Purpose: Rural Public Transportation
Grant Number: WI-26-0015-00 ($2,271,998)
Released: 4/11/08
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation/Bureau of Transit received a grant of $2,271,998 to provide operating and planning assistance to areas with a population below 50,000. The grant will be used to expand service in 11 rural areas, and to study of the feasibility of bringing public transportation to four additional counties.
This is the second grant to be awarded in two years under the state’s unique Supplemental Transportation Rural Assistance Program (STRAP). In addition to providing more transit service and mobility to rural areas, STRAP also promotes increased coordination between agencies that provide transportation services for seniors, lower income individuals, and persons with disabilities in rural areas.
The program, funded at $2 million a year through 2009, provides 80 percent of operating assistance in rural areas, and requires local matching funds of 20 percent.
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