The Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program, making more than $600 million available for both capital construction and community planning grants, is now accepting applications. USDOT is hosting a series of webinars for potential applicants in July and August – register for an upcoming webinar, or view previously recorded webinars, in the comments section below. The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, September 30, 2024. #USDOT #grants #communitybuilding #reconnectingcommunities
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On July 3, USDOT announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the third round of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program, making more than $600 million available for both capital construction and community planning grants. This continues the stream of investment from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law flowing to communities across the country as part of our Infrastructure Decade. USDOT is hosting a series of webinars for potential applicants in July and August – register for an upcoming webinar below. The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, September 30, 2024. https://lnkd.in/eWsdeget
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The final deadline for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Planning and Demonstration Grant applications is August 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Late applications will not be accepted. Applicants are encouraged to review the NOFO amendment, published on April 16, 2024, for the latest updates on the SS4A FY24 funding opportunity. A final round of questions and answers is available on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page of the SS4A website. https://lnkd.in/gUXcFzNT
Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program
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Reducing inequities across our transportation systems and the communities they affect is an important goal for USDOT. This can include identifying communities or neighborhoods that are most impacted by climate change, pollution, and environmental hazards and addressing gaps in transportation infrastructure and public services. The page below provides tools to help potential grant applicants identify and verify a community’s disadvantaged status, quantify and analyze transportation-related disadvantage, and analyze how a potential project may reduce identified inequities. https://lnkd.in/gHTG43hb
Equity and Justice40 Analysis Tools
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USDOT’s Project Delivery Center of Excellence has released a new resource to help ensure consistency and quality in design and construction contracts. Recipients of federal aid for construction projects must create thorough construction contracts to keep projects on time, on task, and on budget. These legally binding contracts, or project agreements, outline the roles, responsibilities, terms, and conditions for a project’s successful delivery. The Project Delivery Center of Excellence worked in partnership with several national associations to identify templates and model language for transportation construction contracts. This new resource provides a central repository of those templates and model language that are available for purchase and from high-quality sources. Link to the templates in the comments section below.
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Rural Road Safety Funding at USDOT: Example Projects from 2022 compiles a selection of recently awarded projects from certain U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) discretionary and non-discretionary grant programs that aim to address rural road safety. This compilation is meant to support prospective rural applicants in understanding how USDOT grants have previously been used to improve rural road safety, and to showcase the underlying importance of safety across USDOT grant programs. Access the report in the comments section below.
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USDOT is hosting a two-part webinar series to help potential DOT grant applicants effectively tell their community’s story in the planning, project development, and/or grant application process. Part 1 of the webinar series on July 22 will focus on how to identify and describe a project and its goals, identify users of the infrastructure or system, and determine the project’s impact area. Participants will receive step-by-step information and recommendations, and presenters will use examples to illustrate each of the concepts. The webinar will conclude with a brief Q&A session. Register to attend, and learn about Part 2 of this series, using the link in the comments section below.
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U.S. Department of Transportation - Office of the Under Secretary for Policy reposted this
Exciting news! Please spread the word that the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is out and $600 million is available! Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e8XGyAzr Here's the news release: https://lnkd.in/ekfzCnw7 Here's a Bureau Bulletin Brief: https://lnkd.in/eXqscXHe New this year - technical assistance through the Bureau's Reconnecting Communities Institute - learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eWxY97kf Applications due September 30th. Please share! AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) Association Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) National Governors Association National League of Cities National Conference of State Legislatures United States Conference of Mayors COMTO National Office #reconnectingcommunities #federalgrants #NOFO
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Through the Modernizing NEPA Challenge, the U.S. Department of Transportation aims to make documents associated with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) more accessible and transparent to reviewing agencies and the public, while also saving time and improving document quality. You could win $50,000 in cash for your ideas on making documents more accessible for those with visual impairments and easier to understand for everyone. Join us for a brief live Q&A session to meet the Challenge team, bring your questions, and learn more. Link to register in comments section below.
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U.S. Department of Transportation - Office of the Under Secretary for Policy reposted this
The deadline for the SMART Stage 1 Grants is coming up! Applications are due July 12th . This will be the last year for Stage 1 Grants, so all interested, eligible entities are encouraged to apply. The SMART Program Website has complete ‘how to apply’ information, frequently asked questions, illustrative use cases, and more.https://tinyurl.com/cty2ztfr