Texas Transportation Alternatives Program Profile
Texas’ Brays Bayou Greenway Trail in Hermann Park | Photo courtesy Bob Bohmer Photography
State DOT Program Staff
State DOT TA Coordinator
Phillip Tindall
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701-2483
Tel: (512) 486‐5972
Email: Phillip.Tindall@txdot.gov
FHWA Division TA Coordinator
Genevieve E. Bales
FHWA – TX Division
300 East 8th St Room 826
Austin, TX 78701
Tel: 512-536-5941
Email: genevieve.bales@dot.gov
State DOT Website: Texas DOT
TA Program Structure, Policies, and Procedures
- Application timeline: TxDOT typically announces a statewide Call for Projects for the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) program for bicyclist and pedestrian infrastructure and planning every two years. Please see website for more information.
- TA program structure: TxDOT’s Public Transportation Division administers federal funding programs, including Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds relating to TxDOT’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
- Application tips: The call for Projects features a two-step application process. The Preliminary Application (Step 1) provides high-level proposed project information to determine eligibility and funding opportunities. Following successful completion of Step 1, a Detailed Application (Step 2) provides more comprehensive project information. This two-step approach is intended to enhance the quality of project applications and to foster communication between prospective project sponsors and TxDOT District staff. Both steps must be completed in order for a project to be considered for funding
- Who is eligible to apply: Local governments, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, natural resources or public lands agencies, a school district, local education agency, or a school, tribal governments, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) that serves an area with a population of 200,000 or less; nonprofits and any other local or regional governmental entity with responsibility for oversight of transportation or recreational trails, a state, at the request of an entity listed above.
- Selection criteria: Safety, project readiness, geographic balance, connectivity and accessibility, community support and planning, demand
- Is there an advisory committee?: Yes
- Advisory committee members: TxDOT evaluation committee
- Project award minimum: None
- Project award maximum: None
- Match requirement: 20%
More information on TxDOT’s TA program can be found here.
