FTA Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities
Program History
Congress created the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities program under Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP 21). This action required the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to be the designated recipient of this Program’s funds for small urban and rural areas of the State. Caltrans has submitted a Section 5339 component for the Division of Rail and Mass Transportation (DRMT) State Management Plan (SMP) to FTA for its review. A link to the SMP, which describes the State’s policies and procedures for administering the FTA 5339 program is below.
Program Overview
Section 5339 is a grant program authorized by 49 United States Code (U.S.C) Section 5339 as specified under the Federal Reauthorization Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or “MAP 21”. The program was continued, with some modifications in the recently authorized Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The 5339 Program provides capital funding to replace, rehabilitate and purchase buses, vans, and related equipment, and to construct bus-related facilities. FTA apportions a discretionary component and a small urban (population 50,000 to 200,000) formula component to governors of each State annually. The California State Department of Transportation, Division of Rail and Mass Transportation (DRMT) has been delegated the designated recipient responsibilities by the Governor and is the direct recipient for these funds. DRMT administers these funding components to eligible sub-recipients which include: public agencies and private nonprofit organizations engaged in public transportation.
Federal Programs
- FTA 5339 Circular
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2013(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2014(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2015(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2016(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2017(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2018(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2019(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2020(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2021(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2022(PDF)
- Small Urban Formula Distribution 2023(PDF)
- Amendment Request Form(DOCX) available upon request
- Invoice Checklist(PDF)
- Request for Reimbursement Form(XLS)
- MAP 21 Legislation(PDF)
- Fast Act Legislation(PDF)
- 5339 Program Fact Sheet 2016-06-09(PDF)
- Toll Credit Fact Sheet(PDF)
- State Management Plan FTA Section 5339 Program(PDF)
- Agency Monitoring Form
- Eligibility of Costs and Cash Management and Payment Procedures (PDF)
- Reimbursement Request Form
- Resolution of Authority (PDF)
FTA Section 5339 Program
Project-related Documents
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