Program Summary and Objectives

• Federal Agency:  agency: department of transportation
  office: federal transit administration (fta)
• Program Website: http://www.fta.dot.gov.
• Authorization: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users , Public Law 109-59, 49 U.S.C 5310.
• Headquarters: Sylvia L. Marion 1200 New Jersey AVE SE,, Washington, District of Columbia 20590 Phone: (202) 366-6680

To provide financial assistance in meeting the transportation needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities where public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient or inappropriate. The Section 5310 program is designed to supplement FTA's other capital assistance programs by funding transportation projects for elderly persons and persons with disabilities in all areas - urbanized, small urban, and rural.

Examples of Projects Funded

20.500 Federal Transit_Capital Investment Grants

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: This special program of assistance was begun in fiscal year 1975, when $20 million was distributed to more than 1,000 private nonprofit organizations to purchase vehicles to transport the elderly and persons with disabilities. Today, nearly 4,000 local subrecipients receive funding, and continuation of this program has enabled thousands of elderly persons and persons with disabilities to achieve greater mobility and independence. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Program Obligations
(as compiled by Subsidyscope)

Direct Expenditures Over Time