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Rural Transit Solutions Fund: Planning and Design Projects Stream

November 28, 2024

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Eligible applicants can seek a grant of up to $50,000 through the Planning and Design.

Description

The Rural Transit Solutions Fund is the first federal fund to target the development of transit solutions in rural and remote communities. Launched in 2021, the Fund provides $250 million in federal funding over 5 years to support the development of locally-driven transit solutions that will help people living in rural communities get to work, school, appointments, and to visit loved ones.

Through this stream, eligible applicants can seek grants of up to $50,000 in support of communities’ projects to plan and design new or expanded transit solutions for their communities.

Eligible Applicants

The following groups are eligible to apply:

  • Municipalities, local and regional governments established under provincial or territorial statute, including local service districts;
  • Public sector bodies that are established by or under provincial or territorial statute, or by regulation, or are wholly-owned by a province, territory, municipal or regional government;
  • Indigenous governing bodies;
  • Federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations whose mandate is to improve Indigenous outcomes, organizations serving Indigenous communities living in urban centers and First Nations living off-reserve;
  • Indigenous development corporations; and,
  • Federally or provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations.

Please note that individuals, private citizens, provincial and territorial governments (including Crown corporations); and federal entities, including federal Crown corporations are ineligible to apply to this stream.

Eligible Expenses

Eligible applicants can seek a grant of up to $50,000 through the Planning and Design Projects stream to support transit planning activities toward the development of new or expanded transit solutions.

Some examples of activities that are eligible under the stream include: public engagement, needs assessments, feasibility or viability studies, surveys and assessments of routes or modes of travel.

Deadline Date

The application intake for the Planning and Design Projects stream will close on November 28, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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