Applications are open for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), which will award a total of $88.35 million to eligible public transportation agencies, including intra-city bus, ferries and all forms of passenger rail. The deadline is July 24.
Funding from the Fiscal Year 2026 TSGP will help protect “critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism” and increase “the resilience of the transportation infrastructure itself.” It will cover planning; operational activities; equipment and capital projects; training and awareness campaigns; and exercises.
According to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (download below), examples of “recent TSGP accomplishments include agencies increasing their mass notification and critical incident management system, thereby enabling more quick and effective emergency alerts and sharing of critical information via multiple channels (e.g., text message, email, voice, desktop, social media, etc.),” and “organizations providing surge support (law enforcement personnel) for special events (e.g., Super Bowl, concerts, etc.), as well as tunnel hardening.”
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