Regional
Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
To support the policies
of its Regional Transportation Plan
and Regional Bicycle Plan, the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (MTC)
created a new funding program called
the Re-gional Bicycle and Pedestrian
Program (RBPP). The overall purpose
of the RBPP is to fund fa-cilities
that, by encouraging more people
to bicycle or walk instead of driving,
will improve air quality. The program
will fund new or improved pedestrian
facilities that serve schools, transit
stations, or regional activity centers,
and bicycle facilities that serve
schools or transit or that are on
the Regional Bicycle Network.
The first round
of this funding, both the regional
portion allocated by MTC and the
county portion allocated by the
Authority, has already been allocated.
The process for allocating the next
round of funding, all of which will
be done by the Authority and other
Congestion Management Agencies,
should begin in 2008.
Transportation
Fund for Clean Air
To help fund projects
that reduce motor vehicle emissions
and thus improve air quality, the
Bay Area Air Quality District funds
a variety of projects, including
Bicycle facility improvement projects
that are included in a countywide
bicycle plan or congestion management
program and improved access to rail
or ferry service. More information
is available on the Authority's
TFCA
webpages.
Transportation
for Livable Communities
MTC also funds a
variety of projects, many of which
include bicycle and pedestrian facilities,
through its Transportation
for Livable Communities program.
The TLC Capital and Planning Program
is intended to support pro-jects
that "bring new vibrancy to downtown
areas, commercial cores, neighborhoods,
and transit corridors, enhancing
their amenities and ambiance and
making them places where people
want to live, work and visit."
A portion of the
TLC funds will be allocated through
the CMAs in each county. The Author-ity,
as CMA for Contra Costa, is in the
process of allocating these funds
for Contra Costa.
Applications are
due October 13, 2006. For information,
visit the TLC
program page. |
