Intercity bus
Public Transportation grants - state and FTA
The TxDOT Intercity Bus (ICB) Program is a federally mandated initiative under 49 U.S.C. §5311(f) that ensures rural residents have meaningful connections to the national intercity bus network. These services provide critical mobility for travel to medical care, employment, education, and other essential needs.
Eligible transit providers
The ICB Program funds services that connect rural communities to the national intercity bus network. Eligible applicants include private intercity bus carriers operating routes that serve rural areas, rural transit districts making meaningful connections to intercity bus services and other organizations proposing projects that strengthen the connection between rural areas and the larger intercity bus system and meet federal program requirements.
Funding
Under federal law (49USC §5311(f)), TxDOT allocates 15% of its Formula Grants for Rural Areas budget to ICB projects. Funding is awarded through our biennial competitive Coordinated Call for Projects.
Resources
On August 23, 2024, the Texas Dept of Transportation (TxDOT) Public Transportation Division (PTN) conducted webinars for Intercity Bus (ICB) Program stakeholders to discuss the history and current status of ICB funding and service needs in the state of Texas. Stakeholders were offered an opportunity to comment, with one comment received by the due date of 9/6/2024, to which TxDOT-PTN responded on 9/13/24. The links below provide information relative to the history, ICB funding and service status, comments received and TxDOT’s response.