Recipient of federal assistance · NEW ORLEANS, LA

REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY

REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY received $120.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 17 actions, +437% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $335.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($120.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$120.4M
New awards
5
Actions
17
Since FY2021
$335.2M
UEI
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Location
NEW ORLEANS, LA
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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. 58.3MFY2021
  2. 26.9MFY2022
  3. 66.8MFY2023
  4. 40.3MFY2024
  5. 22.4MFY2025
  6. 120.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$120.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$72.7M60%
  2. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$32.2M27%
  3. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$7.1M5.9%
  4. 20.533 · All Stations Accessibility Program$5.5M4.6%
  5. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$3M2.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$120.4M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO REPLACE 33 OF NORTAS OLDEST VEHICLES WITH NEW LOW-EMISSION CNG…$71.4M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· LA-2025-018
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS APPLICATION REQUESTS FY2024 AND FY2025 5307 FUNDS FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE (BUS FERRY) BUS YARD PUSH TUG BUS…$30.1M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· LA-2026-007
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS APPLICATION IS TO REQUEST FY 2024 5337 5339 FUNDS FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE (RAIL) PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE…$16.8M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Apr 29, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· LA-2025-006
  4. NORTA FY 2016 5307$9.6M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Apr 1, 2025 – Apr 27, 2026· LA-2016-011
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS FY 2024 ALL STATIONS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM APPLICATION IS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY ALONG THE ST…$5.5M
    20.533 · All Stations Accessibility Program· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· LA-2026-014
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS APPLICATION REQUESTS FY2023 FY2024 AND FY2025 FHWA FERRY BOAT PROGRAM (FBP) FUNDS AND FY2025 FHWA CARBON…$5.1M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 27, 2026 – Jul 27, 2026· LA-2026-018

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: -$157 (1 subaward)

1 prime

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $414.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $53.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1,390 received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · -$157 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.