez said.

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