FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Programs
General information
Bus Program funds will be awarded competitively to purchase, rehabilitate, or lease buses and related equipment, and to construct, purchase, rehabilitate, or lease bus-related facilities. Low-No Program funds will be awarded competitively for the purchase or lease of buses that use low- or no-emission propulsion technologies, including related equipment or facilities. FTA is publishing a joint NOFO because these two programs have overlapping eligibilities and must be implemented on the same timeline.
Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes, all projects in rural areas (see 49 U.S.C. 5302(17)) must be submitted by a State either individually or as part of a consolidated State application.
Bus Program
- Eligible activities include capital projects to purchase, lease, or rehabilitate transit buses and related equipment; and acquire, construct, lease, or rehabilitate bus-related facilities.
Low-No Program
- Eligible activities include capital projects to purchase or lease zero-emission or low-emission transit buses; and acquire, construct, rehabilitate, and lease required supporting facilities such as recharging, refueling, and maintenance facilities.
Funding details
Funding application timeline
Grant eligibility
Bus Program
- Eligible recipients are designated recipients, states (including territories and Washington, D.C.), local government entities, and federally recognized Indian tribes. Except for Indian tribes, eligible recipients must allocate funds to or operate fixed-route bus service.
- Eligible subrecipients are all otherwise eligible recipients and private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation. Eligible subrecipients are not required to allocate funds to or operate fixed route bus service.
Low-No Program
- Eligible recipients and subrecipients are designated recipients, states (including territories and Washington, D.C.), local government entities, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
- Applicants must have sufficient legal, financial, and technical capabilities to receive and administer Federal funds under this program.
- Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes, all projects in rural areas (see 49 U.S.C. 5302(17)) must be submitted by a State either individually or as part of a consolidated State application.
- States and other eligible applicants may also submit consolidated applications for projects in urbanized areas. The same project may not be submitted in multiple applications.