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Metropolitan Transit System
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Metropolitan Transit System, of San Diego, CA, was obligated $497M 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 $118M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is about level on FY2025 ($116M).
Metropolitan Transit System ranks 138 of 2,836 listed organisations located in CA by five-year obligations, and 1,505 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Transportation: 14 awards worth $452M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $145,778,447 | under $1.0M | $145,778,447 | — |
| FY2024 | $116,610,452 | under $1.0M | $116,610,452 | -20% |
| FY2025 | $116,155,080 | under $1.0M | $116,155,080 | 0% |
| FY2026 | $118,224,746 | under $1.0M | $118,224,746 | +2% |
| 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 CA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $497M | $416B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $118M | $118B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $497M | $416B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,505 of 30,000 | 1 of 2,836 in CA | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Care Services, California Department of. 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 | 14 | $452M | 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 | $90M | 7 Aug 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $65M | 3 Sep 2026 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $60M | 2 Aug 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $54M | 5 Sep 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $47M | 2 Sep 2026 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $40M | 7 Aug 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants | $36M | 7 Aug 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program | $36M | 2 Aug 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | $8.5M | 13 Aug 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | $4.5M | 31 Aug 2026 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.526 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs | $4.3M | 1 Aug 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Transit Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 20.534 Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending | $2.7M | 14 Jul 2023 | CA | 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.
- $90M, Department of Transportation, 7 Aug 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: MTS BUS OPERATIONS OPERATES AND MAINTAINS A FLEET OF JUST UNDER 700 BUSES TO SERVE 570 SQUARE MILES OF THE URBANIZED AREAS OF SAN DIEGO COU
- $65M, Department of Transportation, 3 Sep 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: MTS OPERATES IN 570 SQUARE MILES OF THE URBANIZED AREAS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY SERVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. TO
- $60M, Department of Transportation, 2 Aug 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: MTS BUS OPERATIONS OPERATES AND MAINTAINS A FLEET OF OVER 700 BUSES TO SERVE 570 SQUARE MILES OF THE URBANIZED AREAS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY SE
- $54M, Department of Transportation, 5 Sep 2024: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN LOWERED FACILITY AND EQU
- $47M, Department of Transportation, 2 Sep 2026: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN LOWERED FACILITY AND EQU
- $40M, Department of Transportation, 7 Aug 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN LOWERED FACILITY AND EQU
- $36M, Department of Transportation, 7 Aug 2025: APPLICATION PURPOSE: MTS OPERATES IN 570 SQUARE MILES OF THE URBANIZED AREAS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY SERVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. TO
- $36M, Department of Transportation, 2 Aug 2023: APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN LOWERED FACILITY AND EQU
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Metropolitan Transit System receive?
$497M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $146M; FY2024: $117M; FY2025: $116M; FY2026: $118M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Metropolitan Transit System?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Transportation ($452M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Federal Transit Formula Grants (20.507), State of Good Repair Grants Program (20.525) 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: CA ($452M).
Is Metropolitan Transit System a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,505 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 138 of 2,836 located in CA. 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.