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Capital Area Transit System
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USAspending records $39M in award obligations to Capital Area Transit System (Baton Rouge, LA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $16M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is up 172% on FY2025 ($6.0M).
Capital Area Transit System ranks 155 of 400 listed organisations located in LA by five-year obligations, and 11,549 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation: 8 awards worth $36M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $2,370,761 | under $1.0M | $2,370,761 | — |
| FY2024 | $14,158,699 | under $1.0M | $14,158,699 | +497% |
| FY2025 | $5,975,815 | under $1.0M | $5,975,815 | -58% |
| FY2026 | $16,248,724 | under $1.0M | $16,248,724 | +172% |
| 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 LA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $39M | $57B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $16M | $15B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $39M | $57B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 11,549 of 30,000 | 1 of 400 in LA | 1 |
Largest in state: Lousiana Department of Health. 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 | 8 | $36M | 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 | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $8.1M | 16 Jan 2025 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $8.0M | 3 Sep 2024 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $6.2M | 16 Jan 2024 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $4.8M | 14 Jul 2026 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $4.0M | 25 Nov 2025 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $2.0M | 25 Nov 2025 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $1.7M | 10 Aug 2024 | LA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | $1.3M | 5 Aug 2025 | LA | 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.
- $8.1M, Department of Transportation, 16 Jan 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING AND EXPENSES RELATED TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WHICH ALLOWS CATS TO OPERATE EFFICIEN
- $8.0M, Department of Transportation, 3 Sep 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING AND EXPENSES RELATED TO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WHICH ALLOWS CATS TO OPERATE EFFICIENTL
- $6.2M, Department of Transportation, 16 Jan 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES THAT SUPPORT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF CAPITAL AREA T
- $4.8M, Department of Transportation, 14 Jul 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES THAT ALLOWS CATS TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY.; ACTIVITI
- $4.0M, Department of Transportation, 25 Nov 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW NORTH TRANSIT CENTER AND PURCHASE ELECTRIC BUSES FOR THE BATON ROUGE PLANK
- $2.0M, Department of Transportation, 25 Nov 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO UPGRADE CATS BUS STOPS TO MEET ADA REQUIREMENTS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: CATS WILL BE INSTALLING CONCRETE SL
- $1.7M, Department of Transportation, 10 Aug 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROCURE THREE ELECTRIC BUSES FOR THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE WHICH WILL CREATE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
- $1.3M, Department of Transportation, 5 Aug 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF THREE (3) REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AND PARTIALLY FUND THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) EXPANSION VE
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Capital Area Transit System receive?
$39M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $2.4M; FY2024: $14M; FY2025: $6.0M; FY2026: $16M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Capital Area Transit System?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($36M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Federal Transit Formula Grants (20.507) and Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (20.526).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: LA ($36M).
Is Capital Area Transit System a large federal recipient?
It ranks 11,549 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 155 of 400 located in LA. 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.