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<a href="mailto:carls@awcnet.org">Carl Schroeder</a>, <a href="mailto:shannonm@awcnet.org">Shannon McClelland</a> | Oct 18, 2019
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $19.2 million in funding to support comprehensive planning that improves access to public transit.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $19.2 million in funding to support comprehensive planning that improves access to public transit. The competitive grant funds are provided through FTA’s Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning.
The program funds comprehensive planning to encourage ridership, transit access, and economic and mixed-use development near public transportation projects. Last year, FTA awarded $16.6 million in grants to 20 organizations for such planning efforts as the development of zoning changes to encourage development along a proposed bus rapid transit line in Indianapolis and an analysis of multi-modal access to stations along a proposed light rail line in Maryland.
In order to apply for program funding, an applicant must be an FTA grantee – either a project sponsor of an eligible transit project or an entity with land use planning authority in the project corridor. A Notice of Funding Opportunity appears in the Federal Register and contains information on eligibility and application details. The application period ends November 18, 2019.