Concrete work on the Grays Harbor Transit - Aberdeen Station. See more photos...

The Recovery Act has provided $8.4 billion to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Of that $8.4 billion, $179 million will be available for our state. The estimated distribution of the formula funds include:

Below are the projects that are funded by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

 - Advertised for Bids
 - Contract Awarded / Under Construction
 - Completed / Delivered

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Rural / Non Urban

Agency Name -Rural / Non Urban       Projects	Project Title	Project Type	Stimulus Amount	Ad Date	Status
Clallam Transit	Purchase 5 coaches	Replacement	$1,740,000	piggyback
Clallam Transit	Install bus shelters	Enhancement	$36,000
Clallam Transit	Purchase communications equipment	Enhancement	$50,000
Grant Transit	Build a maintenance and operations facility	Enhancement	$3,600,000
Grays Harbor Transit	Purchase communications equipment	Enhancement	$185,000
Grays Harbor Transit	Complete the Aberdeen Transit Station	Enhancement	$500,000	7/2009
Intercity Bus Program	Purchase 9 mid-sized coaches	Enhancement	$1,978,301	piggyback
Intercity Bus Program	Install bus shelters	Enhancement	$74,550
Intercity Bus Program	Purchase signage	Enhancement	$91,770
Island Transit	Purchase 2 coaches	Replacement	$240,000	piggyback
Island Transit	Purchase 4 vans	Enhancement	$100,000	piggyback
Island Transit	Purchase communications equipment	Enhancement	$487,000
Jefferson  Transit	Purchase 2 mid-sized coaches	Replacement	$240,000	piggyback
Jefferson Transit	Purchase 2 coaches	Replacement	$770,000	piggyback
Makah Tribe	Purchase 1 mid-sized coach	Enhancement	$117,800	piggyback
Pacific Transit	Purchase 1 coach	Enhancement	$360,000	piggyback
Pullman Transit	Purchase communications equipment	Enhancement	$310,738	piggyback
Twin Transit	Purchase 1 mid-sized coach	Replacement	$96,000	piggyback
Valley Transit	Purchase 3 coaches	Replacement	$1,155,000	piggyback
Valley Transit	Install bus shelters	Enhancement	$150,000

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Small Urban

Agency Name -Small Urban       Projects	Project Title	Project Type	Stimulus Amount	Ad Date	Status
Asotin Transit	Vehicle Replacement	Replacement	$318,000	piggyback
Ben-Franklin Transit	Expansion of facility	Enhancement	$2,659,000	7/2009
Intercity Transit	Purchase 6 coaches	Enhancement	$2,335,000	piggyback
Link Transit	Purchase communications equipment	Enhancement	$200,000
Link Transit	Repair maintenance facility	Preservation	$100,000
Link Transit	Purchase 2 plow trucks	Preservation	$100,000
Link Transit	Purchase 9 mini-vans	Enhancement	$425,000
Link Transit	Purchase shop truck	Enhancement	$25,000
Link Transit	Purchase washbay lift	Enhancement	$120,00
Link Transit	Purchase shop lighting	Enhancement	$50,000
Longview / CUBS	Roof Repair	Preservation	$200,000
Longview / CUBS	AVL/GIS	Enhancement	$100,000
Longview / CUBS			$30,000
Longview / CUBS	Three paratransit, one hybrid coach	Enhancement	$800,000	piggyback
Skagit Transit	Enhance existing park and ride facility at March Point Anacortes	Enhancement	$200,000
Skagit Transit	Interior improvements to facility	Preservation	$347,000	not obligated
Skagit Transit	Construct park and ride facility in South Mount Vernon	Enhancement	$295,000
Whatcom Transit	Purchase 11 coaches	Replacement	$1,656,000	7/2009
Yakima Transit	Purchase five 35' coaches, 3 dial-a-ride vans	Enhancement	$2,151,000

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Large Urban

Agency Name -Large Urban       Projects	Project Title	Project Type	Stimulus Amount	Ad Date	Status
CTRAN	Install communications equipment	Enhancement	$145,000	4/2009
CTRAN	Purchase 10 mini-vans; 3  - 40' coaches	Replacement	$2,321,000	4/2009
CTRAN	Purchase 6 lifts and expand facility	Enhancement	$674,00
CTRAN	For maintenance of transit assets	Preservation	$1,530,000
CTRAN	Transition to cellular service	Preservation	$900,000
CTRAN	Enhancement to mass transportation service / use and physical or functionally relates to transit facilities	Enhancement	$58,000
CTRAN	Integrated voice recognition software	Enhancement	$160,000
Community Transit	Purchase 41 transit coaches	Replacement	$13,024,814
Community Transit	Preventative maintenance on transit vehicles and equipment	Preservation	$1,109,645
Everett Transit	Purchase audible transit stop enunciators	Enhancement	$450,000
Everett Transit	Preventative maintenance of the fleet and service schedules	Preservation	$862,285
King County DOT (Transit)	Preventative maintenance work on transit vehicles	Preservation	$25,000,000
King County DOT (Transit)	Purchase hybrid electric / diesel buses	Replacement	$45,940,537
King County Ferry District	Purchase of maintenance barge and equipment for passenger vessel repair and maintenance	Enhancement	$1,314,011
Kitsap Transit	Purchase 80 vans	Replacement	$1,890,493
Kitsap Transit	Design, land acquisition and construction of an expanded vehicle storage lot	Enhancement	$95,889
Kitsap Transit	Lease vessels with an option to purchase of 20 ferry vessels	Enhancement	$875,000
Pierce County Ferry District	Replace bearing hinges and bushings - Anderson Island Ferry Terminal	Preservation	$15,000
Pierce County Ferry District	Replace bearing hinges and bushings - Ketron Island Ferry Terminal	Preservation	$25,000
Pierce County Ferry District	Convert existing propulsion system - M/V Christine Anderson	Preservation	$1,274,011
Pierce Transit	Ongoing preventative maintenance activities of fleet	Preservation	$4,400,000
Pierce Transit	Acquisition and installation of CNG compressor, emergency generator, and related equipment to fuel the fleet	Preservation	$1,571,075
Pierce Transit	Purchase replacement hybrid electric buses	Preservation	$5,400,000
Seattle Monorail	Renovation of both monorail trains	Preservation	$1,000,000
Seattle Streetcar	Design and build streetcar connecting downtown Seattle, the Denny Triangle, and the developing South Lake Union neighborhood	Enhancement	$314,011
Sound Transit	Design and construction of extension of Initial Segment from the Pine Street Stub Tunnel (PSST) to the University of Washington (UW) Station	Enhancement	$4,612,221
Sound Transit	Construct a median transit flyer stop to I-5 and pedestrian connections adjacent to Mountlake Terrace park and ride	Enhancement	$4,612,221	6/2009
Sound Transit	Purchase buses for Sound Transit's regional ST Express Bus Program to be used for all counties	Enhancement	$4,612,221
Sound Transit	Construct commuter rail system - Tukwila	Enhancement	$10,600,00
Sound Transit	Construct commuter rail system - Tacoma and Lakewood through design and construction of facilities and equipment	Enhancement	$3,400,000
Spokane Transit	Purchase ten hybrid electric transit coaches and thirteen buses. Upgrade their existing security systems. Enhancement of bus shelters, signage, and pedestrian access.	Enhancement	$10,600,000
WSDOT Marine Division	Perform topside painting, security systems and upgrades	Preservation	$3,400,000
WSDOT Marine Division	Perform topside painting, security systems and upgrades	Preservation	$2,446,042	not obligated
WSDOT Marine Division	Perform seismic strengthening on transit spans for up to five terminals	Preservation	$3,242,041	not obligated
WSDOT Marine Division	Vashon Terminal Preservation	Preservation	$1,004,000

Large Urban projects are funded through their local MPOs Federal Transit Administration Funding. (Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), Spokane Regional Transportation Council and Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council)

New Starts Project Planning and Development

Project Title	Project Type	Stimulus Amount	Ad Date	Status
Sound Transit	Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) for the University Link light rail project. To date, FTA has awarded $19.6 million of New Starts funding for this project. This grant advances funds that would have been awarded in 2016, thus saving financing costs that would otherwise have been incurred on the project and freeing up local funds for other construction projects in the area.	$44,000,000	7/2009

This project is funded through PSRC Federal Transit Administration Funding.

The Obama Administration announced $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding for 43 transit agencies that are pursuing cutting-edge environmental technologies to help reduce global warming, lessen America's dependence on oil and create green jobs. Among the projects funded under the competitive bidding were three Washington transit agencies received funding for their projects.

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March.

Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER)

Project Title	Project Type	Stimulus Amount	Ad Date	Status
Community Transit	Hybrid Bus Transit Incremental Costs: The incremental cost of a hybrid propulsion system on 30 forty foot diesel buses that are already being procured.	$3,000,000
Link Transit	Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion "Titanate" Battery Powered Community Bus program. Replaces five diesel powered buses operating on high frequency circulator routes and will create a "quick charge" automated opportunity charge station with charging podiums.	$2,925,000
CTRAN	Improve various systems and install solar panels at several Clark County facilities. System improvements include high performance fluorescent lighting, LED exit signs, retrofitting existing pole lights; and installing occupancy sensors for private offices, conference rooms and bathrooms. HVAC upgrades. Solar PV system installations range from 5kW to 20kW.	$1,500,000

How are transit agencies using the Recovery Act funds?
FTA funds from American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) must be used for capital projects only. These funds can be used for "...the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance of facilities, and equipment for use in transit."

Who selected the projects for the formula funds in Washington?
The projects in the urbanized area including the Section 5307 and the Fixed Guideway were selected locally. Usually the metropolitan planning organizations have an established process for distribution of FTA funding. For an example of the selected projects in the Puget Sound area .

Rural Public Transportation
The projects for the rural areas were selected by the state using a competitive process. In December 2008 and January 2009, WSDOT developed a capital project list in anticipation of the Recovery Act. This list consisted on a variety of project types including:

• Purchasing replacement and expansion vehicles.
• Purchasing new communication equipment.
• Constructing facilities and transit centers.
• Repairing buildings.
• Installing bus shelters.

WSDOT identified over $45 million in projects that met the definition of "ready to go" in the rural areas. An independent Grants Review Team was asked to prioritize project types and projects were selected.

What is the current schedule for the Rural Public Transportation Project list for ARRA Recovery funds?

WSDOT obligated 100 percent of the FTA 5311 funds by July 31, 2009, prior to the first FTA deadline of September 1, 2009 established by the Recovery Act.

• April - Final Project List was approved.
• April - State Transportation Improvement Program was amended.
• April - WSDOT submitted application to FTA.
• July - FTA notified WSDOT of grant award.
• September - WSDOT issues contracts for capital projects to the subrecipients.

For information about the FHWA funding project and how much will be invested in Washington highways .

Last revised on October 09, 2009