Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning

Background
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is offering $13.4 million in funding for the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning (TOD Pilot Program) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The program aims to integrate land use and transportation planning around a new fixed guideway or core capacity improvement project, in line with FTA's mission of improving public transportation for America's communities.

Grant Details
The program supports comprehensive planning or site-specific planning associated with new fixed guideway and core capacity improvement projects. The planning work must examine ways to improve economic development and ridership, foster multimodal connectivity and accessibility, improve transit access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic, engage the private sector, identify infrastructure needs, enable mixed-use development near transit stations, and examine ways to improve economic development and ridership.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be a State or States, U.S. Territory, or local governmental authority, and an FTA grant recipient. The proposed transit capital project must be a new fixed guideway project or a core capacity improvement project as defined by Federal public transportation law. The maximum Federal funding share for proposals is 80 percent, but proposals that support planning activities in areas with lower population density or lower average income levels may receive a Federal funding share of up to 100 percent.

Period of Performance
The funds are available for obligation for four fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the competitive awards are announced.

Grant Value
$13,460,978 will be made available through this NOFO. Additional funds made available prior to project selection may be allocated to eligible projects.