Transportation Alternatives Data Exchange
MINNESOTA
Transportation Alternatives Program Profile
Minnesota's Paul Bunyan State Trail | Photo by TrailLink user gladbrook33
Funding History
Distribution of Programmed TE & TA Funds by Category
Cumulative FY 1992 Through FY 2018
Combined TE/TA Funds by Fiscal Year
— Available — Apportioned
— Obligated — Rescinded
For help with this chart please see the TE Primer.
View all funded projects in Minnesota.
State DOT Program Staff
State DOT TA Coordinator
Karen Scheffing
Minnesota Dept. of Transportation
395 John Ireland Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Tel: 651-366-3759
Email: Karen.scheffing@state.mn.us
FHWA Division TA Coordinator
Bobbi Retzlaff
FHWA - MN Division
180 E Fifth Street, Suite 930
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: 651-291-6125
Email: roberta.retzlaff@dot.gov
TA Program Structure, Policies, and Procedures
- Application timeline: Applications open on 10/1/22 and close on 11/1/2022 and 1/14/2023. Please see website for more information.
- TA program structure: The Transportation Alternatives Solicitation is a competitive grant opportunity for local communities and regional agencies to fund projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, historic preservation, Safe Routes to School and more. Minnesota will be soliciting projects for approximately $6.2 million in available grant funding across the state where the total is sub-targeted to the seven area transportation partnerships.
- Application tips: In order to be eligible, applicants must first complete a letter of intent
- Who is eligible to apply: Local government, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, natural resource or public land agencies, school districts, non-profit partners, and tribal governments
- Application components: Project sponsor, ability to provide match, TA project eligibility, inclusion in active transportation plan, MPO project evaluation (if applicable), project description and implementation plan, cost estimate, project maintenance plan, application checklist
- Project award minimum: $100,000
- Project award maximum: $1,000,000
- Match requirement: 20%
More information on Minnesota DOT's Transportation Alternatives program can be found here.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Transportation Alternatives Data Exchange (TrADE) is the nation’s go-to transportation funding data source for trails and active transportation, tracking Transportation Alternatives (TA) spending for tens of thousands of projects. Since the inception of Transportation Enhancements in 1991, renamed Transportation Alternatives in 2012, RTC has monitored how these dedicated funds have been invested in order to help stakeholders at the federal, state, and local level better understand and implement this program. From 1996 to 2013, TrADE operated as the National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse, as a partnership between RTC and the Federal Highway Administration.
