DRAFT TIP Appendices - Eligible Project Types by Federal Fund Source

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2020 - 2024 Transportation Improvement Program


Appendix 3

Eligible Project Types by Funding Program

The programs and associated eligible project types listed below include those for which the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration apportion funds directly to the Genesee Transportation Council (GTC), Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, New York State, or some combination thereof. 

Federal Highway Administration

National Highway Performance Program

The following types of projects are eligible:

  1. Construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, preservation, or operational improvement of segments of the National Highway System.
  2. Construction, replacement (including replacement with fill material), rehabilitation, preservation, and protection (including scour countermeasures, seismic retrofits, impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) of bridges on the National Highway System.
  3. Construction, replacement (including replacement with fill material), rehabilitation, preservation, and protection (including impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) of tunnels on the National Highway System.
  4. Inspection and evaluation of bridges and tunnels, consistent with national bridge and tunnel inventory and inspection standards, on the National Highway System, and inspection and evaluation of other highway infrastructure assets on the National Highway System, including signs and sign structures, earth retaining walls, and drainage structures.
  5. Training of bridge and tunnel inspectors, consistent with national bridge and tunnel inventory and inspection standards.
  6. Construction, rehabilitation, or replacement of existing ferry boats and ferry boat facilities, including approaches, that connect road segments of the National Highway System.
  7. Construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and preservation of, and operational improvements for, a Federal-aid highway not on the National Highway System, and construction of a transit project eligible for federal assistance if:
    1. the highway project or transit project is in the same corridor as, and in proximity to, a fully access-controlled highway designated as a part of the National Highway System;
    2. the construction or improvements will reduce delays or produce travel time savings on the fully access-controlled highway described in A. and improve regional traffic flow; and
    3. the construction or improvements are more cost-effective, as determined by benefit-cost analysis, than an improvement to the fully access controlled highway described in A.
  8. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways on land adjacent to any highway on the National Highway System or a bridge carrying a highway on the National Highway System on which bicycles are permitted to operate on each end of such bridge and a safe accommodation can be provided at reasonable cost.
  9. Highway safety improvements for segments of the National Highway System.
  10. Capital and operating costs for traffic and traveler information monitoring, management, and control facilities and programs.
  11. Development and implementation of a State asset management plan for the National Highway System in accordance with this section, including data collection, maintenance, and integration and the cost associated with obtaining, updating, and licensing software and equipment required for risk-based asset management and performance-based management.
  12. Infrastructure-based intelligent transportation systems capital improvements.
  13. Environmental restoration and pollution abatement in accordance with associated national standards for purpose and maximum expenditure.
  14. Control of noxious weeds and aquatic noxious weeds and establishment of native species in accordance with associated national standards and activities.
  15. Environmental mitigation efforts related to projects in accordance with associated national activities, terms, and conditions.
  16. Construction of publicly owned intracity or intercity bus terminals servicing the National Highway System.

Surface Transportation Block Program

The following types of projects are eligible:

  1. Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, restoration, preservation, or operational improvements for a Federal-aid highway.
  2. Replacement (including replacement with fill material), rehabilitation, preservation, protection (including painting, scour countermeasures, seismic retrofits, impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) and application of calcium magnesium acetate, sodium acetate/formate, or other environmentally acceptable, minimally corrosive anti-icing and deicing compositions for bridges (and approaches to bridges and other elevated structures) and tunnels on public roads of all functional classifications, including any such construction or reconstruction necessary to accommodate other transportation modes.
  3. Construction of a new bridge or tunnel at a new location on a Federal-aid highway.
  4. Inspection and evaluation of bridges and tunnels and training of bridge and tunnel inspectors, consistent with national bridge and tunnel inventory and inspection standards, and inspection and evaluation of other highway assets (including signs, retaining walls, and drainage structures).
  5. Capital costs for transit projects eligible for federal assistance, including vehicles and facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, that are used to provide intercity passenger service by bus.
  6. Carpool projects, fringe and corridor parking facilities and programs, including electric vehicle and natural gas vehicle infrastructure in accordance with fringe and corridor parking facilities standards, bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways eligible for federal assistance, and the modifications of public sidewalks to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
  7. Highway and transit safety infrastructure improvements and programs, installation of safety barriers and nets on bridges, hazard eliminations, projects to mitigate hazards caused by wildlife, and railway-highway grade crossings.
  8. Highway and transit research and development and technology transfer programs.
  9. Capital and operating costs for traffic monitoring, management, and control facilities and programs, including advanced truck stop electrification systems.
  10. Surface transportation planning programs.
  11. Transportation alternatives.
  12. Transportation control measures contained in the Clean Air Act, excluding programs to encourage the voluntary removal from use and the marketplace of pre-1980 model year light duty vehicles and pre-1980 model light duty trucks.
  13. Development and establishment of management systems.
  14. Environmental mitigation efforts related to projects in accordance with associated national activities, terms, and conditions.
  15. Projects relating to intersections that:
    1. have disproportionately high accident rates;
    2. have high levels of congestion, as evidenced by:
      1. interrupted traffic flow at the intersection; and
      2. a level of service rating that is not better than "F" during peak travel hours, calculated in accordance with the Highway Capacity Manual issued by the Transportation Research Board; and
    3. are located on a Federal-aid highway.
  16. Infrastructure-based intelligent transportation systems capital improvements.
  17. Environmental restoration and pollution abatement in accordance with associated national standards for purpose and maximum expenditure.
  18. Control of noxious weeds and aquatic noxious weeds and establishment of native species in accordance with associated national standards and activities.
  19. Projects and strategies designed to support congestion pricing, including electric toll collection and travel demand management strategies and programs.
  20. Recreational trails projects eligible for federal assistance.
  21. Construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities eligible for federal assistance.
  22. Border infrastructure projects eligible for federal assistance under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.
  23. Truck parking facilities eligible for federal assistance.
  24. Development and implementation of a State asset management plan for the National Highway System, including data collection, maintenance, and integration and the costs associated with obtaining, updating, and licensing software and equipment required for risk based asset management and performance based management, and for similar activities related to the development and implementation of a performance based management program for other public roads.
  25. A project that, if located within the boundaries of a port terminal, includes only such surface transportation infrastructure modifications as are necessary to facilitate direct intermodal interchange, transfer, and access into and out of the port.
  26. Construction and operational improvements for any minor collector if:
    1. the minor collector, and the project to be carried out with respect to the minor collector, are in the same corridor as, and in proximity to, a Federal-aid highway designated as part of the National Highway System;
    2. the construction or improvements will enhance the level of service on the Federal-aid highway described in A. and improve regional traffic flow; and
    3. the construction or improvements are more cost-effective, as determined by a benefit-cost analysis, than an improvement to the Federal-aid highway described in A.

Highway Safety Improvement Program (including Large Urban, Flex, and Off-System Bridge)

The following types of projects are eligible:

  1. An intersection safety improvement.
  2. Pavement and shoulder widening (including addition of a passing lane to remedy an unsafe condition).
  3. Installation of rumble strips or another warning device, if the rumble strips or other warning devices do not adversely affect the safety or mobility of bicyclists and pedestrians, including persons with disabilities.
  4. Installation of a skid-resistant surface at an intersection or other location with a high frequency of crashes.
  5. An improvement for pedestrian or bicyclist safety or safety of persons with disabilities.
  6. Construction and improvement of a railway-highway grade crossing safety feature, including installation of protective devices.
  7. The conduct of a model traffic enforcement activity at a railway-highway crossing.
  8. Construction of a traffic calming feature.
  9. Elimination of a roadside hazard.
  10. Installation, replacement, and other improvement of highway signage and pavement markings, or a project to maintain minimum levels of retroreflectivity, that addresses a highway safety problem consistent with a State strategic highway safety plan.
  11. Installation of a priority control system for emergency vehicles at signalized intersections.
  12. Installation of a traffic control or other warning device at a location with high crash potential.
  13. Transportation safety planning.
  14. Collection, analysis, and improvement of safety data.
  15. Planning integrated interoperable emergency communications equipment, operational activities, or traffic enforcement activities (including police assistance) relating to work zone safety.
  16. Installation of guardrails, barriers (including barriers between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the safety of road users and workers), and crash attenuators.
  17. The addition or retrofitting of structures or other measures to eliminate or reduce crashes involving vehicles and wildlife.
  18. Installation of yellow-green signs and signals at pedestrian and bicycle crossings and in school zones.
  19. Construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads.
  20. Geometric improvements to a road for safety purposes that improve safety.
  21. A road safety audit.
  22. Roadway safety infrastructure improvements consistent with the recommendations included in the publication of the Federal Highway Administration entitled 'Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians' (FHWA-RD-01-103), dated May 2001 or as subsequently revised and updated.
  23. Truck parking facilities eligible for federal assistance.
  24. Systemic safety improvements.

 

Federal Transit Administration

Urbanized Area Formula Grants (Section 5307)

The following types of projects are eligible:

  1. Public transportation capital projects.
  2. Public transportation vehicle preventive maintenance.
  3. Job access and reverse commute projects.
  4. Public transportation operating assistance (except in areas over 200,000 population).
  5. Studies as necessary to plan and implement 1., 2., 3. and 4.

Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Grants (Section 5339)

The following types of projects are eligible:

  1. Replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment.
  2. Construction of bus-related facilities.