TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
PROGRAM (TAP) - FFY2018 & FFY2019
Funding & Application Processes
Santa Fe MPO Technical Coordinating Committee Meeting; May 23, 2016
Slides updated from FFY2016/2017 NMDOT Presentation.
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What is TAP?
• Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) was new under
MAP-21 and has been modified under the 2015 FAST-Act to be
included as a “set-aside” of the Surface Transportation Block
Grant (STBG) program funding for transportation alternatives
(TA). The MPO/NMDOT will continue to refer to the funding as
TAP for continuity sake.
• Combines previous programs, including:
• Transportation Enhancements (TE)
• Safe Routes to Schools
• Scenic Byways
• Cost reimbursement program and requires 14.56% local match
• Applications submitted through MPO
• Project Selection based on a Statewide Competitive Process
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Federal Funding
• Statewide Federal funding estimates:
Pop. Area Target
FFY 2016
FFY 2017
Pop, over 200,000*
$1,104,095
$1,104,095
Pop. 5,000 to 200,000
$1,124,786
$1,124,786
Pop. 4,999 or less
$ 715,990
$ 715,990
* - These funds are only available in the Albuquerque and El Paso Large Urban Areas
Anywhere
$2,944,871
$2,944,871
Total: $5,889,742
$5,889,742
Max TAP Funds Agencies can apply for = $2,000,000
Min TAP Funds Agencies can apply for = $75,000
Note: Amounts apply to TAP portions of infrastructure projects; total project costs may exceed this amount once local match and other funding
sources are included.
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Statewide Areas with Pop 5,000 to 200,000
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Farmington
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Las Cruces
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Los Lunas
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Santa Fe
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Almogordo
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Artesia
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Aztec
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Bloomfield
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Carlsbad
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Clovis
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Deming
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Espanola
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Gallup
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Grants
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Hobbs
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Kirtland
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Las Vegas
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Los Alamos
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Lovington
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Portales
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Raton
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Roswell
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Ruidoso
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Shiprock
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Silver City
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Socorro
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Taos
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Truth or Consequences
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Tucumcari
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White Rock
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Zuni Pueblo
Source: US Census 2010
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What Projects are Eligible?
• Planning, design and
construction of facilities for
pedestrian, bicycle, other
non-motorized forms of
transportation
• Reconstruction or
rehabilitation of pedestrian,
bicycle or non-motorized
transportation facilities, but
not routine maintenance
• Conversion of abandoned
railroad corridor for
pedestrians, bicyclists, or
other non-drivers
Santa Fe: addition of bulb-outs to this crossing provides more
protection for non-drivers accessing the senior center. Similar
projects could be eligible for TAP funding.
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Eligible Projects (cont.)
• Safe Routes to Schools
(SRTS) projects:
• Within 2 miles of K-8
school
• Infrastructure: pedestrian
and bicycle facilities and/or
access
• Non-infrastructure:
examples include walking
school buses, or bicycle
education
• Coordinator: funding for a
SRTS coordinator
Farmington: bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and
programming that provide Safe Routes to School could be
eligible TAP projects.
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Eligible Projects (cont.)
• Certain vegetation
management practices
in transportation ROWs
• Preservation of historic
transportation facilities
• Archeological activities
relating to impacts from
TAP-eligible projects
• More as listed in NM
TAP Guide (p. 8)
• Projects are not required
to be on a Federal-aid
highway
Bernalillo: paving of this trail could be an eligible TAP
project.
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What Projects are Ineligible?
• Routine maintenance
• Safety and educational
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Santa Fe’s Salvador Perez Park: preservation and display
of this historic steam engine locomotive would not be an
eligible TAP project.
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activities for pedestrians
and bicyclists (unless in K8 school)
Landscaping and scenic
enhancements as
independent projects
Historic preservation
unrelated to historic
transportation facilities
Transportation museums
More as listed in NM TAP
Guide (p. 9)
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Who Can Apply?
Eligible Entities
Ineligible Entities
• Local governments
• Nonprofit agencies
• Tribal governments
• NMDOT
• Transit agencies
• MPOs / RPOs
• Regional transportation
• All of the above can apply
authorities
• School districts / schools
• State and Federal natural
resource or public land
agencies
• See p. 7 of NM TAP Guide
if partnered with an
eligible entity
• See p. 8 of NM TAP
Guide
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What’s Required of Project Sponsor?
• Sponsoring agency will enter into Cooperative Project
Agreement with NMDOT
• Work completed before execution of agreement is not reimbursable
• Sponsoring agency will need to pay for all costs up front
• Sponsoring agency is required to pay for all costs that
exceed the award amount
• Compliance with Federal and State regulations:
• Environmental, ROW, ITS, utility and railroad clearances required
• Maintenance of facility
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Estimated Timelines
• May 2016: MPO issue Call for Projects
• June 2016: MPO to Hold TAP Workshop
• July 1 2016: Deadline to submit project outline (PFF or similar) to ensure project
eligibility and feasibility
• July 11-15th, 2016: MPO to host NMDOT and other technical staff to
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review and support agencies who have submitting project outline forms
October 28, 2016: Deadline to submit Applications to MPO.
Nov. 30, 2016: Deadline for MPO to submit Application to NMDOT TAP
Coordinator
Jan 2017: TAP Selection Committee rates, ranks and selects projects
March 2017: TAP Award letters sent out.
April 2017: Required “orientation webinar” for all TAP Recipients
May 2017: TIPS adopted by MPO Policy Board
Oct 1, 2017: FFY2016 TAP funds become available
Oct 15, 2017: Agreement Request Forms (ARFs) due Deadline to submit
Certifications and final designs for FFY2016 construction projects to
NMDOT
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Project Feasibility Form
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Minimum Project Requirements
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Minimum Project Requirements
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Scoring the Applications
Santa Fe Rail Trail: addition of lighting could
be an eligible TAP project.
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Contacts for Questions
• Erick Aune
MPO Transportation Planner
[email protected]
• (505) 955-6664
• Contact Keith for application
questions
• Danial Watts
NMDOT TAP Coordinator
[email protected]
• (505) 470-8545
• Contact Danial for general TAP
questions
Jemez Pueblo: Safe Routes to School programming is an
eligible TAP project.