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County allocates 2025 FTA 5307 funds, advances mobility plan and new transit app
Summary
The committee approved Tompkins County’s share of the 2025 Federal Transit Administration 5307 urban formula funds for TCAT, Gadabout and county mobility projects; staff updated the committee on the county’s mobility vision, the Medicaid 1115 waiver transport funding, and the Transportation Scout trip-planning app.
The Tompkins County Facilities and Infrastructure Committee on July 17 approved three resolutions that split the county’s 2025 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 5307 urban formula allocation among Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT), Gadabout and county mobility projects. Committee members said the 2025 allocation totals about $4.6 million. TCAT will receive about $3.2 million and intends to use its share for operating expenses; Gadabout will receive about $700,000 for operating; and Tompkins County will receive about $725,000, allocated primarily to project administration (roughly $287,000), mobility-management contracts ($400,000) and $37,000 for the county’s Transportation Scout app. Staff said the operating shares are structured as a 50/50 match of federal operating funds with state transit operating assistance; the county’s mobility project funds are categorized as capital for federal…
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