Grants Approved for Colorado Transit Projects

April 22, 2015

 Colorado’s Transportation Commission has awarded $14 million of FASTER funds for a variety of statewide, regional and local transit projects, benefiting bus operators, including cities, counties, special authorities and nonprofit agencies serving the elderly and disabled.

Along with the FASTER funding, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Division of Transit and Rail (DTR) is awarding and distributing $7.3 million in Federal Transit Administration funding to agencies statewide, assisting projects such as replacing or rehabilitating buses, expansion of a park-and-ride lot, and rehabilitation of a maintenance garage. 

“With recent reductions in federal funding aimed at bus projects, we put an increased emphasis this year on replacing or rehabilitating existing capital equipment, rather than building new projects,” said Division of Transit and Rail Director Mark Imhoff.  “In fact, 103 vehicles will be replaced or rehabilitated with these funds, and five RTD light rail trains will be refurbished.”

Imhoff added the buses are not just for large city bus systems.  Eighty of the vehicles are smaller ones, serving rural communities or providing specialized service to the elderly and disabled.  Another $500,000 was awarded to operate three regional bus routes.  

In addition, $3 million in FASTER funds will support Bustang, CDOT’s new interregional express bus service along Interstate 25 between Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs and on I-70, between Denver and Glenwood Springs.  Bustang is scheduled to begin service on July 13, 2015.

All the projects listed below are scheduled for Fiscal Year 2016, which begins July 1:

Federal Transit Administration Funding County & Entity

  • Arapahoe: Developmental Pathways (Arapahoe/Douglas), Replacement Vehicle (1), $52,000
  • Baca: Baca County, Replacement Vehicle (1), $48,895
  • Boulder: Via Mobility Services  (Boulder), Replacement Vehicles(8), Rehab Vehicles (2), $398,400
  • Broomfield: Broomfield, City of, Replacement Vehicles (2), $79,000
  • Dolores: Dolores County Senior Services, Replacement Vehicle (1), $26,300
  • Eagle: Eagle County, Avon Station Bus Shelter Replacement, $120,000
  • Eagle: Eagle County, Replacement Vehicles (2), $344,000
  • El Paso: El Paso Fountain Valley Senior Citizens Program Replacement Vehicles (2), $107,420
  • Fremont: Upper Arkansas Area Council of Govts., Expansion Vehicle (1), $81,600
  • Gunnison: Gunnison Valley RTA  (Gunnison), Expansion Vehicle (1), $536,000
  • Jefferson: Seniors Resource Center, Replacement Vehicles (10), Expansion Vehicle (1), $584,000
  • Jefferson: Seniors Resource Center (JeffCo) Computer tablets, $36,800
  • Jefferson: Easter Seals of Colorado (Lakewood), Replacement Vehicle (1), $44,500
  • La Plata: Southern Ute Community Action Prog. (SUCAP)*, Replacement Vehicles (3), $152,740
  • Las Animas: Las Animas Rehabilitation Center (Trinidad) Replacement Vehicle (1), $51,800
  • Mesa: Mesa County, Replacement Vehicles (2), $248,000
  • Montrose: Montrose County Senior Citizens Transportation, Replacement Vehicles (2), $164,800
  • Pitkin: Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Aspen Maintenance Facility - rehabilitation, $896,280
  • Pueblo: Senior Resource Development Agency (Pueblo), Replacement Vehicles (3), $53,700
  • Pueblo: Senior Resource Development Agency (Pueblo), Routing software, $54,400
  • Pueblo: Pueblo, City of Replacement Vehicle (1), $308,000
  • Routt: Routt County Replacement Vehicle (1), $64,000
  • Routt: Steamboat Springs, City of  GPS System Expansion $75,000
  • Routt: Steamboat Springs, City of Replacement Vehicle (1), $492,000
  • San Miguel: Mountain Village, Town of  Gondola Conveyor and Grip Rebuilds $172,000
  • San Miguel: Mountain Village, Town of  Gondola Controls Upgrade, $272,000
  • San Miguel: Mountain Village, Town of , Gondola Cabin Refurbishment, $176,000
  • Summit: Summit County, Final design of Dillon Transfer Station, $10,560
  • Summit: Summit County (Summit Stage), Summit Stage Operations Center Expansion Design, $43,800
  • Summit: Breckenridge, Town of Facility - garage door retrofit,$185,000
  • Summit: Breckenridge, Town of  Replacement Vehicle (1), Rehab Vehicles (2), $734,000
  • Teller: Teller Senior Coalition (Woodland Park) Expansion Vehicle (1), $52,000
  • Weld: Greeley, City of  Replacement Vehicle (1), $393,340

FASTER Funding County & Entity

  • Eagle: Eagle County, Vehicle Expansion (1), $104,000
  • El Paso: Mountain Metropolitan Transit (Colorado Springs), Replacement Vehicles (7) - match for federal funds, $802,400
  • El Paso: Silver Key Senior Services   (Colorado Springs), Replacement Vehicles (3), $128,000
  • Fremont: Upper Arkansas Area Council of Govts., Vehicle Expansion (1) - match for federal funds, $20,400
  • Garfield: Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Glenwood Springs Maintenance Facility Expansion, $500,000
  • Garfield: Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Carbondale PnR Expansion, $802,050
  • Garfield: RFTA, Rifle to Glenwood Springs regional service- operating funds, $200,000
  • Gunnison: Mountain Express  (Crested Butte), Replacement Vehicles (2), $165,600
  • La Plata: Durango, City of , Replacement Vehicles (7), $448,000
  • La Plata: Southern Ute Community Action Program (SUCAP), Replacement Vehicle (1) - match for federal funds, $8,800
  • La Plata: La Plata County, Replacement Vehicles (2), $82,000
  • Larimer: Transfort (Fort Collins), Replacement Vehicles (8) - match for federal funds, $200,000
  • Larimer: Transfort/Fort Collins, FLEX, Fort Collins to Longmont regional service- operating funds, $200,000
  • Larimer/Weld: North Front Range MPO, Replacement Vehicles (8), $240,000
  • Las Animas + Huerfano: South Central Council of Governments, Replacement Vehicles (2), $102,400
  • Mesa: Mesa County, Replacement Vehicles (3), $384,000
  • Morgan + 5 (Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma): Northeastern Colorado Association of Local Governments (NECALG), Replacement Vehicles (6), $266,930
  • Pitkin: City of Aspen, Replacement Vehicles (3), $720,000
  • Pitkin: Snowmass Village, Town of,  Replacement Vehicles (3), $600,000
  • Routt: Steamboat Springs, City of, Craig to Steamboat Springs regional service- operating funds, $132,515
  • Statewide: CDOT Division of Transit and Rail, Bustang interregional bus service - operating funds, $3,000,000
  • Summit: Summit County (Summit Stage), Frisco Transfer Center Improvements, $460,000