Route Planning Restoration Program
Overview
The Route Planning Restoration Program provides funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for public transportation planning associated with the restoration of transit service reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligible Activities
FTA competitively awarded grants to undertake transit route planning activities that are designed to:
- increase ridership and reduce travel times, while maintaining or expanding the total level of vehicle revenue miles of service provided in the planning period; or
- Make service adjustments to increase the quality or frequency of service provided to low-income riders and disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities.
Applicants should reference FTA Circular 8100-1D - Program Guidance for Metropolitan Planning and State Planning and Research Program Grants and FTA Circular 9030.1E - Urbanized Area Formula Program: Program Guidance and Application Instructions.
Eligible Recipients
Applicants must be eligible recipients under Section 5307 of Title 49, United States Code (FTA’s Urbanized Area Formula Grants program), as of the publication date of the Route Planning Restoration Program Notice of Funding Opportunity on GRANTS.GOV. Additionally, applicants must have experienced a reduction in transit service any time on or after January 20, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statutory References
- Urbanized Area Formula Grants (49 U.S.C. § 5307)
- The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law No. 117-2, March 11, 2021)
Match
There is no local match requirement as the minimum federal share for this program is 100 percent.