Southwest Ohio Regional Transit AuthorityFederal contracts and grants

Cincinnati, OH
UEI LM81VYPTNQL9

USAspending shows $133M in obligations to this recipient in 4 of the 5 fiscal years from FY2023 to FY2027.

The obligations in FY2026 were $35M.

The obligations in FY2027 to date are under $1 million.

The awards of $1 million or more that started since FY2023 came from 1 agency.

The largest award value came from the Department of Transportation.

A fiscal year under $1 million is not in the total.

Places of performanceAward value since FY2023

The states where the work of the awards of $1 million or more is done. The swatches go from the smallest award value to the largest. The largest is Ohio: $128M.

Ohio: the address of the recipient.

The amounts for each state. Outlines: US Census Bureau.

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Since the last update

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The site compares each data load with the load before it. It records a change of the FY2027 obligations when the change is $1 million or more and 10% or more. It also records each new award of $1 million or more.

Obligations by fiscal year

Obligations to Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority by fiscal yearA fiscal year starts on 1 October. "Under $1 million" is a year below the listing floor: the amount is not zero, and the site does not list it. FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. USAspending loaded these data on 30 Sep 2026, so the figures of FY2027 stop on that date.
Fiscal year	All obligations	Contracts	Other awards
FY2023	$23M	under $1 million	$23M
FY2024	$41M	under $1 million	$41M
FY2025	$33M	under $1 million	$33M
FY2026	$35M	under $1 million	$35M
FY2027 to date	under $1 million

Contracts are the procurement award types. Other awards are grants, direct payments, loans (subsidy cost) and other assistance. The contracts figure shows only when contracts alone are $1 million or more.

Awarding agencies

Agencies that gave awards of $1 million or more to Southwest Ohio Regional Transit AuthorityAwards that started in FY2023 or later, by award value, largest first.
Agency	Awards	Award value	Share
Department of Transportation	10	$128M	100%

Awards

The newest awards of $1 million or more to Southwest Ohio Regional Transit AuthorityNewest first. The text under the agency is the description on USAspending.
Awarding agency	Type	Industry or program	Award value	Start date	Place	Record
Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$14M	27 Jul 2026	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$16M	19 Aug 2025	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration	GrantProject Grant (B)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$7.0M	19 Aug 2025	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$39M	28 Apr 2025	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.505 Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research	$4.5M	21 Aug 2024	OH	USAspending

Awards of $1 million or more to Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority that started in FY2023 or laterBy award value, largest first. The award value is the amount obligated to the award to date. The site does not show a description that has the name of a person.
Awarding agency	Type	Industry or program	Award value	Start date	Place	Record
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IT TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE SOUTHWEST OHIO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (SORTA) TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$39M	28 Apr 2025	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF SAFE ACCESSIBLE AND EFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT METRO ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$16M	6 Jul 2023	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE ACQUISITION ROLLING STOCK INCLUDING NEW FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT BUSES AND DEMAND RESPONSIVE ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$16M	19 Aug 2025	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE ACQUISITION OF ROLLING STOCK INCLUDING NEW HYBRID/ELECTRIC AND BATTERY ELECTRIC (BEB) BUSES ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$14M	27 Jul 2026	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT SORTAS PROVISION OF SAFE ACCESSIBLE AND RELIABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA. THESE ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$12M	28 May 2024	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE PURCHASE AND REPLACE OF THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE WHICH WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT SORTAS ...	GrantProject Grant (B)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$10M	1 Feb 2024	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE ACQUISITION OF NEW FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT BUSES AND PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO REPLACE OLDER VEHICLES ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$8.9M	31 Jul 2024	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD TO IS TO COMPREHENSIVELY IMPROVE BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT THE SORTA METRO TRANSIT SYSTEM. THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE ...	GrantProject Grant (B)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$7.0M	19 Aug 2025	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE SOUTHWEST OHIO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (SORTA) TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.505 Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research	$4.5M	21 Aug 2024	OH	USAspending
Department of TransportationFederal Transit AdministrationAPPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY UTILIZED TO SUPPORT SORTA BUS TRANSIT AND PARATRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY AND TO ...	GrantFormula Grant (a)	20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	$1.1M	9 Aug 2023	OH	USAspending

Industries, programs and places of performance

Assistance programsAward value of the awards of $1 million or more, largest first.
Assistance listing	Awards	Award value
20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants	9	$123M
20.505 Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research	1	$4.5M

States of the place of performanceAward value of the awards of $1 million or more, largest first. The place of performance is where the work is done.
State	Awards	Award value
Ohio	10	$128M

Other recipients of about the same size

Recipients of assistance listing 20.507, Federal Transit Formula Grants, with an address in Ohio. In order of name. These recipients have obligations nearest to those of Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority in the listed fiscal years.

Allen County Regional Transit AuthorityLima, OH
Butler County Regional Transit AuthorityHamilton, OH
Central Ohio Transit AuthorityColumbus, OH
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit AuthorityCleveland, OH
Greater Dayton Regional Transit AuthorityDayton, OH
LaketranPainesville, OH
Lorain County TransitLorain, OH
Metro Regional Transit AuthorityAkron, OH
Portage Area Regional Transportation AuthorityKent, OH
Stark Area Regional Transit AuthorityCanton, OH
Toledo Area Regional Transit AuthorityToledo, OH
Western Reserve Transit AuthorityYoungstown, OH

All recipients in Ohio, in order of name.

Official records

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Cite this page

Fed Spend Map. "Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority: federal contracts and grants". Data: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, loaded 30 Sep 2026.

https://fedspendmap.com/recipient/lm81vyptnql9-southwest-ohio-regional-transit-authority/

The address of this page is permanent.

Where the figures come from

USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service). Fiscal year obligations: the list of recipients by state, with a listing floor of $1 million for each year. Awards: the award search, new awards of $1 million or more by base obligation date. Parent and business types: the recipient profile.

USAspending loaded the data on 30 Sep 2026. A closed fiscal year is a copy made after the year end. The site shows organisations only. The site corrects an error in its own work at the next build. See how to report an error and how the atlas is made.

Questions

Which fiscal years are in the total?

The total has 4 fiscal years.

FY2023: $23M
FY2024: $41M
FY2025: $33M
FY2026: $35M
FY2027 to date: under $1 million

The site lists a fiscal year of a recipient when the obligations of the year are $1 million or more.

Which industries and programs do the awards name?

The assistance awards name 2 assistance listings.

The largest award value is in listing 20.507, Federal Transit Formula Grants: $123M.

Where is the place of performance?

The awards of $1 million or more name 1 state as the place of performance.

The largest award value is in Ohio: $128M.

The place of performance is where the work is done. It is not always the address of the recipient.

How many awards are in the lists on this page?

The lists hold 10 awards of $1 million or more that started in FY2023 or later.

Their award value is $128M.

An award under that amount is in the obligations of the fiscal years but not in the lists.