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Regional Transportation District
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Regional Transportation District, of Denver, CO, was obligated $821M in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $350M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is up 66% on FY2025 ($211M).
Regional Transportation District ranks 30 of 637 listed organisations located in CO by five-year obligations, and 997 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation: 17 awards worth $827M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $236,959,718 | under $1.0M | $236,959,718 | — |
| FY2024 | $22,980,787 | under $1.0M | $22,980,787 | -90% |
| FY2025 | $210,544,345 | under $1.0M | $210,544,345 | +816% |
| FY2026 | $350,039,602 | under $1.0M | $350,039,602 | +66% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in CO | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $821M | $39B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $350M | $12B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $821M | $39B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 997 of 30,000 | 1 of 637 in CO | 1 |
Largest in state: State of Colorado - DEPT of Health Care Policy & Financing. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Transportation | 17 | $827M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.500 Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants | $150M | 6 Nov 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $133M | 16 Dec 2025 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $93M | 24 Jun 2026 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $93M | 22 Jul 2026 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $74M | 9 Jan 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $73M | 28 Aug 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $70M | 28 Jul 2025 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $35M | 29 Jun 2026 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $28M | 20 Aug 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $27M | 25 Aug 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $26M | 2 Aug 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | $14M | 23 Aug 2024 | CO | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $150M, Department of Transportation, 6 Nov 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: TO FUND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EAST COLFAX AVENUE BRT PROJECT IN DENVER AND AURORA CO.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: THE CIG FUNDS CONSTRUCTION AND I
- $133M, Department of Transportation, 16 Dec 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT AWARD IS TO ASSIST WITH EXPENSES FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR BUS AND RAIL VEHICLES AND FACILITIES AND ADA PARA
- $93M, Department of Transportation, 24 Jun 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT AWARD IS TO ASSIST WITH EXPENSES FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR BUS AND RAIL VEHICLES AND FACILITIES AND OPERATIN
- $93M, Department of Transportation, 22 Jul 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT AWARD IS TO ASSIST WITH EXPENSES FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR BUS AND RAIL VEHICLES AND FACILITIES AND OPERATIN
- $74M, Department of Transportation, 9 Jan 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (RTD) APPLIES FOR THE FULL FFY22 SECTION 5307 APPORTIONMENT OF $79720158 ALLOCATED TO THE DENVER-AUROR
- $73M, Department of Transportation, 28 Aug 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (RTD) APPLIES FOR THE FULL FFY 2023 SECTION 5307 APPORTIONMENT OF $81383349 ALLOCATED TO THE DENVER-AU
- $70M, Department of Transportation, 28 Jul 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT AWARD IS TO USE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR (5337) FUNDS FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON RTDS VEHICLES FACILITIES AND ASSO
- $35M, Department of Transportation, 29 Jun 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT AWARD IS TO USE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR (5337) FUNDS FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON RTDS VEHICLES FACILITIES AND ASSO
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Regional Transportation District receive?
$821M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $237M; FY2024: $23M; FY2025: $211M; FY2026: $350M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Regional Transportation District?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($827M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Federal Transit Formula Grants (20.507), State of Good Repair Grants Program (20.525) and Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants (20.500).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CO ($827M).
Is Regional Transportation District a large federal recipient?
It ranks 997 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 30 of 637 located in CO. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.