IIJA Programs

PROGRAMS FILTERED BY: Transportation

Showing 50 of 109 Results UPDATED April 15

Program	Description	Category	Agency / Bureau	Funding	Eligible Recipients	Apply
National Highway Performance Program	The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues the National Highway Performance Program. The purposes of this program are: To provide support for the condition and performance of the National Highway System; To provide support for the construction of new facilities on the National Highway System; To ensure that investments of federal-aid funds in highway construction are directed to support progress toward the achievement of performance targets established in a state's asset management plan for the National Highway System; To provide support for activities to increase the resiliency of the National Highway System to mitigate the cost of damages from sea level rise, extreme weather events, flooding, wildfires, or other natural disasters.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$148,000,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Surface Transportation Block Grant Program	The Surface Transportation Block Grant Program promotes flexibility in state and local transportation decisions and provides flexible funding to best address state and local transportation needs.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$72,000,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants	To fund capital projects that reduce the state of good repair backlog, improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service, including privately operated intercity passenger rail service if an eligible applicant is involved.	Transportation Passenger and Freight Rail	Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration	$43,500,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Amtrak	Pending (2024/Q2)
FTA 5307 Program – Urbanized Area Formula Grants	The Urbanized Area Formula Funding program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to urbanized areas and to governors for transit capital and operating assistance in urbanized areas and for transportation-related planning. An urbanized area is an incorporated area with a population of 50,000 or more that is designated as such by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Operating expenses are only eligible for urbanized areas under 200,000 in population or recipients with 100 or fewer buses. Funds are also provided to states for state safety oversight activities.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$33,390,947,107	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Amtrak National Network Grants	To provide funding for capital projects to eliminate Amtrak's backlog of deferred maintenance of rolling stock, facilities, stations, and infrastructure on the National Network.	Transportation Passenger and Freight Rail	Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration	$28,400,000,000	Amtrak	Not applicable
Bridge Formula Program	The Bridge Formula Program will provide funds to states by formula for bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, or construction projects on public roads. This program includes three set-asides: 15 percent will be set-aside for use on off-system bridges; 3 percent will be set-aside for use on Tribal Transportation Facility bridges; and, 0.5 percent will be set-aside for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration. An additional description of the Tribal Transportation Facility set-aside can be found later in this chapter.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$26,675,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
FTA 5309 Program – Capital Investment Grants	This Federal Transit Administration discretionary grant program funds transit capital investments, including heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail, streetcars, and bus rapid transit. Federal transit law requires transit agencies seeking Capital Investment Grants funding to complete a series of steps over several years. The law also requires projects to be rated by Federal Transit Administration at various points in the process according to statutory criteria evaluating project justification and local financial commitment.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$23,000,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Transit Agencies	Pending (TBD)
FTA 5337 Program – State of Good Repair Formula Grants	To assist in funding capital projects for existing fixed guideway systems (including rail, bus rapid transit, and passenger ferries) and high intensity motorbus systems (buses operating in high-occupancy vehicle lanes) to maintain public transportation systems in a state of good repair and to ensure public transit operates safely, efficiently, reliably, and sustainably so that communities can offer balanced transportation choices that helps to improve mobility, reduce congestion, and encourage economic development.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$21,640,412,832	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Highway Safety Improvement Program	The Highway Safety Improvement Program provides States with critical safety funding that is used to save lives and prevent serious injuries on all public roads. The Highway Safety Improvement Program is based on a performance-driven process that identifies and analyzes highway safety problems and advances highway safety improvement projects that have the greatest potential to reduce fatalities and serious injuries.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$15,557,499,996	States/Territories	Not applicable
Bridge Investment Program (Planning and Bridge)	The Bridge Investment Program will support projects to improve bridge and culvert condition, safety, efficiency, and reliability.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$15,465,000,000		Apply Now
Bridge Investment Program (Large Bridge)	The Bridge Investment Program will support projects to improve bridge and culvert condition, safety, efficiency, and reliability.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$15,465,000,000		Apply Now
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity / Local and Regional Project Assistance Grants (RAISE)	The RAISE Discretionary Grant program provides an opportunity for the DOT to invest in road, rail, transit and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives. The program has previously been known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grants programs.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$15,000,000,000		Pending (2024/Q4)
National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Megaprojects)	The National Infrastructure Project Assistance Program will support large, complex projects that are difficult to fund by other means and likely to generate national or regional economic, mobility, or safety benefits.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$15,000,000,000	States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Apply Now
Airport Infrastructure Grants	The funds are allocated in 3 buckets: Primary Allocation, Non?Primary Allocation, Contract Towers.	Transportation Airports and FAA Facilities	Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	$15,000,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q4)
Nationally Significant Freight & Highway Projects (INFRA)	The Nationally Significant Freight & Highway Projects program, also known as INFRA, awards competitive grants for multimodal freight and highway projects of national or regional significance to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people in and across rural and urban areas.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$13,250,000,000	Federal Agencies, States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Apply Now
Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program	The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program to provide a flexible funding source to state and local governments for transportation projects and programs to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Funding is available to reduce congestion and improve air quality for areas that do not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter (nonattainment areas) and for former nonattainment areas that are now in compliance (maintenance areas).	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$13,200,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Grants	The purpose of the CRISI Program is to invest in a wide range of projects within the United States to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and reliability; mitigate congestion at both intercity passenger rail and freight rail chokepoints to support more efficient travel and goods movement; enhance multi-modal connections; and lead to new or substantially improved Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation corridors.	Transportation Passenger and Freight Rail	Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration	$10,000,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Amtrak, Transit Agencies, Non-Profit Agencies, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Apply Now
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) – Formula	The PROTECT Formula Program will support planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.	Transportation Resilience	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$7,299,999,998	States/Territories	Not applicable
National Highway Freight Program	The National Highway Freight Program provides funds to the States, by formula, to improve the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$7,150,000,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Carbon Reduction Program	The Carbon Reduction Program will provide formula grants to States to reduce transportation emissions or the development of carbon reduction strategies.	Transportation Resilience	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$6,419,999,998	States/Territories	Not applicable
Safe Streets and Roads for All	The Office of the Secretary's Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant program provides supplemental funding to support local initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets, commonly referred to as Vision Zero or Toward Zero Deaths initiatives.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$6,000,000,000	Cities, Counties, MPOs, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Tribes	Apply Now
FTA 5339(c) Program – Low or No Emission (Bus) Grants	The purpose of the Low-No Program is to support the transition of the nations transit fleet to the lowest polluting and most energy efficient transit vehicles. The Low-No Program provides funding to state and local governmental authorities for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$5,624,550,890	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies	Apply Now
Railroad Crossing Elimination Program	The purpose of the RCE Program is to fund highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. It provides a funding opportunity to improve American rail infrastructure to enhance rail safety, improve the health and safety of communities, eliminate highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossings that are frequently blocked by trains, and reduce the impacts that freight movement and railroad operations may have on underserved communities.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration	$5,500,000,000	States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q2)
Clean School Bus Program	State or local governments, eligible contractors, and nonprofit school transportation associations are authorized to receive grant funds. Fifty percent of the funds are authorized for zero-emission school buses, and 50 percent of the funds are authorized for alternative fuels and zero-emission school buses. Funds may be prioritized for rural or low-income communities and entities that have matching funds available. The EPA Administrator is authorized to provide funds to cover up to 100 percent of the costs for the replacement of the bus.	Transportation Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Environmental Protection Agency State and Tribal Assistance Grants	$5,000,000,000	Cities, Counties, Non-Profit Agencies, Private Sector Businesses, States/Territories, Tribes	Pending (2024/Q2)
Facilities and Equipment	Federal Aviation Administration sustainment work and facilities replacements are for replacing Federal Aviation Administration-owned terminal and route air traffic control facilities; improvement of air route and terminal facilities; workplace safety and environmental standards compliance; Federal Aviation Administration-owned fuel storage tank replacement and management; unstaffed infrastructure sustainment; real property disposition; electrical power system sustain and support; energy maintenance and compliance; hazardous materials management and environmental cleanup; facility security risk management; mobile asset management program; and administrative expenses, including salaries and expenses, administration, and oversight.	Transportation Airports and FAA Facilities	Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	$5,000,000,000	Private Sector Businesses	Pending (TBD)
Airport Terminal Program	Provide grants to eligible airports for capital improvements for airport terminal development generally defined as development of an airport passenger terminal building, including terminal gates; access roads servicing exclusively airport traffic that leads directly to or from an airport passenger terminal building; walkways that lead directly to or from an airport passenger terminal building; multimodal terminal development; and projects for on-airport rail access projects. As well as projects for relocating, reconstructing, repairing or improving an airport-owned airport traffic control tower.	Transportation Airports and FAA Facilities	Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	$5,000,000,000		Pending (2024/Q4)
National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program (NEVI)	Strategically deploy electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and establish an interconnected network to facilitate data collection, access, and reliability. Sets aside 10% of funding for discretionary grants to State and local governments that require additional assistance to strategically deploy EV charging infrastructure.	Transportation Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$5,000,000,000	States/Territories	Pending (2024/Q3)
FTA 5311 Program – Formula Grants for Rural Areas	To improve, initiate, or continue public transportation service in nonurbanized areas (rural areas and small cities under 50,000 in population) and to provide technical assistance for rural transportation providers. The Section 5311 program supports both the maintenance of existing public transportation services and the expansion of those services through the following program goals: enhancing access in rural areas to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services, and recreation; assisting in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation systems in rural areas; encouraging and facilitating the most efficient use of all transportation funds used to provide passenger transportation in rural areas through the coordination of programs and services; providing financial assistance to help carry out national goals related to mobility for all, including seniors, individuals with disabilities, and low-income individuals; increasing availability of transportation options through investments in intercity bus services; assisting in the development and support of intercity bus transportation; encouraging mobility management, employment-related transportation alternatives, joint development practices, and transit-oriented development; and providing for the participation of private transportation providers in rural public transportation.The Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program is a set-aside from the Formula Grants for Rural Areas program that consists of both a formula and competitive grant program for federally recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups or communities in rural areas.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$4,109,463,374	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Non-Profit Agencies, Private Sector Businesses, Other Entities	Not applicable
FTA 5339(a) Program – Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Grants	Provides capital funding to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses and bus related equipment and to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$3,161,294,400	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies	Not applicable
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program	The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program is a Federal grant program that provides financial assistance to States to reduce the number and severity of crashes and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles. The goal of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program is to reduce commercial motor vehicle-involved crashes, fatalities, and injuries through consistent, uniform, and effective commercial motor vehicle safety programs. The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program is Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations largest grant program that supports State and local law enforcement agencies to utilize over 12,000 enforcement officers to increase enforcement and safety activities nationwide.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	$2,432,500,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Metropolitan Planning	The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues the Metropolitan Planning Program, which establishes a cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive framework for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas. Program oversight is a joint Federal Highway Administration/Federal Transit Administration responsibility.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$2,280,000,000	MPOs	Not applicable
FTA 5310 Program – Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities	To provide financial assistance in meeting the transportation needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities where public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient or inappropriate. The Section 5310 program is designed to supplement FTA's other capital assistance programs by funding transportation projects for seniors and individuals with disabilities in all areas - large urban, small urban, and rural.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$2,193,105,343	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Non-Profit Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
FTA 5340 Program – Growing State Apportionments	An additional formula funding component that is then added to either the 5307 or 5311 formula funding.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$2,055,665,467	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program	Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program will support projects to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and generate regional economic growth and improve quality of life.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary	$2,000,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Other Entities	Apply Now
Highway Safety Programs	Section 402 funds are authorized by Congress and are available to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Territories and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the State and Territorial Highway Safety Offices based on an approved highway safety plan that details problem identification, performance measures, countermeasures and projects using identified countermeasures to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	$1,992,000,000	States/Territories, Other Entities	Not applicable
FTA 5339(b) Program – Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grants	The purpose of the Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program is to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing or leasing buses or related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing or leasing bus-related facilities.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$1,966,392,169	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies	Apply Now
Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs	The Operations and Programs account provides the necessary resources to support program and administrative activities to include salaries and benefits for motor carrier safety personnel.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	$1,925,000,000	Federal Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
National Priority Safety Programs	To encourage States to address national priorities for reducing highway deaths and injuries through occupant protection programs, state traffic safety information system improvements, impaired driving countermeasures, passage of effective laws to reduce distracted driving, implementation of motorcyclist safety programs, and non-motorist safety programs. Two new grant programs were introduced to improve roadside safety and driver and officer safety grants.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	$1,874,500,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
FTA 5340 Program – Growing States and High-Density States Formula	An additional formula funding component that is then added to either the 5307 or 5311 formula funding.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$1,822,948,622	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects	The Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects program provides funding for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of nationally-significant Federal lands transportation projects and Tribal transportation projects.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,775,000,000	Federal Agencies, States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q4)
All Stations Accessibility Program	Provides capital funding to upgrade the accessibility of legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems for people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$1,750,000,000	Cities, Counties, States/Territories	Pending (2024/Q4)
Federal Lands Transportation Program (funds for National Park Service)	The Federal Lands Transportation Program invests in the Nations infrastructure and supports critical transportation needs within the countrys transportation network by providing access within the national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and other Federal public lands.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,731,187,250	Federal Agencies, Other Entities	Not applicable
Vehicle Safety and Behavioral Research	To provide supplemental funding to accelerate vehicle and behavioral safety research.	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	$1,590,839,751	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Special Districts, Transit Agencies, Non-Profit Agencies, Higher Education Insitutions, Private Sector Businesses	Pending (TBD)
FTA 5337 Program – Rail Vehicle Replacement Grants	Capital projects for the replacement of rail rolling stock. Not more than three new competitive awards to eligible projects may be announced each fiscal year. FTA may select projects for multi-year awards.	Transportation Public Transportation	Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration	$1,500,000,000	States/Territories, Counties, Cities, Transit Agencies	Pending (2024/Q4)
Crash Data	Funding will be used pursuant to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law §24108 to improve crash data collections and analysis, specifically: to revise non-motorist data collection to distinguish individual personal conveyances like electric scooters and bicycles, update the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC), collect additional data elements related to vulnerable road users, coordinate with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on national database of pedestrian injuries & fatalities, increase participation in the Electronic Data Transfer protocol via new State grant program and internal investment, and expand the Crash Investigation Sampling System by adding sites, broadening scope, and adopting on-scene investigation protocols	Transportation Safety	Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	$1,500,000,000	States/Territories, Tribes	Apply Now
Federal Lands Access Program	The Federal Lands Access Program invests in the Nations infrastructure by funding and supporting transportation facilities owned by State, county, local, and Tribal governments, which provide access to lands owned and operated by the Federal Government.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,487,875,000	States/Territories	Not applicable
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) – Discretionary	PROTECT Grants will support planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.	Transportation Resilience	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,400,000,000	Federal Agencies, States/Territories, MPOs, Counties, Cities, Tribes, Transit Agencies, Other Entities	Pending (2024/Q2)
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act	The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program provides Federal credit assistance to eligible surface transportation projects.	Transportation Roads, Bridges and Major Projects	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,250,000,000	Cities, Counties, Private Sector Businesses, States/Territories, Transit Agencies	Apply Now
Charging & Fueling Infrastructure Grants (Corridor Program)	Deploy electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen/propane/natural gas fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors.	Transportation Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,250,000,000		Pending (2024/Q1)
Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grants (Community Program)	Program funds will be made available each fiscal year for Community Grants, to install EV charging and alternative fuel in locations on public roads, schools, parks, and in publicly accessible parking facilities. These grants will be prioritized for rural areas, low-and moderate-income neighborhoods, and communities with low ratios of private parking, or high ratios of multiunit dwellings.	Transportation Electric Vehicles, Buses and Ferries	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration	$1,250,000,000		Pending (2024/Q1)