Bicycle and pedestrian local and federal funding programs
TxDOT's Public Transportation Division administers federal funding programs, including Federal Highway Administration funds relating to TxDOT’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program and Federal Transit Administration funds for transit in Texas. These funds are for specific purposes and have separate eligibility and funding requirements. The Public Transportation Division requests applications for specific funding sources through calls for projects.
Transportation Alternatives Set-aside (TA) Program
TxDOT administers TA funds for locally sponsored bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects in communities across the state. In large urbanized areas with populations over 200,000, TA funds are also distributed directly to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) to administer according to their needs. MPOs and TxDOT are responsible for selecting projects independently of one another.
2023 TA call for projects
TxDOT's 2023 TA program call opened on Dec. 2, 2022. For this Statewide call for projects, new project categories expanded eligibility to include all population areas across Texas; additionally, non-infrastructure projects (active transportation plans) were eligible for funding awards.
The 2023 TA program call ended on Oct. 26, 2023, when the Texas Transportation Commission formally approved the finalized list of projects to be awarded funds.
To explore the 2023 TA Program's awarded projects, visit the ArcGIS Online StoryMap below.
2023 TA call for projects materials
Technical assistance tools for application development
Technical assistance tools for project initiation and development
TxDOT contacts
Supplemental materials
Past calls for projects
This call ended May 4, 2015.
Project activities were limited to construction of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure projects in population areas less than 200,000. Below is a link to the 2015 TAP Program Guide.
This call ended April 29, 2021.
This call ended October 28, 2021.
Project activities were limited to construction of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure projects in population areas less than 200,000. Below is a link to the TAP Program Guide.
Conditional projects lists
- All projects selected for the conditional project lists have been awarded funds.
Awarded state projects
- TA 2023
- TA 2021
- October 2021; rural and small urban TA
- TA/SRTS 2019
- January 2020; rural TA and SRTS
- April 2021; rural and small urban TA, formally Conditional Project Lists
- TA 2017
- TAP 2015
- Small Urban; populated areas 5,001 – 200,000
- Rural; populated areas of less than 5,000