Assistance program
Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research
$1.8 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Transit Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Formula Grants
- CFDA number
- 20.505
- What it does
- The purpose of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research is to assist in development of metropolitan and state transportation improvement programs, long-range transportation plans, and other technical studies in a program for a unified and officially coordinated Statewide Transportation system and Metropolitan Transportation system(s) within the state. As a result of this coordinated effort, the former CFDA# 20.515 was discontinued several years ago. This CFDA incorporates both the Statewide Transportation system and the Metropolitan Transportation system into one Assistance Listings (AL).
- Who benefits
- Apportionments for metropolitan planning and for state planning and research are made to the States. Funds for metropolitan planning are distributed by formula to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) designated for the urbanized areas within each State.
- Who applies
- Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research: State Apportionments are made to the States for 1) statewide planning and 2) formula distribution to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations designated for the urbanized areas within each State for planning within urbanized areas. State Apportionments for metropolitan planning and for state planning and research are made to the States. Funds for metropolitan planning are distributed by formula to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) designated for the urbanized areas within each State. AoPP: Eligible projects seeking funds for the AoPP Program must be located: (1) in a county that had greater than or equal to 20 percent of the population living in poverty over the 30-year period preceding the date of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-58, Jan 03, 2022), as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial census and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or (2) in a census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the (2014-2018) 5-year data series available from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census; or (3) in any territory or possession of the United States. States, tribes, and designated or direct recipients eligible under 49 U.S.C. 5307, 49 U.S.C. 5310, or 49 U.S.C. 5311 that are located in areas of persistent poverty.
- Authorized by
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Lawâ€
- Program site
- http://www.fta.dot.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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