Federal Transit Administration Announces Funding for Transit-Oriented Development
Written by David C. Lester, Editor-in-Chief
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The U.S. Department of Transportation, through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $28.5 million Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for mass transit.
FTA says that through this “Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning competitive grant program, the Department is looking to partner with communities interested in proposals that advance safety, innovation, and making commuting easier for families.”
The FTA also says that this program “helps support FTA’s mission of improving America’s communities through public transportation by providing funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning with a new fixed guideway or core capacity transit capital investment. Comprehensive planning funded through the program 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, and enable mixed-use development near transit stations.
The funding is available for fiscal year 2026 and applications are due by 7/10/2026.
“The NOFO focuses on several priority considerations for funding, including:
- “Safety: how a project advances safe journeys along corridors and at stations, and encourages a safe route to services along corridors, such as school, childcare, recreation, and social services.
- “Innovation: how a project fosters innovative approaches, partnerships with transit agencies and advocates, and promotes research, innovation and demonstration of new technologies, and policies that stimulate private sector participation, private investment, and public-private partnerships to deliver infrastructure and TOD in the corridor.
- “Benefits for Families and Communities: how a project increases transit access for families at the proposed transit station or along the corridor and how it integrates childcare and recreation near public transportation hubs.”
You may check this FTA website for more information about the program, including how to apply.
