The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $50.1 million in competitive grants under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Passenger Ferry Grant Program (PFG).
Donor Name: Federal Transit Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,100,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
FTA recognizes that passenger ferries provide critical and cost-effective transportation links throughout the United States but face a critical backlog of state of good repair and safety investments. These programs support FTA’s priorities and objectives through investments that
- renew their transit systems,
- reduce greenhouse gas emissions from public transportation,
- advance racial equity by removing transportation related disparities to all populations within a project area and increasing equitable access to project benefits,
- maintain and create goodpaying jobs with a free and fair choice to join a union, and
- connect communities by increasing access to affordable transportation options.
FTA seeks to fund projects under the Passenger Ferry and Rural Ferry Programs that:
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, incorporate evidence-based climate resilience measures and features, reduce the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from the project materials, and avoid adverse environmental impacts to air or water quality, wetlands, and endangered species, and address the disproportionate negative environmental impacts of transportation on disadvantaged communities, consistent with Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
- Create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, remove transportation related disparities to all populations in a project area, and increase equitable access to project benefits, consistent with Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
- Address equity and environmental justice, particularly for communities that have experienced decades of under investment and are most impacted by climate change, pollution, and environmental hazards, consistent with Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad .
- Support the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and training and placement programs, especially registered apprenticeships, in project planning stages, consistent with Executive Order 14025, Worker Organizing and Empowerment , and Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act .
- Support wealth creation, consistent with the Department’s Equity Action Plan through the inclusion of local inclusive economic development and entrepreneurship such as the utilization of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Minority-owned businesses, Womenowned businesses, or section 8(a) firms.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $50,100,000
- Award Ceiling: $50,100,000
Project Period
Funds are available for obligation for five years after the fiscal year in which the awards are announced.
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible applicants under this program must be designated recipients or eligible direct recipients of Section 5307 funds, which include public entities engaged in providing a public transportation passenger ferry service in urban areas that are eligible to be direct recipients.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
