Transportation Alternatives Data Exchange
TENNESSEE
Transportation Alternatives Program Profile
Tennessee's Cumberland River Greenway | Photo by TrailLink user roeders6
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— Obligated — Rescinded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 Tennessee.
State DOT Program Staff
State DOT TA Coordinator
Neil Hansen
Enhancement Coordinator
Tennessee Department of Transportation
505 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243-0341
Tel: 615-741-4850
Fax: 615-741-9673
Email: tdot.enhancements@tn.gov
FHWA Division TA Coordinator
Gary Fottrell
TE Program Contact
FHWA
TN Division
404 BNA Drive, Building 200
Nashville, TN 37217
Tel: 615-781-5766
Fax: 615-781-5773
Email: gary.fottrell@dot.gov
TA Program Structure, Policies, and Procedures
- Application timeline: Applications open on 8/1/22 and close on 10/7/22. Please see website for more information.
- TA program structure: Program is run through a state level TAP office. All TAP projects are to be locally managed, designed, and competitively bid.
- Application tips: The project must obtain construction authorization from the TDOT within three years of the award date and it must be completed within 5 years of the award date. All projects are locally managed. Make sure you have your NEPA permits and public involvement support.
- Who is eligible to apply: Local governments or state natural resource or public land agencies.
- Application components: Purpose and need, project status, system linkage, social/economic conditions, land use, safety, cost, support from eligible agency, and public support.
- Selection criteria: Relationship to the proposed project to surface transportation, verification that the project meets one or more of the 10 eligible activities, maps provided illustrate how the project will enhance local transportation infrastructure, relationship of the project to existing, proposed or future state and local transportation plans, and detailed project budget template prepared per the instructions.
- Is there an advisory committee?: No
- Project award minimum: $250,000.
- Project award maximum: $1 million.
- Typical local match: 20%
More information on TDOT's TA 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.
