U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
| PROGRAM | FACTORS | WEIGHT | STATUTE1 | MINIMUM APPORTIONMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Maintenance Program | Interstate System lane miles open to traffic | 33-1/3% | 104(b)(4) | 1/2 percent of Interstate Maintenance and National Highway System |
| Interstate Maintenance Program | Vehicle miles traveled on Interstate System routes open to traffic | 33-1/3% | ||
| Interstate Maintenance Program | Annual contributions to the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund attributable to commercial vehicles | 33-1/3% | ||
| National Highway System | Lane miles on principal arterial routes (excluding the Interstate System) | 25% | 104(b)(1) | ½ percent of Interstate Maintenance and National Highway System apportionments combined |
| National Highway System | Vehicle miles traveled on principal arterial routes (excluding the Interstate System) | 35% | ||
| National Highway System | Diesel fuel used on highways | 30% | ||
| National Highway System | Total lane miles on principal arterial highways divided by the State's total population | 10% | ||
| Surface Transportation Program | Total lane miles of Federal-aid highways | 25% | 104(b)(3) | 1/2 percent |
| Surface Transportation Program | Total vehicle miles traveled on Federal-aid highways | 40% | ||
| Surface Transportation Program | Estimated tax payments attributable to highway users paid into the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund | 35% | ||
| Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program | Relative share of total cost to repair or replace deficient highway bridges | 100% | 144(e) | 1/4 percent (10 percent maximum) |
| Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program | Weighted non-attainment and maintenance area population | 100% | 104(b)(2) | 1/2 percent |
| Highway Safety Improvement Program | Total lane miles of Federal-aid highways | 33-1/3% | 104(b)(5) | 1/2 percent |
| Highway Safety Improvement Program | Total vehicle miles traveled on Federal-aid highways | 33-1/3% | ||
| Highway Safety Improvement Program | Number of fatalities on the Federal-aid system (the National Highway System) | 33-1/3% | ||
| Railway-Highway Crossings | Formula used for Surface Transportation Program | 50% | 130(f) | 1/2 percent |
| Railway-Highway Crossings | Total number of public railway-highway crossings | 50% | ||
| Safe Routes to School Program | Total school enrollment in primary and middle schools (grades K-8) | 100% | 1404 of SAFETEA-LU | $1 million |
| Recreational Trails Program | Equal shares to each eligible State | 50% | 104(h) | None |
| Recreational Trails Program | Nonhighway recreational fuel use during the preceding year | 50% | ||
| Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program | Incoming commercial trucks passing through land border ports of entry (POE) | 20% | 1303 of SAFETEA-LU | None |
| Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program | Incoming personal motor vehicles and incoming buses passing through land border POEs | 30% | ||
| Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program | Total weight of incoming cargo by commercial trucks passing through land border POEs | 25% | ||
| Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program | Total number of land border POEs within boundaries of border States | 25% | ||
| Metropolitan Planning | Urbanized area population2 | 100% | 104(f)(2) | ½ percent |
| Appalachian Development Highway System | Latest available cost to complete estimates under section 14501 of title 40, U.S.C. | 100% | 1116 of SAFETEA-LU | None |
| Equity Bonus | Each State's share of High Priority Project funding and apportionments for Interstate Maintenance, National Highway System, Surface Transportation, Bridge, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement, Highway Safety Improvement, Safe Routes to School, Railway-Highway Crossings, Coordinated Border Infrastructure, Recreational Trails, Metropolitan Planning, Appalachian Development Highway System, and the Equity Bonus programs must be at least a specified share (90.5% for FYs 2005-2006, 91.5% for FY 2007, and 92% for FYs 2008-2009) of its estimated payments into the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund, or, for certain States, no less than the share of apportionments and High Priority Project funding it received under TEA-21, except that no State may receive an amount less than a specified percentage (117%, 118%, 119%, 120%, 121% for FYs 2005-2009, respectively) of the average annual amount it received in apportionments and High Priority Projects under TEA-21. | 100% | 105 | None |
