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The FY2026 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program closes September 28. Universities, agencies, and startups are all eligible to lead — but every team must include a transit vehicle manufacturer in a prominent role, and FTA already cancelled a nearly identical NOFO in 2024 without making a single award.
Read articleThe continuing resolution signed September 2, 2026 extended surface transportation authorities through December 11 — but left out the IIJA Division J advance appropriations that fund them. The authority survives; roughly $17.5 billion a year does not. Here is what changes October 1 and how applicants to live FTA and FRA competitions should respond.
Read articleThe Federal Transit Administration issued its FY2026 notice of funding opportunity for the Buses and Bus Facilities and Low or No Emission programs: $21 million and $589 million respectively, due September 21, 2026 through Grants.gov. Two things changed that reshape who wins — the total is down roughly 70 percent from FY2025, and FTA states it intends to prioritize low-emission projects over zero-emission projects to the maximum extent permitted by law.
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