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Transportation Alternatives (TA)

  FAST Act (extension) Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
Fiscal year (FY) 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Contract authority $850 M $1.384 B* $1.411 B* $1.439 B* $1.468 B* $1.498 B*

*Calculated (sum of estimated individual State Transportation Alternatives 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 Transportation Alternatives set-aside from the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program. Eligible uses of the set-aside funds include all projects and activities that were previously eligible under the Transportation Alternatives Program under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This encompasses a variety of smaller-scale transportation projects such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, safe routes to school projects, community improvements such as historic preservation and vegetation management, and environmental mitigation related to stormwater and habitat connectivity.

Statutory Citations

Funding Features

Except as specified above and below, the BIL continues all funding features that applied to Transportation Alternatives under the FAST Act.

Type of Budget Authority

Apportionment of Funds

Suballocation

Set-asides

Transferability to and from Other Federal-aid Apportioned Programs

Federal Share

Eligible Projects

The BIL continues all existing TA eligibilities, and also adds new eligibility for activities in furtherance of a vulnerable road user safety assessment. [§ 11109(b)(1)(C); 23 U.S.C. 133(h)(3)(C)]

Program Features

Except as specified above and below, the BIL continues all requirements that applied to Transportation Alternatives under the FAST Act.

State and Local Competitive Grant Program

Program Administration and Technical Assistance

Additional Information and Assistance

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