Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Announcement of Project Selection
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year 2002 appropriations for the O...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year 2002 appropriations for the Over-the-road Bus (OTRB) Accessibility Program, authorized by section 3038 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The OTRB Accessibility Program makes funds available to private operators of over-the-road buses to help finance the incremental capital and training costs of complying with DOT's over-the-road bus accessibility rule, published in a
Federal Register
notice on September 24, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The appropriate FTA Regional Administrator for grant-specific issues; or Sue Masselink, Office of Program Management, 202-366-2053, for general information about the OTRB Program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A total of $6.9 million was appropriated for the program in FY 2002 which together with $204,100 in prior year unobligated funds made a total of $7.1 million available for allocation: $5.3 million for intercity fixed-route providers and $1.8 million for all other providers, such as commuter, charter, and tour operators. A total of 91 applicants requested $18.4 million: $11.5 million was requested by intercity fixed-route providers, and $6.9 million was requested by all other providers. Project selections were made on a discretionary basis, based on each applicant's responsiveness to statutory project selection criteria, fleet size, and level of funding received in previous years. Because of the high demand for the funds available, most applicants received less funding than they requested, but all qualified applicants received some funding. The selected projects will provide funding for the incremental cost of adding lifts to 149 new vehicles, retrofitting 68 vehicles, and $476,279 for training. Each of the following 73 awardees, as well as the 18 applicants who were not selected for funding, will receive a letter that explains how funding decisions were made.
Operator
Award Amounts
Intercity
fixed-route
Other
Total
Region I:
Arrow Line, Inc., East Hartford, CT
$50,000
50,000
Bonanza Bus Lines, Providence, RI
$68,080
68,080
Brunswick Transportation Company, South Portland, ME
42,700
42,700
Brush Hill Transportation Company, Randolph, MA
28,915
28,915
Gulbankian Bus Lines, Southborough, MA
11,709
11,709
McGinn Bus Company, Plymouth, MA
28,915
28,915
Mini Coach of Boston, Inc., Chelsea, MA
38,000
38,000
Morgan Coach Lines, Inc., South Deerfield, MA
39,895
39,895
Pawtuxet Valley Bus Lines, West Warwick, RI
7,200
7,200
Peter Pan Bus Lines, Springfield, MA
113,600
113,600
( printed page 65831)
Vermont Transit Company, Inc., Burlington, VT
99,454
99,454
Region II:
Academy Express, LLC, Hoboken, NJ
18,000
26,936
44,936
Adirondack Trailways, Hurley, NY
130,000
130,000
Blue Bird Coach Lines, Inc., N. Tonawanda, NY
40,770
42,120
82,890
DeCamp Bus Lines, Montclair, NJ
90,000
90,000
Hampton Jitney, Inc., Southampton, NY
25,575
25,575
Hudson Transit Lines, Inc., Mahwah, NJ
108,000
108,000
Suburban Transit Corp., New Brunswick, NJ
18,000
18,000
Sunrise Coach Lines, Inc., Greenport, NY
32,010
32,010
Syracuse and Oswego Motor Lines, East Syracuse, NY
39,600
39,600
Utica Rome Bus Company, Clinton, NY
39,150
39,150
Region III:
Butler Motor Transit, Butler, PA
44,100
44,100
Capitol Bus Company, Harrisburg, PA
5,000
5,000
Central Cab Company, Waynesburg, PA
43,200
43,200
Elite Coach, Ephrata, PA
40,950
40,950
Eyre Bus Service, Inc., Glenelg, MD
102,857
102,857
First Priority Tours, Inc., District Heights, MD
34,306
34,306
James River Bus Lines, Richmond, VA
38,520
38,520
Lenzer Tour and Travel, Sewickley, PA
42,750
42,750
Martz Trailways, Wilkes-Barre, PA
199,579
199,579
Mountaineer Coach, Beaver, WV
19,000
19,000
Thomas Tours, Beltsville, MD
20,646
20,646
Trans-Bridge Lines, Bethlehem, PA
51,053
51,053
Region IV:
Southern Coach, Durham, North Carolina
84,090
84,090
Carolina Trailways, Raleigh, North Carolina
99,454
99,454
First Class Coach Co., St. Petersburg, Florida
107,200
107,200
Good Time Tours, Pensacola, Florida
26,902
26,902
Capital Trailways, Montgomery, Alabama
69,300
69,300
Colonial Trailways, Mobile, Alabama
60,750
60,750
Americoach Tours, Memphis, Tennessee
46,250
46,250
Region V:
Jefferson Lines, Minneapolis, Minnesota
143,188
143,188
Rockford Coach Lines, LLC, Rockford, Illinois
66,303
66,303
Gad-About Tours, Columbiana, Ohio
36,800
36,800
Ready Bus Lines, La Crescent, Minnesota
29,700
29,700
VanGalder Bus, Janesville, Wisconsin
9,700
9,700
Seniors Unlimited, Pontiac, Michigan
22,190
22,190
Wisconsin Coach, Waukesha, Wisconsin
81,400
81,400
Croswell Bus Lines, Inc., Williamsburg, Ohio
27,692
27,692
Peoria Charter Coach Co., Peoria, Illinois
19,950
19,950
Robinson Coach, Evanston, Illinois
56,500
56,500
Region VI:
Valley Transit, Harlington, Texas
66,000
66,000
Kerrville Bus Co., San Antonio, Texas
94,140
36,000
130,140
TNM&O, Lubbock, Texas
66,303
66,303
All Aboard America, Carlsbad, New Mexico
41,741
41,741
Franklin Charter, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma
29,000
29,000
Gulf Coast Transit, Houston, Texas
112,000
112,000
El Expresso, Houston, Texas
85,500
38,250
123,750
Fun Time Tours, Corpus Christi, Texas
38,934
38,934
Greyhound, Dallas, Texas
3,025,082
3,025,082
Region VII:
St. Louis Executive Coach, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
32,800
32,800
Burlington Trailways, West Burlington, Iowa
57,025
57,025
Region VIII: No Applications
Region IX:
Royal Safari, Orange, California
28,885
28,885
Santa Barbara Air Bus, Goleta, California
51,868
51,868
Roberts Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
126,000
126,000
Marin Airporter, San Rafael, California
80,600
80,600
KT Contract Services, Inc., North Las Vegas, Nevada
76,950
6,000
82,950
Quest, San Luis Obispo, California
32,612
32,612
Grosvenor Bus Lines, San Francisco, California
36,000
36,000
Storer Coach, Modesto, California
62,500
62,500
Orange Belt Stages, Visalia, California
51,520
51,520
Region X:
Wikkiser International Co., Inc., Ferndale, Washington
40,000
40,000
Wheatland Express, Pullman, WA
28,800
27,000
55,800
( printed page 65832)
Total
5,313,946
1,825,523
7,139,469
Eligible project costs may be incurred by awardees prior to final grant approval. The incremental capital cost for adding wheelchair lift equipment to any new vehicles delivered on or after June 9, 1998, the effective date of TEA-21, is eligible for funding under the OTRB Accessibility Program.
Applicants selected for funding may be contacted by FTA regional offices if additional information is needed before grants are made. The grant applications will be sent to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for certification under labor protection requirements pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b). After referring applications to affected employees represented by a labor organization, DOL will issue a certification to FTA. Terms and conditions of the certification will be incorporated in the FTA grant agreement under the new guidelines replacing those in 29 CFR Part 215. Please see
Amendment to Section 5333(b), Guidelines to Carry Out New Programs Authorized by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21); Final Rule (64 FR 40990, July 28, 1999).
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67 FR 65830
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