Local Assistance Division
Transportation Alternatives (TA) Set-Aside
Overview
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act was signed into law Dec. 4, 2015. It is the first long-term transportation bill passed since SAFETEA-LU and runs through Fiscal Year 2020. This legislation continues the former Transportation Enhancement program’s long history that began in 1991 with the passage of ISTEA.
The Act converts the long-standing Surface Transportation Program (STP) into the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG), which includes a set-aside amount called the Transportation Alternatives or “TA Set-Aside” as set forth in 23 U.S.C. 133(h). The set-aside funding includes all activities that were previously eligible under TAP (Transportation Alternatives Program set forth in MAP-21); encompassing a variety of smaller-scale, non-traditional transportation projects. Administered by VDOT, these projects must focus on non-motorized transportation opportunities and enhancements to the transportation experience. Popular projects include bicycle and pedestrian trails, preservation of historic transportation structures including train depots and lighthouses, as well as roadway pull-offs and overlooks!
The legislation provides four (4) main categories of eligibility including the 1) Transportation Alternatives activities, 2) the Safe Routes to School activities, 3) the Recreational Trails activities and lastly 4) the “Boulevard” activities which are intended to reconnect communities along abandoned interstate right-of-way, by installing new bicycle and pedestrian facilities. VDOT administers projects qualifying under the TA, SRTS and Boulevard categories. The Recreational Trails activities however, are administered separately by the VA Department of Recreation and Conservation (DCR).
Application Deadlines TENTATIVE : Pre-application deadline -- July 1, 2021 *MANDATORY*
Full application deadline – October 1, 2021
Transportation Alternatives Program Information
Transportation Alternatives program guide - interim 2017
MPO and TMA listings
CTB resolution adopting TA selection policy (2013)
District coordinators for TA / Enhancement program
2019 TA applicant Workshops
Workshop Presentation
Tentative Timeline
Program Allocations
Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 final TAP allocations
Fiscal Year 2018 TAP final allocations
Fiscal Year 2017 TAP final allocations
Fiscal Year 2016 TAP final allocations
Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation Alternatives allocations
Fiscal Year 2014 Transportation Alternatives allocations
Contact Us:
Pam Liston
VDOT
Office: 804-786-2734
Fax: 804-371-0847
Pamela.Liston@VDOT.virginia.gov
