Summer 2020:
Urgent COVID-19 Taxicab, Livery and Hackney Partnership Grant Program Awards 

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), in partnership with MassDevelopment, is awarding over $1 million in funding to meet vulnerable populations’ transportation and delivery needs during the COVID-19 emergency.  

Twenty-five state and municipal agencies, regional transit authorities, and health and human services transportation providers received grants to partner with taxi and livery companies through the Urgent COVID-19 Taxicab, Livery and Hackney Partnership Grant Program. The grants were awarded to public entities to assist vulnerable populations such as older adults, people facing food insecurity and essential workers. Grants can be used transport essential supplies—like food or medicine—for these populations, or to transport them to work, non-emergency medical appointments, and grocery shopping. Grantees had to contract with taxi, livery or hackney companies to make these trips. 

Below are the agencies awarded grants under the Urgent COVID-19 Taxicab, Livery and Hackney Partnership Grant Program. If you’d like more information on trip eligibility and the programs in your community, please visit the webpage links or call the phone numbers listed below.