64984 | Transportation Alternatives - Urban (TAU) Line Item (Various)

This line item sets aside the funding allocated by FHWA for the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act/Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (IIJA/BIL) Surface Transportation Block Grant Set-a-Side for the continuation of the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program (TASA/TAP) in the DVRPC region. The Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside of the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (TA Set-aside) provides funding for programs and projects defined as transportation alternatives, including on and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for improving non-driver access to public transportation and enhanced mobility, community improvement activities, environmental mitigation, trails that serve a transportation purpose, and safe routes to school projects. For the DVRPC regional funds, priority has been established for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, conversion of abandoned railway corridors to trails, and storm-water management projects. Federal law requires that 59% of the funds are sub-allocated to regions with populations greater than 200,000 (TAU).
The IIJA/BIL apportions $7,932,000 TAU in FY23, $8,097,000 TAU in FY24, $8,266,000 TAU in FY25, and $8,438,000 TAU in FY26 and thereafter annually, directly to the DVRPC southeastern Pennsylvania region for use in selecting projects on a competitive basis. A recent competitive round (2024 Round) of two years’ worth of MPO funding occurred in fall of 2023, with final projects awarded in winter 2024. Selected projects are assigned an individual MPMS project number and description in the TIP, and funding will be drawn down from this line item and programmed at the appropriate time. Each project will be broken out of the Line Item as an individual project at the appropriate time.
The following projects were added to the Transportation Alternatives – Urban (TAU) Line Item which were approved through the TA Set-Aside program in Winter 2024:
Bucks - Levittown Trail Project – MPMS #81923 - $2,000,000
Bucks - South Easton Road Township to Borough Connector Trail – MPMS #81294 - $1,500,000
Chester - Route 100 Pedestrian Path – MPMS #81794 - $1,000,000
Chester - Sidley Road to Chester Valley Trail Connection – MPMS #81799 - $1,850,000
Delaware - Chester Creek Rail Trail Phase 2 Construction – MPMS #116147 - $1,500,000
Delaware - Norris Street Complete Streets - MPMS #82011 - $1,300,000
Montgomery - Memorial Park Improvements – MPMS #82085 - $850,000
Montgomery - Upper Moreland Power Line Trail – MPMS #82086 - $2,466,000
Philadelphia - Better Bus Stops- South 7th and 8th Streets – MPMS #81230 - $1,000,000
Philadelphia - Chestnut Pedestrian Islands – Phase 2 – MPMS #81223 - $1,500,000
Philadelphia - Woodland Avenue Complete Streets Project – MPMS #118496 - $500,000
The following projects were added to the Transportation Alternatives – Urban (TAU) Line Item which were approved through the TA Set-Aside program in Winter 2022:
Bucks – Newtown Rail Trail Phase 2 Bristol Road to Churchville Nature Center – MPMS #117953 - $650,000
Bucks – Route 332 & Tyler Park Connection – MPMS #117971 - $825,000
Chester – Toughkenamon Streetscape Improvements – MPMS #117969 - $965,000
Chester – Moores Road Sidewalk – MPMS #117970 - $500,000
Delaware – Highland Avenue Complete Streets – MPMS #117957 - $1,135,000
Delaware – Media - Smedley Connector Trail - Phase 1 – MPMS #117972 - $450,000
Montgomery – Main St. East to Ruth Road Sidewalk Connections – MPMS #117961 - $985,000
Montgomery – Liberty Bell Trail - Phase 3 – MPMS #117965 - $600,000
Philadelphia – Franklin Square Pedestrian Access P2 – MPMS #111496 - $850,000
Philadelphia – Overbrook Educational Center Slow Zone – MPMS #117966 - $985,000
The following projects were approved through the TA Set-Aside program in Winter 2018:
Bucks – Neshaminy Greenway Trail (Core Creek Park to Woodbourne Road) – MPMS #110773 - $995,000
Bucks – Iron Work Creek Sidewalk – MPMS #110774 – $894,000
Chester – Kennett Area Safer Active Transportation Routes – MPMS #110775 - $915,000
Chester – Paoli Trail, Segment A – MPMS #110776 - $483,000
Delaware – Pennsy Trail – Phase II Improvements – MPMS #110777 - $1,163,000
Montgomery – Jenkintown to Pennypack Trail – MPMS #110778 - $715,000
Montgomery – Parkside Cynwyd Trail Extension – MPMS #110779 - $534,000
Philadelphia – North Broad Street – Vision Zero Priority Corridor – MPMS #110780 - $300,000
Philadelphia – Renewing Philadelphia’s Historic Streets – MPMS #110781 - $1,000,000
Philadelphia – Restoration of Historic Shawmont Station – MPMS #110782 - $1,000,000
$4,000,000 of the Winter 2018 solicitation is to be used for regionally significant trail projects in the future, including projects in the Circuit Line Item – MPMS #105291.
The following projects were approved through the TAP program in Spring 2016:
Bucks – Neshaminy Greenway Trail (Bristol to Upper State) – MPMS #102830 -$1,255,000
Chester – Paoli Pike Trail, Segment C – MPMS #107176 - $1,000,000
Delaware – Moore Road Sidewalk Project – MPMS #107177 - $825,000
Delaware – Springfield Township Sidewalk Improvements – MPMS #107178 - $280,000
Montgomery – FWOP, Cross County Trail Final Segment – MPMS #107179 - $750,000
Montgomery – Powerline Trail Connection – Phase 1 – MPMS #107180 - $850,000
Philadelphia – Chetlen-Greene Plaza Reconstruction – MPMS #107181 - $370,000
Philadelphia – City of Philadelphia SRTS (Non-Infrastructure) – MPMS #107182 - $450,000
Philadelphia – Make Way for Children, Expanding Ped. Infrastructure – MPMS #107183 - $950,000
Philadelphia – Manayunk Bridge Trail Site Amenities – MPMS #107197 - $600,000
Philadelphia – Safe Spaces for Cyclists: Building a Protected Bicycle Network – MPMS #107198 - $300,000
The following projects were approved through the TAP program in Spring 2014:
Bucks – Neshaminy Greenway Trail to Lenape Lane – MPMS # - $800,000
Bucks – Solebury Route 202 Gateway Trail – MPMS #102831 - $980,859
ChesCo – Kennett and New Garden Township Sidewalk Project – MPMS #102832 - $850,000
ChesCo – Village of Eagle Trail Connections – MPMS #102833 - $560,000
DelCo – Pedestrian and Bicycle Accessibility Enhancements – MPMS #102834 - $420,000
DelCo – Hillside Road Pedestrian Safety Improvements – MPMS #102835 - $530,000
DelCo – Nether Providence Township Sidewalks (SRTSF) – Round 1 – MPMS #87119 - $225,000
MontCo – Walk and Bike Pottstown Phase 1 & 2 – MPMS #102836 - $1,000,000
MontCo – Liberty Bell Trail Connection – MPMS #102837 - $635,000
Philadelphia Bike Share Program – MPMS #102838 - $1,250,000
South Philadelphia Neighborhood Bikeway – MPMS #102839 - $250,000