Alternatives Analysis: Section 5339 Funding to Support Alternatives Analysis Activities for Major Transit Capital Investments

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	Federal Grant Title:	Alternatives Analysis: Section 5339 Funding to Support Alternatives Analysis Activities for Major Transit Capital Investments
	CFDA Number:	20.522
	CFDA Description:	Alternatives Analysis
	Federal Agency Name:	DOT Federal Transit Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Transportation
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	D2007-ALTA-710-0002
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 27, 2007
	Creation Date:	Apr 27, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 22, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jun 21, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$12,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Section 5339 allows FTA to make grants and agreements, under criteria established by the Secretary, to States, authorities of the States, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governmental authorities to develop alternatives analyses as defined by section 5309(a)(1). Eligible study sponsors must be able to incorporate the results of this work into an ongoing alternatives analysis study or must commit to initiate an alternatives analysis study within 12 months of the grant approval.
Grant Description: This notice solicits proposals to compete for $12 million in Section 5339 funds to support technical work conducted within an alternatives analysis, in which one of the alternatives is a major transit capital investment. Under this authority, FTA will allocate the available discretionary funding for alternatives analysis. This analysis will support technical work that will improve and expand the information available to decision-makers considering potential New Starts and Small Starts funding. FTA will give priority to alternatives analysis that would add tasks to collect and analyze data on transit ridership patterns, the travel times of buses operating in mixed traffic, and/or other information on the current performance of the transit system. FTA will also give priority to proposals to develop and apply methods to estimate the time savings experienced by highway users that result from transit investments as well as proposals to develop and apply simplified travel forecasting approaches for Small Starts alternatives that cannot be addressed easily by the existing regional travel forecasting procedures. FTA encourages potential study sponsors to contact FTA to discuss the development of proposals under this section.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Federal Register, March 23, 2007: Federal Transit Administration Notice of Funding Availability; Alternatives Analysis Discretionary Program.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-4830.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: Steve Lewis-Workman
Federal Transit Administration, Office of Planning and Environment Washington, D.C.

Phone: 202-366-1868
E-mail: steven.lewisworkman@dot.gov steven.lewisworkman@dot.gov Steve Lewis-Workman , Office of Planning
Similar Government Grants: • Section 5339 Alternatives Analysis Program; • Alternatives Analysis Program Livability Funding Opportunity