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FAST Act STBG Set-Aside Allocations
Since 1991, the Federal Transportation Acts have provided funding for transportation alternatives/enhancement activities, through a set-aside from the Surface Transportation program. The projects and activities encompassed smaller-scale transportation projects such as pedestrians and bicycle facilities, historic preservation, safe routes to school and other transportation-related activities.
In 2013, the federal transportation act allocations for the Transportation Alternatives are distributed as follows:
Also, the MPO Coordinating Committee determined they would maintain the TA funds distribution as modified under MAP-21.
The FAST Act requires WSDOT to report to FHWA on the status of transportation alternatives (TA) projects. FHWA then compiles all the states reports and submit the national report annually to the USDOT Secretary, as well as making it available to the public. The reports are to be based on each Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) and are due to FHWA in early December.
Annually, each MPO/RTPO/County that receives a TA allocation is to submit to WSDOT a report for that FFY’s TA allocation that includes: