Federal Transit Formula Grants in Pennsylvania

Formula transit dollars tagged to Pennsylvania

CFDA 20.507 is titled FEDERAL TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS. Filtered to Pennsylvania place of performance, obligations sum to $2,624,165,593 on 86 awards. The national Federal Transit Formula Grants hub includes every state. Pennsylvania's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $2,624,165,593 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of routes, riders, or vehicles in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or Harrisburg.

Formula transit grants often post as many assistance records to urbanized-area recipients rather than one statewide block. The join does not name recipients, split the southeast and the Alleghenies, or count routes, riders, or vehicles. Packet facts stop at $2,624,165,593, 86 awards, PA, and 20.507. Correlation is not causation.

20.507 is not Capital Investment Grants in Pennsylvania

Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants (CFDA 20.500) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $2,624,165,593 would invent a broader total than this 20.507 × PA cell contains. Facts available: Pennsylvania, CFDA 20.507, $2,624,165,593, 86 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and route, rider, or vehicle counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Federal Transit Formula Grants, not a ranking of Pennsylvania outcomes. Dividing $2,624,165,593 by 86 yields about $30.51 million per award—a formula assistance award to a transit agency or state recipient, not a typical farebox receipt. Unique recipients are unpublished. 86 is not a count of routes, riders, or vehicles.

Questions

How much Federal Transit Formula Grant funding is obligated in Pennsylvania?

USAspending.gov shows $2,624,165,593 in CFDA 20.507 obligations coded to Pennsylvania across 86 awards. The join uses the program number and Pennsylvania place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Federal Transit Formula Grants and Pennsylvania together when citing $2,624,165,593.

Is this the same as Capital Investment Grants in Pennsylvania?

No. This cell is CFDA 20.507 only. Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants (CFDA 20.500) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $2,624,165,593. 86 is a record count, not a route, rider, or vehicle census.

Do 86 awards mean 86 transit agencies?

86 is a USAspending award-record count, not a route, rider, or vehicle census. The implied mean is about $30.51 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $2,624,165,593 are not outlays. Keep Federal Transit Formula Grants and Pennsylvania together when citing $2,624,165,593. The overlay remains the live 20.507 × PA table on USAspending.gov.

Do these obligations equal buses purchased?

No. $2,624,165,593 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. This packet has no route, rider, or vehicle count. Keep the obligation label when citing the pair. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 20.507 × PA pair.