The Transportation Alternatives (TA) continues to build upon the legacy of the Transportation Enhancements (TE) and Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) programs by providing funding opportunities for local projects that support additional transportation options, strengthen local economies, improve quality of life, protect the natural environment, and enhance transportation infrastructure.
Donor Name: Oklahoma Department of Transportation
State: Oklahoma
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Size of the Grant: over $24 million
Details:
The Transportation Alternatives (TA) program provides funding for projects and programs defined as transportation alternatives that advance non-motorized transportation opportunities, including on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for improving non-driver access to public transportation and enhanced mobility, community improvement activities, historic transportation preservation, environmental mitigation and vegetation management activities; recreational trail program projects; safe routes to school projects; and projects for planning, designing, or constructing boulevards and other roadways largely in the right-of-way of former Interstate System routes or other divided highways.
TA continues to build upon the legacy of the Transportation Enhancements (TE) and Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) programs by providing funding opportunities for local projects that support additional transportation options, strengthen local economies, improve quality of life, protect the natural environment, and enhance transportation infrastructure. The categories for participation are based on populations from the 2020 census. The sub-allocated funds are divided into four categories based on population:
- Urbanized areas with populations >= 200,000
- Areas with populations >= 50,001 and < 200,000
- Areas with populations >= 5,001 and < 50,000
- Areas with populations <= 5,000
Applicants within the ACOG and INCOG boundaries should work with their respective MPO and ODOT contact to accurately determine eligibility for statewide funding.
Oklahoma will receive a little over $24 million annually for all categories of sub-allocation.
Eligibility Criteria
The IIJA Act authorizes the following entities to apply for TA Program funding:
- Local governments
- Regional Transportation Authorities
- Transit agencies
- Natural resource or public lands agencies
- School Districts, local education agencies or schools
- Tribal governments
- A metropolitan planning organization that serves an urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or fewer
- A nonprofit entity.
For more information, visit OKDOT.
