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TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PILOT PROGRAM
Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Authorization	0	0	$20M	$25M	$25M	$25M	$25M

Program Purpose

The Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program (TCSP) provides funding for a comprehensive initiative including planning grants, implementation grants, and research to investigate and address the relationships between transportation and community and system preservation and to identify private sector-based initiatives. [1221]

Funding

Authorizations are HTF contract authority.

In allocating funds, the Secretary shall ensure equity of distribution among a diversity of populations and geographic regions.

Eligible Use of Funds

Any project eligible for funding under Title 23 or chapter 53 of Title 49 U.S.C.

Any other activity relating to the purposes of this section determined appropriate by the Secretary including corridor preservation activities necessary to implement transit oriented development plans, traffic calming measures, or other coordinated preservation practices.

Preservation practices include:

• spending policies that direct funds to high growth areas;

• urban growth boundaries to guide metropolitan expansion;

• green corridors that provide access to major highway corridors for efficient and compact development;

• other similar programs or policies determined by the Secretary.

Major Components

Research

The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive research program to—

• investigate the relationships between transportation, community preservation, and the environment.

• investigate the role of the private sector in shaping such relationships.

• monitor and analyze projects carried out under the grant program.

Grants

States, metropolitan planning organizations and local governments are eligible for planning and for implementation grants that meet the purposes of this section—

• improve the efficiency of the transportation system;

• reduce impacts of transportation on the environment;

• reduce the need for costly future public infrastructure investments;

• ensure efficient access to jobs, services and centers of trade; and

• examine and encourage private sector development patterns which meet these purposes.

Planning grants:

To plan, develop, and implement strategies to meet the purposes of the TCSP.

Priority for planning grants will be given to applicants that demonstrate a commitment:

• of non-Federal resources to the proposal; and

• to public and private involvement including involvement of nontraditional partners.

Implementation grants:

To carry out projects that meet the purposes of the TCSP.

Priority for implementation grants will be given to applicants that:

• have instituted preservation or development plans and programs that:

  • meet the requirements of Title 23 and chapter 53 of Title 49 U.S.C.

  • are coordinated with State and local adopted preservation or development plans;

  • promote cost-effective and strategic investment in transportation infrastructure that minimize adverse impacts of the environment; or

  • promote innovative private sector strategies

• have instituted other policies to integrate preservation practices;

• have preservation or development polices that include a mechanism for reducing the potential impacts of transportation activities on the environment;

• examine ways to encourage private sector investments that meet the purposes of the TCSP; and

• propose projects for funding that meet the purposes of the TCSP.

September 14, 1998