The Bureau provided a TIFIA 35-year loan of up to $19.92 million under its Rural Projects Initiative (RPI) to Napa Valley Transportation Authority (NVTA) for the Vine Bus Maintenance Facility Project (the Project). NVTA plans to construct a 31,504–square foot transit maintenance facility with a 40-year useful life to replace its currently leased transit yard in the city of Napa, California, providing NVTA a facility that meets its needs, including charging infrastructure for NVTA’s new electric bus fleet.

The Project will provide a variety of benefits including addressing growing transit needs to reduce emissions from single occupancy vehicles, improving operational efficiencies and safety of fleet management and providing photovoltaic system to support electric vehicles zero-emission targets. The Project will also create 624 direct and indirect jobs and spur growth/development in the area.

• Addresses future transit fleet capacity to address 2040 goals to reduce harmful emissions from single occupancy vehicles
• Provides 141kW photovoltaic system with expansion potential to fuel electric vehicles as NVTA’s transitions its Vine fleet to zero emissions mandate)
• Incorporates environmentally sustainable materials using LEED principles