Recipient of federal assistance · LOS ANGELES, CA

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY received $1.4B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 50 actions, −4.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $9.3B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($1.3B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.4B
Loan face value
$802.5M
lent or guaranteed
Actions
50
Since FY2021
$9.3B
UEI
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Location
LOS ANGELES, CA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.2BFY2021
  2. 2BFY2022
  3. 1.7BFY2023
  4. 1.5BFY2024
  5. 1.4BFY2025
  6. 1.4BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.4B100%
  2. Loans$00.0%
    $802.5M lent or guaranteed

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$788.1M57%
  2. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$343.3M25%
  3. 20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants$149.4M11%
  4. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$48.2M3.5%
  5. 20.327 · Railroad Crossing Elimination$33.1M2.4%
  6. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$11.9M0.9%
  7. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$2.8M0.2%
  8. 20.534 · Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending$2M0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$1.3B98%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Railroad Administration$33.1M2.4%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Highway Administration$1.4M0.1%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT LA METROS REMAINING FY26 AND FY27 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES APPLIED TO…$343.3M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026· CA-2026-118
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FULLY FUND ONE YEAR OF BUS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR LACMTA TO ASSIST IT IN…$283.4M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· CA-2026-104
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT LA METROS REMAINING FY25 AND FY26 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES APPLIED TO…$188.6M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 28, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· CA-2025-204
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND ONE YEAR OF BUS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR LACMTA TO ASSIST IT IN FIXED ROUTE…$161.2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 5, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· CA-2025-153
  5. 5337 LA METRO RAIL VEHICLE MIDLIFE OVERHAULS$151.3M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 17, 2023 – Dec 9, 2025· CA-2018-031
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VERMONT AVENUE BRT PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL FUND THE…$149.9M
    20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· CA-2026-166

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $891.6K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF LOS ANGELES$600K67%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  2. ARTS & SERVICE FOR DISABLED INC$291.6K33%
    LONG BEACH, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $51.3K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES$51.3K100%
    MATHER, CA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $7.4M paid out · $59.4M received
  • FY2022: $298.5K paid out · $31.3M received
  • FY2023: $4.4M paid out · $44.4M received
  • FY2024: $19.5M paid out · $54.5M received
  • FY2025: $3.1M paid out · $17.1M received
  • FY2026: $891.6K paid out · $51.3K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.