Recipient of federal assistance · ALBUQUERQUE, NM

RIO METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT

RIO METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT received $63M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 12 actions, −14% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $194.1M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($63M).

Assistance · FY2026
$63M
New awards
8
Actions
12
Since FY2021
$194.1M
UEI
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Location
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
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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. 8.8MFY2021
  2. 1MFY2022
  3. 6.4MFY2023
  4. 41.4MFY2024
  5. 73.4MFY2025
  6. 63MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$63M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$37.5M60%
  2. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$22.5M36%
  3. 20.534 · Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending$3M4.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$63M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS FY2025 BUILD GRANT WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE…$22.5M
    20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· NM-2026-037
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS APPLICATION WILL SUPPORT THE ONGOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS (NMRX) AND…$22.4M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 10, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· NM-2024-036
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOWING RMRTD TO MAINTAIN THE MOW AND MOE FOR THE RAIL RUNNER SERVICE.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED…$20.3M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Mar 24, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· NM-2025-002
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY (OMF)…$17.2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· NM-2026-038
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL (CTC) ON A 4.7-MILE SEGMENT OF DOUBLE TRACK ON…$8.3M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· NM-2026-019
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2000-FOOT CONTROLLED SIDING ON THE NEW MEXICO RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS (NMRX)…$4.6M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· NM-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: $2.5M (6 subawards)

1 prime

  1. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.5M100%
    SANTA FE, NM · 6 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $759.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.5M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.