Good news for the region's transit agencies!
The Executive Board has approved the distribution of $901 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to the region’s transit agencies to help alleviate impacts from the pandemic. This distribution includes a 2.5% adjustment to provide additional funding for Everett Transit, Pierce Transit and the Washington State Ferries.
Transit Agency | Funding Amount |
|---|---|
Community Transit | $57,431,344 |
Everett Transit | $12,083,703 |
King County Metro | $395,588,079 |
Kitsap Transit | $30,851,189 |
Pierce County Ferry | $4,463,382 |
Pierce Transit | $42,226,350 |
City of Seattle | $4,010,548 |
Sound Transit | $275,258,761 |
Washington State Ferries | $79,560,472 |
The table shows the distribution of the $901 million in transit funding coming to the region via the America Rescue Plan Act. This includes ARPA funding previously approved in July by the Executive Board for transit agencies serving the Bremerton and Marysville urbanized areas.
PSRC worked with leaders from the region’s nine transit agencies to develop the funding recommendation after discussion of the unique situation and needs due to the pandemic. The board also discussed the need to work at the state level to ensure communities have equitable transit funding.
Under federal legislation, PSRC has project selection authority for all projects using regional funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Since 2020, three stimulus funding packages have been passed, with FTA funds made available to support transit agencies during the public health emergency.