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Table 6.1 Appropriateness of TEA-21 Funding Programs for Typical Pedestrian Projects Federal Funding Programs Project Type National Highway System Surface Transportation Program STP-Hazard Elimination Program STP-Rail / Highway Crossings STP-Transportation Enhancements Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program Recreational trails program Highway bridge replacement Program 402 / State & Community Highway Safety Program State / Metropolitan Planning & Research Funds Transportation, Community and System preservation Pilot Program Public Lands Discretionary Funds National Scenic Byways Program Urbanized Area and Non-Urbanized Area Formula Transit Grants Transit Enhancements Pedestrian & Bicycle Spot improvement program 2 2 1 3 Shared-use path (off-road trail) 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 Trail / highway intersection 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 Overpass, underpass, tunnels or bridges 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 Trailhead facilities 1 3 3 Land acquisition for trails 1 2 1 3 Trail maintenance 3 Regional trail plan 1 2 2 2 2 3 State / MPO bicycle and pedestrian plan 2 2 3 Research or innovations in planning 2 3 3 State b/p coordinator position 2 3 3 Training 1 3 3 2 3 Pedestrian Pedestrian access path or boardwalk 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 Sidewalks 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 Curb cuts and ramps 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 Crosswalks 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 Signal improvements 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 Traffic calming 2 2 2 2 3 Bus shelters and benches 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 Walking promotion program 1 2 3 3 Back country hiking trail 3 Safety Safety education position 1 2 2 3 3 1 Safety campaigns and publications 2 2 3 3 Police patrol 2 3 Share the Road signs 1 2 2 3 3 3 Code: 3 Best Bet 2 Rough Sledding 1 Slim to none NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study 98

NHTSA distributes the Section 402 funds by formula to the State, in New York State specifically to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, with the requirement that at least 40 percent of the funds be expended by local jurisdiction; GTSC’s policy is to distribute 50 percent to local jurisdictions. Applications for 402 grants for projects at the local level must be made to the appropriate Traffic Safety Board. The New York State allocation in 2006 is $11.6 million. Section 403: The Highway Safety Research and Development funds are administered by NHTSA headquarters primarily for research. However, they also cover demonstration projects, and currently two demonstration projects supported by Section 403 funds on older pedestrian safety are underway in San Francisco, CA, and Madison, WI. Section 408: SAFETEA-LU established a new program to encourage States to adopt programs to improve the timeliness, completeness, uniformity, integration and accessibility of State data. Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: SAFETEA-LU allocates $1.7 million in 2007 to support the implementation of high-visibility, community-based, pedestrian safety or innovative law enforcement initiatives or to develop countermeasures to reduce pedestrian and bicycle-related injuries among Latinos or demonstration projects of interventions to reduce impaired-riding. Other Funding Sources New York State periodically solicits proposals for several programs throughout the year. Those projects cover several areas such as: brownfields, watersheds, and waterfronts to name a few. The Quality Communities Clearinghouse Web Site has been created in response to requests by local governments, community organizations, businesses and citizens to consolidate and organize those state agency services which support the development of Quality Communities. The Clearinghouse is an easy to use directory or ‘portal’ to 25 State agencies with brief descriptions of services and links to the appropriate agency web site pages. It is generally organized by the eight Quality Communities Principles (economic development, planning, agriculture and farmland protection, transportation & neighborhoods, partnerships, conservation & environment, revitalization, and technology) and sorted by four subcategories: Grant and Financial Information; Technical Assistance, which includes training, publications, events and other information; Data And Regional Inventories; and Success Stories. These subcategories are then organized by several topical areas such as transportation, business, energy, environment, planning and zoning. Pedestrian facilities often are eligible under many of the solicitations. (See http://qualitycommunities.org/index.asp.) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG): A potential source of funds for pedestrian facilities is Community Development Block Grants. Seventy percent of the funds allocated to New York State go to “eligible cities;” the remaining 30 percent is reserved for small cities. The Governor’s Office for Small Cities (GOSC) announces the availability of Small Cities funding by publishing a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for each of the rounds of funding. The NOFA for the Annual Competitive Round and the Economic Open Round is typically published after the first of the year. NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study 99

Table 6.1 Appropriateness of TEA-21 Funding Programs for Typical <strong>Pedestrian</strong> Projects<br />

Federal Funding Programs<br />

Project Type<br />

National Highway System<br />

Surface Transportation Program<br />

STP-Hazard Elimination Program<br />

STP-Rail / Highway Crossings<br />

STP-Transportation Enhancements<br />

Congestion mitigation and air quality<br />

improvement program<br />

Recreational trails program<br />

Highway bridge replacement Program<br />

402 / State & Community Highway<br />

<strong>Safety</strong> Program<br />

State / <strong>Metropolitan</strong> Planning &<br />

Research Funds<br />

Transportation, Community and System<br />

preservation Pilot Program<br />

Public Lands Discretionary Funds<br />

National Scenic Byways Program<br />

Urbanized Area and Non-Urbanized<br />

Area Formula Transit Grants<br />

Transit Enhancements<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong> & Bicycle<br />

Spot improvement program 2 2 1 3<br />

Shared-use path (off-road trail) 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3<br />

Trail / highway intersection 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2<br />

Overpass, underpass, tunnels<br />

or bridges 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 2<br />

Trailhead facilities 1 3 3<br />

Land acquisition for trails 1 2 1 3<br />

Trail maintenance 3<br />

<strong>Regional</strong> trail plan 1 2 2 2 2 3<br />

State / MPO bicycle and<br />

pedestrian plan 2 2 3<br />

Research or innovations in<br />

planning 2 3 3<br />

State b/p coordinator position 2 3 3<br />

Training 1 3 3 2 3<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong><br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong> access path or<br />

boardwalk 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 2<br />

Sidewalks 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 2<br />

Curb cuts and ramps 1 3 2 2 3 3 2<br />

Crosswalks 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 2<br />

Signal improvements 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 2<br />

Traffic calming 2 2 2 2 3<br />

Bus shelters and benches 1 2 2 2 3 3 3<br />

Walking promotion program 1 2 3 3<br />

Back country hiking trail 3<br />

<strong>Safety</strong><br />

<strong>Safety</strong> education position 1 2 2 3 3 1<br />

<strong>Safety</strong> campaigns and<br />

publications 2 2 3 3<br />

Police patrol 2 3<br />

Share the Road signs 1 2 2 3 3 3<br />

Code: 3 Best Bet 2 Rough Sledding 1 Slim to none<br />

<strong>NYMTC</strong> <strong>Pedestrian</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>Study</strong> 98

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