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Metropolitan Planning Program (MPP)

  FAST Act (extension) Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
Fiscal year (FY) 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Contract authority $358 M $438 M* $447 M* $456 M* $465 M* $474 M*

*Calculated (sum of estimated individual State Metropolitan Planning Program apportionments)

Note: Except as indicated, all references in this document are to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58 (Nov. 15, 2021).

Program Purpose

The BIL continues the Metropolitan Planning Program, which establishes a cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive framework for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas. Program oversight is a joint Federal Highway Administration/Federal Transit Administration responsibility.

Statutory Citations

Funding Features

Except as specified above and below, BIL continues all funding features that applied to Metropolitan Planning (PL) funding funder the FAST Act.

Type of Budget Authority

Apportionment of Funds

Set-aside for Increasing Safe and Accessible Transportation Options

Transferability to Other Federal-aid Apportioned Programs

Federal Share

Travel Demand Data and Modeling

Other Program Features

Except as specified above and below, BIL continues all requirements that applied to the Metropolitan Planning Program under the FAST Act.

Fiscal Constraint on Long-range Plans

Representation

Designation of More Than One MPO in an Urbanized Area

Public Participation

Housing Coordination

Additional Information and Assistance

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