The North Carolina Department of Transportation is seeking applications to provide an opportunity for communities to improve conditions for bicycling and walking to school.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Transportation
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This category of funding is intended to support programs and activities that focus on education, enforcement, encouragement, and evaluation elements of a SRTS initiative.
The purpose of this program is to:
- Enable and encourage K-12 children and teens, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school.
- Make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age.
- Facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
Funding Information
- The SRTS Program has set aside federal funds for non-infrastructure programs and activities over a 3-year period. Funding requests may range from a total amount of $50,000 to $500,000 per project.
- Applications requesting more than $500,000 will be required to justify the total amount. Projects will be awarded in 2023 and can be one to three years in length. Funding may be requested to support activities for a cluster of schools in close geographic proximity; community-wide, regional or statewide programs.
Eligibility Activities
- Non-infrastructure projects consist of programs and activities that, when implemented, aim to build a culture for active travel through education, encouragement and evaluation that increase the safety and convenience of children to walking and/or bicycling to and from school. Communities should also consider the role of law enforcement officers within their plans. For example, crossing guard training and equipment, participation in road safety audits, and/or providing input on traffic safety concerns.
- For infrastructure changes, contact the local NCDOT division staff about possible funds for developing engineering solutions in the vicinity of schools in your area.
- Funds are not available for partial activities that cannot function as a complete and useful whole.
- Applicants may apply for eligible programs and activities that allow for needs to be addressed at a cluster of schools; a school district, municipality, or county; or a regional or statewide level.
- Applications must define complete, identifiable and implementable projects. Funds are not available for partial activities that cannot function as a complete and useful whole or for programs that do not have an independent utility.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible recipients include the following:
- Local governments
- Municipality
- County agency (Public Health, County Tourism or Economic Development Office)
- Regional Transportation Authority and Regional Transportation Planning Organizations
- under 23 U.S.C. 135(m)
- Natural Resource or Public Land Agency
- Federal (USACE, National Forests, USFWS, and National Park Service)
- State or local park or forest agencies (DENR)
- State or local fish and game or wildlife agencies
- School districts, local education agencies, or schools (public or nonprofit private schools)
- Tribal governments
- Any other local or regional governmental entity with responsibility for oversight transportation or recreational trails, except MPOs or state agencies
- Nonprofit organizations that oversee the administration of local transportation safety programs
For more information, visit North Carolina Department of Transportation.
