Thriving Communities Program

TCP facilitates the planning and development of transportation and community revitalization activities and provides tools to ensure that under-resourced communities can access the historic funding provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

University Transportation Center (UTC) Program 2022-2026 Grants

The University Transportation Center (UTC) program supports non-profit institutes of higher education to operate Tier 1, regional, or national University Transportation Centers.

Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants

The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) program supports public sector agencies to conduct planning and prototyping demonstration projects focused on advanced smart community technologies and systems.

Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP)

The Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) provides funding to help small communities address air service and airfare issues in the form of grants that are disbursed on a reimbursable basis.

Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program (Rural)

The Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program (Rural) supports projects to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas, improving connectivity, safety, and economic vitality.

Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program

The Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program aims to advance transportation infrastructure projects in rural and Tribal communities by providing early planning financial, technical, and legal advisory services and direct grants to eligible project sponsors.

Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program

The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (RCP) funds planning and construction to remove, retrofit, or mitigate transportation facilities such as highways and rail lines that create mobility, access, or economic barriers to community connectivity.

Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants

The Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program funds capital investments in surface transportation that will have a significant local or regional impact.

National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) Program

The National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) Program provides funding for large, complex projects that are difficult to fund by other means and likely to generate national or regional economic, mobility, or safety benefits.

Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program

The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program supports freight and highway projects of national or regional significance to improve multimodal safety, efficiency, and reliability.

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