Ames, Iowa – Feb. 11, 2025 – Today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved more than $480,000 in grants for five Fiscal Year 2026 State Transit Assistance Special Projects. The Commission approved the funds for two public transit agencies and three Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT)-sponsored projects.
The State Transit Assistance Special Projects program is intended to fund projects that are extraordinary, emergency, or innovative in nature. Eligible applicants are Iowa’s 35 public transit agencies, the Iowa Public Transit Association, and the Iowa DOT. Projects may include, but are not limited to:
- Expanding the scope of planning, managerial, or technical expertise.
- Increasing the public’s awareness and understanding of transit.
- Enhancing the capacity for administration consolidation and service coordination.
- Reducing impediments to intramodal or intermodal transfers.
- Increasing the cooperation and coordination between private and public sectors.
- Developing, demonstrating, or refining a technical, procedural, or mechanical innovation that may be utilized by other public transit systems in Iowa.
- Responding to an emergency situation that places an extraordinary and unforeseen strain on the resources of a public transit system.
The City of Davenport will receive $125,000 to assist with the Quad Cities Municipal Transit Route Study. Corridor Rides will receive a second year of funding, $175,000, for the Trip Connect – North Johnson County project. Three Iowa DOT-sponsored projects will also be funded: Low-No Bus Program grant project administration, $63,000; General Transit Feed Specification Contractor, $77,500; and, Iowarideshare.org Ridematching Software, $42,000.
For more information on Iowa’s public transit system, please visit the Iowa DOT's Transit page.
For more information, contact Kristin Haar at 515-233-7875 or kristin.haar@iowadot.us.