Which
Federal
Program
is
Right
for
My
Project?

Conges)on
Mi)ga)on
and
Air
 Non‐
TE
Surface
Transpora)on
 Highway
Safety
 Sec)on
402‐‐
State
and


Transporta)on
Enhancements



















High‐Priority
Projects
 Safe
Routes
to
Schools















 Recreta)onal
Trails
Program








Quality
Improvement










 Program

































 Improvement
Program
 Community
Highway

(TE) (HPPs) (SRTS) (RTP)
(CMAQ) (STP) (HSIP) Safety
Grant
Program
Percent
of
Federal

41.0% 20.8% 16.0% 9.9% 6.8% 3.0% 0.8% n/a
Bike/Ped
Funding1

To
provide
flexible
funding
 To
enable
and
encourage

that
may
be
used
by
States
 children
to
walk
and
bicycle
to

To
expand
travel
choice
and

To
fund
transporta)on
projects
 and
locali)es
for
projects
on
 school;
and
to
facilitate
the
 To
provide
funds
to
the
States
to

enhance
the
transporta)on
 To
fund
key
transporta)on
 To
fund
highway
safety
 To
create
safety
programs

to
improve
air
quality
and
 any
Federal‐aid
highway,
 planning,
development
and
 develop
and
maintain
recrea)onal

experience
by
improving
the
 projects
deemed
 projects
aimed
at
reducing
 aimed
at
reducing

Program
Purpose reduce
traffic
conges)on
in
 including
the
NHS,
bridge
 implementa)on
of
projects
that
 trails
and
trail‐related
facili)es
for

cultural,
historic,
aesthe)c
and
 important
by
elected
 highway
fatali)es
and
 crashes,
deaths,
injuries,

areas
that
do
not
meet
air
 projects
on
any
public
road,
 will
improve
safety,
and
reduce
 both
nonmotorized
and
motorized

environmental
aspects
of
our
 officials. serious
injuries. and
property
damage.
quality
standards. transit
capital
projects,
and
 traffic,
fuel
consump)on,
and
 recrea)onal
trail
uses.
transporta)on
infrastructure.
intracity
and
intercity
bus
 air
pollu)on
in
the
vicinity
of

terminals
and
facili)es. schools.

All
bike/ped
infrastructure
that
 Most
bike/ped
infrastructure

Bike
trails,
trailside
and
trailhead

Eligible
 has
a
rela)onship
to
surface
 including
bike
paths,
lanes,
 Bike/ped
infrastructure
within
a
 Bike
lanes,
bike
parking,

All
bike/ped
infrastructure All
bike/ped
infrastructure facili)es,
both
development
and
 None
Infrastructure
 transporta)on
(as
opposed
to
 racks,
lockers,
bike
sharing
 2
mile
radius
of
the
school crosswalks
and
signage
maintenance
recrea)on
alone) programs
Trail
construc)on
and
maintenance
 States
can
spend
10
 Safety
programs
such
as

Most
bike/ped
programs
and

equipment;
land
and
easement
 percent
of
their
HSIP
funds
 bike
or
pedestrian
safety


Safety
and
educa)onal
 "outreach
related
to
safe
bicycle
 Encouragement,
Enforcement

Eligible
Non‐ acquisi)on;
safety
and
 on
public
awareness
 educa)on,
helmet

programs
for
pedestrians
and
 None use,"
and
"establishing
and
 All
bike/ped
programs and
Educa)on
ac)vi)es,
for

Infrastructure environmental
educa)on;
 campaigns,
educa)on
 distribu)on,
or

cyclists
are
also
eligible funding
State
bicycle/pedestrian
 children
in
grades
K‐8
assessment
of
trail
condi)ons;
state
 programs
and
 distribu)on
of
safety

coordinator
posi)ons..."
program
administra)on
 enforcement
ac)vi)es informa)on

30%
of
state's
funding
must
be
used

for
nonmotorized
trail
projects;
30%

No
official
requirements,

Must
relate
to
surface
 for
motorized;
40%
for
projects
that

but
offices
need
to
know
 1)
Must
be
spent
in
non‐ Project
must
address

transporta)on,
and
must
 Focus
is
on
making
it
safer
for
 encourage
diversity
of
use
of
trail
 Project
must
address
goals

Key
Project
 how
the
project
will
help
 a`ainment
and
maintenance
 goals
wri`en
in
State

comply
with
all
federal
 n/a more
children
(grades
K‐8)
to
 corridor,
trailhead,
etc.
(categories
 wri`en
in
State
Highway

Requirements their
community
and
that
 areas.
2)
Will
be
evaluated
on
air
 Highway
Safety
Plan

administra)ve
laws
that
apply
 walk
and
bicycle
to
school may
overlap);
projects
encouraged
 Safety
Plan
(SHSP)
local
officials
endorse
the
 quality
emissions (SHSP)
to
highway
projects to
have
environmental
benefit
and

project
use
youth
conserva)on
and
service

corps


HPPs
are
decided
every
6

years
with
the

Different
in
every
state;
see

transporta)on
bill;
 HSIP
Projects
decided

www.enhancements.org/

Process
Timing Appropria)ons
projects
 Different
in
every
state
and
MPO n/a Different
in
every
state Varies
by
state every
year.
SHSP
updated
 n/a
Stateprofile.asp
to
learn
about

are
similar
to
HPPs,
but
 every
year
as
well.
your
state
are
decided
annually
with

the
appropria)ons
bill

No
match
requirement,

Local
Match
 but
projects
with
a
local

Varies,
usually
20% Typically
20% 20% None Typically
20%;
some
50% 10% n/a
Required match
are
generally

priori)zed
Who
Should
I
Talk
to
 MPO
to
find
out
who
runs
your
 Bike/Ped
Coordinator,
HSIP

State
TE
Coordinator Congressional
Office Bike/Ped
Coordinator DOT
SRTS
Coordinator State
Trail
Administrator DOT
Traffic
Safety
Office
About
This? CMAQ
Program Manager

"Conges)on
Mi)ga)on
and
Air
 FHWA
Web
site:
 "Highway
Safety


Na)onal
Transporta)on
 Safe
Routes
to
School
Na)onal
 
"Sec)on
402,"
Advocacy

For
More
Info:2 Congressional
Office Quality
Improvement
Program,"
 n/a www.lwa.dot.gov/environment/

 Improvement
Program,"

Enhancements
Clearinghouse Partnership Advance
Report
Advocacy
Advance
Report rectrails/index.htm Advocacy
Advance
Report

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not
include
Recovery
Act
funds.
2

All
Advocacy
Advance
Reports
can
be
found
at
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Bicycle and pedestrian plan * * * *
Bicycle lanes on roadway * * * * * * * * * * *
Paved shoulders * * * * * * * * *
Signed bike route * * * * * * *
Shared use path/trail * * * * * * * * *
Single track hike/bike trail *
Spot improvement program * * * * *
Maps * * * *
Bike racks on buses * * * * *
Bicycle parking facilities * * * * * * *
Trail/highway intersection * * * * * * * * *
Bicycle storage/service center * * * * * * * *
Sidewalks, new or retrofit * * * * * * * * * * *
Crosswalks, new or retrofit * * * * * * * * * *
Signal improvements * * * * * *
Curb cuts and ramps * * * * * *
Traffic calming * * * *
Coordinator position * * * *
Safety/education position * * * *
Police patrol * * *
Helmet promotion * * * *
Safety brochure/book * * * * * *
Training * * * * * *
Source: "FHWA Guidance: Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions of Federal Transportation Legislation," http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ENVIRonment/bikeped/bp-guid.htm#bp4 (Last Accessed 9/3/2010)