USDOT Federal Highway Administration opens $150 million for Congestion Relief Program
$150 million has been available through a competitive process to reduce highway congestion.
Announcement Type: Grants Notice
Opportunity: FY22-FY24 Congestion Relief Program
Overview and Eligible: The Congestion Relief Program provides funding to reduce highway congestion and the economic and environmental costs associated with congestion, including pollution from transportation emissions. The program also optimizes existing highway capacity and transit systems, improves coordination with transit, and encourages other modes of travel.
Eligible projects include the following —
Deployment and operation of an integrated congestion management system;
Deployment and operation of a system that implements or enforces high occupancy vehicle toll lanes, cordon pricing, parking pricing, or congestion pricing;
Deployment and operation of mobility services, including establishing account-based financial systems, commuter buses, commuter vans, express operations, paratransit, and on-demand micro-transit; and
Incentive programs that encourage travelers to carpool, use non-highway travel modes during peak period, or travel during non-peak periods.
The agency will give priority to projects that advance innovative, multimodal solutions to traffic congestion in urban areas that are experiencing a high degree of recurrent congestion.
This new program is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for $250 million over five (5) years. However, this NOFO will be funded from for FY22, FY23 or FY24 funds.
Amount: The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $150 million. The minimum award amount is $10 million for eligible projects. The For this program, there is 20 percent non-Federal match requirement (cost-share).
Award Type: Grant
Eligible Applicants:
A state for the purpose of carrying out a project in an urbanized area with a population of more than 1,000,000.
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), city, or municipality, for the purpose of carrying out a project in an urbanized area with a population of more than 1,000,000.
Key Dates: Applications for this NOFO are due April 22, 2024.
Key Links:
Informational Webinar - March 7, 2024
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