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Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation

Logo: coastbus.org3

US regional public transport system in New Hampshire and Maine1

The Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (COAST) is the primary provider of mass transportation for the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, as well as parts of southern Maine. COAST is a non-profit agency founded in 1981 to provide public transportation options in southeastern New Hampshire. First established solely as a private contractor to previously existing bus lines, COAST now runs its own set of public transit routes and transports almost 500,000 passengers per year.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (COAST) is the primary provider of mass transportation for the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, as well as parts of southern Maine. COAST is a non-profit agency founded in 1981 to provide public transportation options in southeastern New Hampshire. First established solely as a private contractor to previously existing bus lines, COAST now runs its own set of public transit routes and transports almost 500,000 passengers per year.2

Products and brands

Fleet

COAST operates a fleet of 37 vehicles, including standard transit buses, trolley replicas, cutaway vans, and accessible minivans as part of its regular service. COAST's operating fleet consists of the following (as of 2013):

Transit buses

Three 2001 Gillig Low Floor buses (30')

Four 2008 Gillig Low Floor buses (40')

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Five 2011 Gillig Low Floor buses (35'), including three trolley replicas

Six 2012 Gillig Low Floor buses (29' & 35'), including two trolley replicas

Five 1995 New Flyer Industries D40LF buses, purchased used in 2012 from Orange County Transportation

Vans

Six accessible minivans (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) for ADA paratransit service

Four Ford 14-passenger cutaway vans (2006, 2007, 2010)

Year-round services

Regional routes

COAST's four regional routes, particularly routes 1 and 2, have historically been the backbone of its transit operations.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1981Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$84.1M 2009–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2009–2026: $84.1M in all. Federal grants $83.9M; Federal contracts $152.5K.$0$5M$10M$15M2009 · Federal grants: $147.5K20092010 · Federal grants: $3.8M2011 · Federal grants: $2.3M2011 · Federal contracts: $152.5K20112012 · Federal grants: $5.8M2013 · Federal grants: $1.5M20132014 · Federal grants: $1.3M2015 · Federal grants: $3.8M20152016 · Federal grants: $6.5M2017 · Federal grants: $3.2M20172018 · Federal grants: $1.7M2019 · Federal grants: $3.0M20192020 · Federal grants: $11.3M2021 · Federal grants: $3.5M20212022 · Federal grants: $6.7M2023 · Federal grants: $2.1M20232024 · Federal grants: $14.6M2025 · Federal grants: $6.8M20252026 · Federal grants: $5.8M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026$5.8M–$5.8M
2025$6.8M–$6.8M
2024$14.6M–$14.6M
2023$2.1M–$2.1M
2022$6.7M–$6.7M
2021$3.5M–$3.5M
2020$11.3M–$11.3M
2019$3.0M–$3.0M
2018$1.7M–$1.7M
2017$3.2M–$3.2M
2016$6.5M–$6.5M
2015$3.8M–$3.8M
2014$1.3M–$1.3M
2013$1.5M–$1.5M
2012$5.8M–$5.8M
2011$2.3M$152.5K$2.4M
2010$3.8M–$3.8M
2009$147.5K–$147.5K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2009–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. May 29, 2024$9.7M from Federal Transit Administration: Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs; Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending6 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2024-002
  2. Jul 15, 2017$7.9M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Bus And Bus Facilities Formula Program; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs7 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2017-009
  3. Aug 23, 2021$7.6M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants8 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2021-012
  4. Aug 28, 2025$6.2M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants9 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2025-007
  5. Feb 20, 2020$6.0M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs10 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2020-002
  6. May 4, 2020$5.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants11 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2020-005
  7. Aug 23, 2022$3.8M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs12 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2022-015
  8. Jan 24, 2022$3.2M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants13 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award NH-2022-003

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 28, 2011$152.5K from Department of the Navy: Commuter bus service14 To COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE FOR SEACOAST TRANSPORTATION Award N4008511C0543

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