Funding Guide

Federal Funding Categories

Category	Approximate Annual Funding (Bay Area)	Eligible Uses	Who can claim the money?	Who decides which projects get the money?
Federal Transit Act Section 5307 - Formula Funds	$156 million	Purchase of buses, trains, ferries, vans and support equipment Americans With Disabilities Act-required paratransit service	Public transit operators	MTC for larger urbanized areas; State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for areas below 200,000 population
Federal Transit Act Section 5309 - Fixed Guideway	$78 million	Purchase of rail cars and equipment	Public transit operators	MTC
Federal Transit Act Section 5309 - Bus	Discretionary - varies annually	Purchase of buses and improvements to bus facilities	Public transit operators	Congress
Federal Transit Act Section 5309 - New Rail Starts	Discretionary - varies annually	New rail systems and line extensions	Public transit operators	Congress
Federal Transit Act Section 5310 - Elderly and Disabled	$1 million	Purchase of paratransit vans and related equipment	Nonprofit agencies, public agencies	California Transportation Commission (CTC)
Federal Transit Act Section 5311 - Rural Intercity	$300,000	Purchase of buses and related equipment, and bus operations in rural areas	Public agencies - local governments, American Indian tribes, nonprofit agencies	MTC for rural portion/ Caltrans for intercity portion
Surface Transportation Program (STP)	$57 million	Roadway or transit rehabilitation Transportation system operational improvements Highway construction Transit facilities Intermodal port facilities	Public agencies - cities, counties, transit operators, Caltrans	MTC
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)	$57 million	Transportation projects that improve air quality	Public agencies - cities, counties, transit operators, Caltrans	MTC
Transportation Enhancement Activities (TEA)	$4 million	Bicycle, pedestrian, transit, landscaping, public art or historic projects linked to transportation	Public agencies -cities, counties, transit operators, Caltrans	MTC and County Congestion Management Agencies (CTC for statewide projects)
Transit Enhancements	$2 million	Access for disabled persons, historic preservation, bus shelters, landscaping, bicycle/pedestrian facilities	Public transit operators	MTC
Access to Jobs and Reverse Commute Program	Discretionary -varies annually	Projects and services designed to transport low-income persons to work; projects to move people to suburban job centers	Local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit operators and non-profit organizations	U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
Federal Demonstration Projects	$188 million earmarked for various Bay Area projects for fiscal years 1998-2003	Transportation projects of special importance to members of Congress	Public agencies - cities, counties, transit operators, Caltrans	Congress
Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC)	$9 million	Bicycle, pedestrian, transit or other projects that enhance community vitality, including planning studies	Public agencies - cities, counties, transit operators; also non-profit organizations	MTC
Transportation Community and System Preservation Pilot Program	Discretionary - varies annually	Transit-oriented development projects, traffic-calming measures, other projects to reduce need for future infrastructure investments	State and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations	U.S. DOT/ Congress
Clean Fuel Bus Program	Discretionary -varies annually	Purchase or leasing of clean fuel buses and facilities, upgrade of existing facilities for clean fuel buses	Public transit operators	Congress
Interstate Discretionary	Discretionary -varies annually	Interstate maintenance and reconstruction projects	Caltrans	U.S. DOT
Hazard Elimination Safety Program	Discretionary -varies annually	Safety projects on public roads and highways (signals, median barriers, guard rails, lighting)	Public agencies -cities and counties	Caltrans
Railroad/Highway Grade Crossing Protection Program(Title 23, Section 130, U.S. Code)	Discretionary -varies annually	Rail/roadway grade crossings (signals, gates, surfacing)	Public agencies -cities and counties	Caltrans
Emergency Relief	Discretionary -varies annually	Damage repair for federal-aid highways in federally declared disaster areas	Public agencies -cities and counties	U.S. DOT
Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program	$14 million	Replacement or rehabilitation of roadway bridges	Caltrans, cities and counties	Caltrans
Ferry Boats	Discretionary -varies annually	Purchase of ferry boats, construction of terminal facilities	Public agencies	U.S. DOT

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