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USDOT Discretionary Grant Programs, by Mode

The linked sections below provide information about each of the discretionary grant programs that USDOT offers, organized by USDOT’s operating administrations (OAs or “modes”). 

Descriptions of these grant programs are also available in the DOT Discretionary Grants Dashboard....

Federal Transit Administration: Key Grant Programs

Agency Description

The Federal Transit Administration supports programs and activities that plan, build, and operate transit systems.

FTA makes public transit on buses, trains, and even ferryboats safer through program implementation and oversight, policy development, hazard...

CARES Act Air Service Exemption for United Airlines

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on the third request from United Airlines for exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2.  After the Department denied its previous requests for limited relief to Sun Valley, Idaho, United...

Show Cause Order Issued May 22, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation today issued a show-cause order pursuant to the Notice of Adjustments to Service Obligations issued May 12, 2020.  This order tentatively grants exemptions to 15 Covered Carriers from the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (the CARES...