Public Transportation

Statewide Transportation Planning

Agency NameDepartment of Transportation
Funding Amount$167,001,389.00
Bureau Name Federal Transit Administration
Funding Mechanism Formula Grant
New? No
Funding Mechanism Formula Grant

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of Apportionment + three years
Recipients States and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Program Description The Statewide planning and research program is a source of Federal financial assistance to the States to meet the planning requirements of the joint Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration planning regulations for Statewide transportation planning.
Eligible Uses The Statewide planning and research program funds can be used for comprehensive planning, engineering, design, and evaluation of public transportation projects and studies involving modes other than transit when performed as part of the metropolitan transportation planning process.
Statutory Location 30002
Federal Cost Share Requirement 80 percent Federal / 20 percent non-Federal