The Oregon Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals for its Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF) Formula Fund.
Donor Name: Oregon Department of Transportation
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/16/2023
Details:
Purpose of the STIF
The STIF program was established in Section 122 of House Bill 2017 to provide a dedicated source of funding for improving, maintaining, and expanding public transportation for all users. Every two years, public transportation funding is made available to support access to jobs, improve mobility, relieve congestion, and reduce greenhouse gas emission in Oregon.
These goals are represented by the following symbols in this guidebook and the SAP.
- Accessibility and Mobility Climate Change
- Innovative Technologies
- Preservation and Stewardship
- Safety
- Climate Equity
- Engagement
These symbols have been embedded throughout the guidebook to signal where the STIF program works to address those goals identified under the Equity and Modern Transportation System Priorities.
STIF Program Funding
The STIF program is funded by a combination of ID card fees, non-highway gas tax, cigarette tax, and payroll tax dollars. STIF revenues are allocated across four programs
- 90 percent to STIF Formula fun
- ODOT disburses Formula funds to mass transit districts, transportation districts, or counties without either a mass transit or transportation district, and to federally recognized tribes based on formula allocation.
- 5 percent to STIF Discretionary fund
- ODOT awards Discretionary funds to Public Transportation Service Providers based on a competitive grant process.
- 4 percent to STIF Intercommunity fund
- ODOT awards Intercommunity funds to Public Transportation Service providers through the Statewide Transit Network program to improve public transportation between two or more communities based on a competitive grant process.
- 1 percent to the Public Transportation Technical Resource Center
- ODOT staff provide tools and technical resources to transit providers using these funds
Eligibility Criteria
Only a Qualified Entity may submit a STIF Plan. A Qualified Entity is a county in which no part of a Mass Transit District or Transportation District exists, a Mass Transit District, a Transportation District or an Indian Tribe. A Public Transportation Service Provider or any non-profit, private for-profit, or public entity is eligible to receive STIF Formula funds by performing work for a Qualified Entity or a Public Transportation Service Provider, which supports a project in the Qualified Entity’s STIF Plan.
Eligible Projects
- There is broad project eligibility within the STIF Formula fund program with one notable restriction: funds may not be used for light rail capital expenses but may be used for light rail operations expenses.
- In the first funding cycle, the majority of funds were directed toward improving and expanding services throughout the state. In subsequent cycles, funds have also been used for service maintenance projects in order to sustain this growth.
- Client-only transportation services are generally not eligible to receive STIF Formula funding if the proposed use of the money is to pay for services that are not open to the general public.
- Client-only providers participating in a planned and coordinated community transportation program, however, could be eligible for STIF Formula funding. The coordinated transportation system, when viewed in the big picture, would be open to the general public and marketed to the public as public transportation. The level of coordination and participation of client-only providers, and the amount of STIF Formula funds individual providers qualify for, would be associated with their levels of participation in the coordinated public transportation system.
- These types of projects will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
For more information, visit Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF) Formula Fund.
