In the Federal Register on Sept. 4, FTA announced the availability of nearly $20 million in competitive funds for comprehensive planning associated with a new fixed guideway or core capacity improvement project that will seek funding under FTA’s Capital Investment Grants Program.
The new Pilot Program for transit-oriented development (TOD) Planning is authorized under MAP-21. Awards of up to $2 million will be made in each corridor selected.
The program supports comprehensive planning that complements major transit projects by examining ways to improve economic development and ridership, enhance multimodal access to transit stations and enable mixed-use development in station areas, among other components. Proposals are due Nov. 3.
