FTA

New Freedom Program

CYCLE 4 CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR LARGE URBANIZED AREAS

Deadline: 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 2, 2011

MTC is currently soliciting projects in the San Francisco Bay Area's large urbanized areas (UAs) for the Federal Transit Administration's New Freedom Program (49 USC Section 5317). The New Freedom program provides grants for new capital and operating projects aimed at reducing, beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, transportation barriers faced by individuals with disabilities. The available funding is $3.7 million for the Bay Area's large urbanized areas. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations, local government authorities, and public transportation operators.

A workshop for prospective large urbanized area applicants was held on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. A second workshop was held on Thursday, August 4, 2011. Workshop materials are available for download below.

DOWNLOAD:

Program Guidelines* (PDF)
Application Form for Large Urbanized Areas - Antioch UA, Concord UA, San Francisco-Oakland UA, San Jose UA, Santa Rosa UA (Word)
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
List of New Freedom projects funded in Cycles 1–3 (PDF)
Application workshop PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
Supplemental instructions for Question 3b (Civil Rights Demographics) (PDF)

*NOTE: The Program Guidelines contain changes that were approved by the Commission on July 27, 2011.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES :

SMALL URBANIZED AND NON-URBANIZED AREAS

The small and non-UA calls for projects are conducted by Caltrans. The last small and non-UA call for projects took place in Winter 2009. Small UAs in the Bay Area include Fairfield UA, Gilroy-Morgan Hill UA, Livermore UA, Napa UA, Petaluma UA, Vacaville UA, and Vallejo UA. Additional information about the small and non-UA call for projects can be found on the Caltrans website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans/5317.html