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Green Grants

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CTA actively competes for grants that can help with green initiatives and do more to protect the environment. Grants for green projects are in high demand (it's not uncommon for hundreds of municipal and transit agencies to apply for a grant). Because of the limited availability of these grants, not all applications result in an award.

The following items are a selection of sustainability-related grants for which CTA has recently applied:

 

Project Description

Funding Source

Grant Award Status

Install power outlets for plug-in hybrids at North Park Garage to reduce idling

Total amount requested: 
$1.5 million

2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) Program

icon: awarded Funding awarded

Solar panel rebate for installation at 95th/Dan Ryan station

Rebate:
$50,000
2009 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO): Solar Energy Rebate Program

icon: awarded Funding awarded

LEED green building education for construction/engineering

Total amount requested: 
$16,000

2010 ARRA/Illinois DCEO Workforce Investment Act “Green Jobs" Training Program

icon: awarded Funding awarded

High-speed garage doors at four major facilities

Total amount requested:
$300,000

2010 ARRA/Illinois DCEO Thermal Efficiency Program

icon: awarded Funding awarded

Transit climate change adaptation assessment pilots

Total amount requested:
$159,500

2011 FTA Cooperative Research Program

icon: awarded Funding awarded

Purchase up to 5 battery-electric buses

Total amount requested:
$6.3 million
2010 ARRA TIGGER (Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction) Program icon: awarded Funding awarded
($2.2 million for two buses)

Up to 75 diesel-electric articulated buses and hoists

Total amount requested:
$72.8 million

2011 FTA State of Good Repair Program

icon: awarded Funding awarded
($30 million for hybrid buses)

Up to 50 diesel-electric articulated buses and hoists

Total amount requested:
$60 million

2012 FTA State of Good Repair Program

Applied; pending

Up to 12 diesel-electric articulated buses

Total amount requested:
$9 million

2012 FTA Clean Fuels Program

Applied; pending

Up to 7 diesel-electric articulated buses and hoists

Total amount requested:
$6.6 million

2011 FTA Clean Fuels Program

icon: not selected Not selected

Upgrade 10 diesel bus engines to 2010 emissions standards

Total amount requested:
$918,782

2011 US EPA National Clean Diesel Program

icon: not selected Not selected
Replace subway emergency incandescent lighting with LED lighting

Total amount requested:
$1.7 million
2011 ARRA TIGGER (Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction) Program icon: not selected Not selected

Install semi-permeable pavement system at North Park Garage

Total amount requested:
$750,000

2011 Illinois EPA National Green Infrastructure Grant Program

icon: not selected Not selected

 

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