The Iowa City city councilors approved a motion for the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County to apply for funding from the Iowa DOT for fiscal 2012 on behalf of Iowa City Transit.

Iowa City Transit will receive $394,744 in formula funds from the Iowa DOT assistance. City transit is also applying for $18,853,050 in Federal Transit Administration capital funding and $1,369,907 of operating funds.

— by Alison Sullivan