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Active Living by Design Issues Call for Proposals Aimed at Helping Americans Become More Physically Active
Active Living by Design plans to award grants of up to $200,000 each to 25 community partnerships across the country. These partnerships will develop and implement strategies that will make it easier for people to enjoy routine physical activity as part of their daily lives.
Active Living Funding Sources
The Active Living Resource Center (ALRC) Web site provides resources and tools to help you make walking and bicycling part of your community's healthy lifestyle. The funding section of the Web site is designed to help answer all of your funding needs.
Active Living Minnesota
The Active Living Minnesota funding program supports interdisciplinary partnerships to plan for and implement a comprehensive approach to encourage active living among community residents, with a focus on environmental and policy change efforts.
Active Living Research
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced a New Connections funding opportunity the Active Living Research program. The Foundation's New Connections program is designed to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation, while simultaneously helping to analyze data that measures progress towards programming objectives.
Active Living Research -- Call for Proposals
Active Living Research (formerly Active Living Policy and Environmental Studies) is a $12.5-million national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), created to stimulate and support research that will identify environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity. Findings are expected to inform environmental and policy changes that will promote active living among Americans.
Active Living Research -- Call for Proposals (Round 8)
Active Living Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has issued a call for full proposals for research topic grants and full proposals for dissertation grants in Round 8 of their program.
Active Living Research -- Childhood Obesity
Active Living Research is a $12.5-million national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that stimulates and supports research to identify environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity. Childhood obesity is one topic that Active Living Research has pursued, and to this end issued a call for proposals is to increase our understanding of how environments and policies affect children's physical activity in community and school settings.
Active Living Research -- Round 5 -- RWJ Foundation
Round 5 of the Active Living Research Program is underway for funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Active Living Research program focuses on relationships among characteristics of natural and built environments, public and private policies, and personal levels of physical activity. Application deadline for Round 5 submissions is May 25, 2005.
Active Living Research 2009 -- Childhood Obesity
Active Living Research supports research to inform policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity. A special emphasis is placed on research focused on racial/ethnic populations and children living in low-income communities who are at highest risk for obesity. Findings will advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.
AIA Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Program
The SDAT is a community assistance program that focuses on the principles of sustainability. SDATs will bring a team of volunteer professionals (such as architects, urban designers, planners, hydrologists, economists, attorneys, and others) to work with community decision-makers and stakeholders to help them develop a vision and framework for a sustainable future.
Application Guidelines for Safe Routes to School
The National Safe Routes to Schools Partnership (SRTS) provides links to the State Departments of Transportation that have released application guidelines for the federal program.
Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Livable Centers Initiative -- Georgia
The Atlanta Regional Commission’s (ARC) Livable Centers Initiative encourages local jurisdictions to plan and implement strategies that link transportation improvements with land use development strategies to create sustainable, livable communities consistent with regional development policies.
Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Initiative -- 2005
Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence initiative consists of three distinct investing programs in select markets: Neighborhood Builders, Local Heroes, and Student Leaders.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Funding -- Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Departmetn of Transportation (WisDOT) takes an active role in providing financial assistance to create and improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities in Wisconsin. The state's website offers background on both current and historical funding for bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
Bike/Walk Twin Cities
Bike/Walk Twin Cities, formerly known as the Non-Motorized Transportation Pilot Program, or NTPP, was established in 2005 as part of the six-year federal transportation bill known as SAFETEA-LU. This website provides current information on the project and scheduled events for the Minneaspolis region.
Bikes Belong Coalition Grants -- May 2007
Bikes Belong is the national coalition of bicycle suppliers and retailers working together to put more people on bicycles more often. Through national leadership, grassroots support, and promotion, we work to make bicycling safe, convenient, and fun.
Bikes Belong Coalition Grants -- Overview
The Bikes Belong Coalition is sponsored by members of the U.S. bicycle industry. Its mission is to put more people on bicycles more often. The Bike Belong Grants Program was the first major on-going initiative undertaken by the Bikes Belong Coalition.
Bikes Belong Grants -- Summer 2007
Bikes Belong is the national coalition of bicycle suppliers and retailers working together to put more people on bicycles more often. Through national leadership, grassroots support, and promotion, Bike Belong works to make bicycling safe, convenient, and fun. In summer 2007 Bikes Belong presented six grant awards, totaling $46,935. Investment in these paths, trails, parks, and advocacy initiatives will help create, enhance, and protect great places to ride in communities across the country.
Bikes Belong Grants Program
The Bikes Belong Coalition is sponsored by members of the U.S. bicycle industry. Its mission is to put more people on bicycles more often. The Bike Belong Grants Program was the first major on-going initiative undertaken by the Bikes Belong Coalition.
Biking and Walking Funding
America Bikes outlines on its website how communities can leverage federal funding to improve local roads for bicyclists through the 2005 SAFETEA-LU bill.
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Grant Winners
The U.S. EPA has announced winners of its Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects. EPA has awarded the Training Grant to the Univeristy of Maine, and the Demonstration Grant to Portland State University.
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects
The EPA Aging Initiative, located in the Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education, is seeking proposals for a new grant opportunity for Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects.
Built Environment and Obesity Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are accepting applications for grants to research relationships in two specific areas related to the built environment and obesity: First, understanding the role of the built environment in causing/exacerbating obesity and related co-morbidities; and second, developing, implementing, and evaluating prevention/intervention strategies that influence parameters of the built environment in order to reduce the prevalence of overweight, obesity and co-morbidities.
California Sustainable Community Planning Grant Program
On behalf of the Strategic Growth Council, the California Dept. of Conservation is administering a $22.3 million competitive planning grant program for sustainable community plans.
The primary purpose of this grant program is to implement the vision of the Governor and Legislature to foster and support development of sustainable communities. Local governments will need to adopt land use plans and integrated strategies that can transform communities and create long term prosperity. Such communities shall promote equity, strengthen the economy, protect the environment and promote healthy, safe communities.
Under SB 732, approximately $60 million will be awarded to cities, counties, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs), Regional Transportation Planning Agencies (RTPAs), and Council of Governments (COGs). The Council anticipates two or three funding cycles.
Funds will be used to encourage sustainable regional and local actions that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, promote water conservation, reduce automobile use and fuel consumption, encourage infill and compact development, protect natural resources and agricultural lands, promote public health, and revitalize urban and community centers. Proposals must help achieve state planning priorities and environmental goals, as well as promote cooperative and scale-appropriate methods and strategies that reflect the interdependence of environmental, economic and community health.
Workshops will be conducted to provide technical assistance in preparing grant applications and vetting project proposals for eligibility and competitiveness.
Applications are due by August 31, 2010.
Center for Urban and Rural Affairs Funding
The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) is an all-University applied research and technology center at the University of Minnesota that connects faculty and students with community organizations and public institutions working on significant public policy issues in Minnesota.
Clean Ohio Bond Fund
American Farmland Trust (AFT) reports a landslide victory for Clean Ohio Bond Fund, a November 2008 ballot initiative that offers great promise to farmland protection and the environment.
Commonwealth Capital -- Massachusetts
The Commonwealth Capital (CC) policy of the Office for Commonwealth Development (OCD) coordinates Massachusetts capital spending programs that affect development patterns. The state's goal is to invest in projects that are consistent with OCD's Sustainable Development Principles and partner with municipalities seeking to advance the Commonwealth's development and resource protection interests.
Communities Creating Healthy Environments
Communities Creating Healthy Environments is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program will advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by supporting diverse, community-based organizations and federally chartered tribal nations in the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent policy initiatives to address childhood obesity at the local level.
Community Revitalization Funds
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) provides grant funds to support local initiatives that promote community stability and quality of life through its Community Revitalization Program (CRP).
Community Revitalization Grants
The Surdna Foundation is accepting applications for its Community Revitalization Grants program to support projects that improve the quality and longevity of communities, such as through development that is walkable, environmentally sustainable, and cost-effective.
DOT SBIR Phase I Solicitation
The U.S. Department of Transportation requests proposals for the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I. Through SBIR, small businesses are invited to submit innovative research proposals that address high priority requirements of the U.S. DOT.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to: Safer, Greener, User-Friendly Bus and Rail Transit; and Expert System Traffic Signal Analysis Tools.
Responses are due November 16, 2009.
Access all information and materials related to the solicitation at the link below.
Environment Program -- Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation is a national foundation that has been advocating environmental conservation for many years, especially through its Green Building Initiative. In June 2008, the Foundation decided to elevate this interest and expand it into a major, comprehensive program -- the Environment Program -- to cultivate solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate renewable energy technologies, and support efforts to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Financing Greenways
The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of Maryland features a web resource that includes trail-building cost estimates from several Virginia communities as well as techniques to help partner with community members, raise funds, and seek grants for greenway programs.
Green and Healthy Homes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requests proposals for the Green and Healthy Homes and Technical Studies Program. Through this RFP, HUD seeks to improve knowledge of the effects residential green construction has on both indoor environmental quality and occupant health, with a particular focus on children and other sensitive populations. It is expected that benefits would be most likely observed for respiratory health outcomes and reductions in irritation-related symptoms.
Some $2.4 million expected to be available, up to 7 awards anticipated.
Responses are due November 17, 2009.
Green Space Funding -- Atlanta, Georgia
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation aims to help develop a system of ''Great Parks'' in Atlanta, tied to the larger vision of how public space connects the entire community. By providing support, the Foundation wants to help create parks and ensure that they are high quality, well-maintained and protected. Most of all, they must be accessible and available to all the citizens.
Healthy Communities Grant Program
The Healthy Communities Grant Program integrates nine EPA New England programs – Assistance & Pollution Prevention: Schools Sector, Asthma, Children’s Environmental Health, Community Air Toxics, Pesticides, Smart Growth, Tools for Schools, Toxics, and the Urban Environmental Program working in partnership to best identify competitive projects that will achieve measurable environmental and human health improvements in communities across New England. The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England’s main grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and the quality of life. The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that:
Target resources to benefit communities at risk (environmental justice areas of potential concern, places with high risk from toxic air pollution, urban areas) and sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, others at increased risk).
Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.
Increase collaboration through community-based projects.
Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environment and human health problems.
Achieve measurable environment and human health benefits.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Call for Proposals -- 2009
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) whose primary goal is to implement healthy eating and active living policy- and environmental-change initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families across the United States. Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities places special emphasis on reaching children who are at highest risk for obesity on the basis of race/ethnicity, income and/or geographic location.
HUD Sustainable Community Regional Planning Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the availability of $100 million for the Sustainable Community Regional Planning Grant program. Key elements of the program include identifying affordable housing, transportation investment, water infrastructure, economic development, land use planning, environmental conservation, energy system, open space, and other infrastructure priorities. Funding is available to support preparation of Regional Plans for Sustainable Development, and at least $25 million is set aside for smaller population regions (populations of less than 500,000).
Proposal submittal deadline is August 23, 2010.
Kaiser Permanente Community Fund
The Kaiser Permanente Community Fund (KPCF) at Northwest Health Foundation was established in late 2004 to advance the health of the communities served by Kaiser Permanente Northwest.
Kodak American Greenways Awards Program -- 2008
The Kodak American Greenways Awards Program, a partnership project of the Eastman Kodak Company, The Conservation Fund, and the National Geographic Society, provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of greenways in communities throughout America.
LISC Grants
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) provides technical and financial resources to help community development organizations become strong and stable neighborhood institutions characterized by effective and responsible fiscal management and capable of carrying out a range of community revitalization activities. Through its local program offices, LISC provides grant funding to assist organizations develop affordable housing, commercial and retail space, and community facilities, as well as other community development activities.
Livability Innovation Fund Grants -- New Mexico
The Local Government Division (LGD) of the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) is the sponsor of this Livability Innovation Fund grant program for enhancing -- through planning and design -- the livability of New Mexico communities.
Livable Centers Initiative
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is now accepting applications for the 2005 Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) studies. The LCI Program is open for funding to government jurisdictions and non-profit organizations in the 18-county Atlanta Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) boundaries (includes all of 13 counties and portions of 5 additional counties).
Massachusetts Funding for Smart Growth
The Smart Growth Technical Assistance Grant Program, offered by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA), provides grants of up to $30,000 per community to implement smart growth zoning changes and undertake other activities that will improve local and regional sustainable development practices.
Minnesota Environmental Assistance Grants -- 2009
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has officially announced the opening of the Fiscal Year 2009 Environmental Assistance Grant Round for application. The Minnesota Legislature established this environmental assistance grant program to provide financial assistance in the development of environmentally sustainable practices in Minnesota through voluntary partnerships and goal-oriented, economically driven approaches to pollution prevention and resource conservation.
NAR Smart Growth Action Grants -- 2009
To increase the effectiveness of state and local REALTOR® association efforts in creating livable communities, the National Association of Realtors' (NAR's) Smart Growth Action Grant program is available to support your efforts to implement programs and activities that position REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by advancing smart growth.
NAR Smart Growth Action Grants -- 2010
To increase the effectiveness of state and local REALTOR® association efforts in creating livable communities, NAR’s Smart Growth Action Grant program is available to support your efforts to implement programs and activities that position REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by advancing smart growth.
The rational for REALTOR® involvement in local land use issues is compelling: the healthier the community, the more attractive it will be to homebuyers. However, land use issues often require long-term efforts on the behalf of advocates. NAR’s Smart Growth Action Grants are intended to help your association and members initiate and sustain an active role in bringing smart growth development principles to your community.
Education and coalition building are hallmarks of successful smart growth efforts. The grants can be used to further activities to develop a community vision through a community planning workshop or joining a coalition that is working toward a similar community vision. Additionally, grant funds may be used to support green building activities, such as working with state or local officials to develop green building/energy efficiency policies for your community.
Applications are due April 2, 2010.
NAR Smart Growth Grants -- Spring 2008
To increase the effectiveness of local association efforts in creating livable communities, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has established a grant program to assist your efforts to implement programs and activities that position REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by advancing smart growth.
National 4-H Council Community Tree Planting Grants
The National 4-H Council offers grants at the community, county, and state level for young people and adults to take action on issues critical to their lives, their families, and their communities. Grant recipients are expected to take the lead in the design of the project, the proposal writing process, implementation, and evaluation of funded projects.
National Trails Fund
National Trails Fund grants help give local organizations the resources they need to secure access, volunteers, tools and materials to protect America’s cherished public trails.
New England Grassroots Environment Fund -- 2008 Small Grants Program Applications
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Fund provides grants to fuel civic engagement, local activism, and social change.
New York Parks and Trails Funding
Parks & Trails New York's Capacity Building Grants program for park and trail groups provides grants of up to $3,000 to strengthen not-for-profit organizations that are working to build and protect parks and trails in communities across the state.
New York State Smart Growth Grants
The New York State Smart Growth website offers a comprehensive list of grant opportunities for New York State.
NJ Smart Growth Grants & Awards
The New Jersey Office of Smart Growth offers a website that lists grant information for communities in the Garden State.
Notice of funding availability, open space and preservation initiatives, and award notifications are among the items listed on this online resource.
For more information please visit the resource link below.
Ohio Green Communities Funding
Ohio Green Communities is a collaboration of the Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing (OCCH), Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) and the Ohio Department of Development's Office of Energy Efficiency and Enterprise with support from National City Community Development Corporation. The collaborative finances affordable homes in Ohio that promote health, conserve energy and natural resources, and provide easy access to jobs, schools and services.
Pedestrian and Bicycling Funding
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center's (PBIC's) funding sources page provides guidance to planners, engineers, private citizens, advocates, educators, police enforcement and the health community for help in funding pedestrian and bicycle trail projects.
Pedestrian Safety Programs for Older Adults
The U.S. Department of Transportation invites applications for its Pedestrian Safety Programs for Older Adults.
Pedestrian Safety Workshop Funding
Funding is now available to organizations interested in teaching pedestrian safety workshops focused on older adults in their communities. The Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) is seeking proposals to fund up to 12 organizations to teach “Pedestrian Safety Workshop: A Focus on Older Adults.” This national course, developed with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), engages communities in addressing pedestrian safety issues that older adults face and provides strategies for improving walking conditions.
Each selected site will be provided $2,500, as well as technical assistance from pedestrian safety experts. To download the RFP, visit the link below. Only government agencies and other not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply. Project funds are not payable to individuals.
Completed proposals are due Friday May 7, 2010, by 5 PM ET. Applicants should use the Web-based submission process available at the link below. HSRC anticipates selecting the awarded communities in mid-July 2009.
Recreational Trails Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, offers a Recreational Trails Program Fact Sheet on its website.
Request for Information: HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant
On April 8, 2010, HUD published a notification requesting entities interested in applying for the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program to notify HUD of their intent to submit an application. HUD requests that interested organizations call the HUD NOFA Information Center as soon as possible. The NOFA Information Center will ask for your organization name and address, contact name, email, and telephone number. Notification of intent to apply is not a requirement for application, but it helps HUD determine staffing requirements for review and evaluation of applicants. Interested entities are encouraged to begin the grants.gov registration process now as the full five-step process can take two to four weeks to complete.
Applications are expected to be due about June 5, 2010. Eligible applicants will be determined at a later date.
Details about grants.gov registration and how to submit notification of intent are available at the link below.
Research Funding -- Public Transportation
The Transit Cooperative Research Program offers a research opportunity to update TCRP Report 63, Enhancing the Visibility and Image of Transit in the United States and Canada, first published in 1999.
RTC's Trails Funding Guide
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s (RTC's) Trails and Greenways Funding Guide is a searchable database containing information about a variety of federal, state and private funding sources for trails and greenways.
Safe Routes to School Authorizations
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) guarantees funding for highways, highway safety, and public transportation totaling $244.1 billion. It's the largest surface transportation investment in U.S. Included in this program is a new core Highway Safety Improvement Program that is structured and funded to make significant progress in reducing highway fatalities, including safe routes to schools for children. This resource summarizes SAFETEA-LU provisions concerning the Safe Routes to School Program.
Safe Routes to School Funding
The Active Living Resource Center has prepared a web page describing options for Safe Routes To School Funding (SRTS).
Safe Routes to School Funding -- California
California's Safe Routes to School program, initiated in 1999, will continue to provide funding for projects through January 1, 2008.
Safe Routes to School Funding -- Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's first Federal Safe Routes to School (FSRTS) application cycle officially opens May 5, 2008. For the opening 2008 round, $12,649,000 is available for infrastructure improvements. Additional funding rounds will be conducted in future years, but the timeline and amount available are dependent upon several factors, including the reauthorization of the FSRTS program in the next Federal Transportation Bill.
San Diego Smart Growth Funding Programs
The San Diego, California chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) produced this PowerPoint presentation outlining TransNet Smart Growth Funding Programs.
San Francisco Green Communities Funding
The Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH), the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) and Enterprise have joined forces to invest at least $100 million worth of incentives to build 600 new homes in San Francisco that promote health, conserve energy and natural resources, and provide easy access to jobs, schools and services.
Senior Transportation Demonstration Grants
The National Center on Senior Transportation (NCST) is soliciting proposals from aging/human service agencies, tribal organizations, faith-based organizations, units of state and local government, public and private transportation providers, and other entities interested in developing and implementing innovative approaches to increasing senior transportation options and improving older adult mobility.
Smart Growth Action Grants Recipients
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) established the Smart Growth Action Grants Program to assist efforts to implement programs and activities that position REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by advancing smart growth.
Sustainable Skylines Initiative -- 2009
The U.S. EPA has issued notice of availability of funds and is soliciting applications from eligible entities to compete for financial assistance through the Sustainable Skylines Initiative (SSI).
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Issues Requests for Proposals
Concerns about sprawl, traffic congestion, and loss of open space have
risen to the top of community concerns. In response, universities and
colleges are beginning to use their abilities to address growth issues
and provide innovative solutions for communities.
The Green Initiative Fund
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is a grant-making fund for sustainability projects on UC Berkeley's campus. TGIF originated at UC Santa Barbara and now has spread to six of the ten UC campuses. About $250,000 per year is available for grants. All students, faculty, and staff are eligible to submit project proposals. Projects will be selected for funding by an annually appointed Grant Making Committee consisting of students, faculty, and staff, in which students have the majority vote.
TGIF has opened the 2010 grant cycle and is now accepting submissions of project abstracts. The requirements for applying for a 2010 grant now require the submission of an abstract to be approved by the committee prior to submitting a full grant application.
The first deadline for project abstracts is January 19, 2010. Final deadline for ALL project abstracts is February 15, 2010.
Trails -- Federal Funding Programs
American Trails is pursuing a national infrastructure of trails and greenways that serves a full range of activities. Through education, partnerships, and timely information resources, American Trails promotes the creation, conservation and broad enjoyment of quality trails and greenways that offer places of solace, health, fitness, recreation and transportation for all Americans.
Trails and Greenways Funding List
Funding trails and greenways takes a bit of ingenuity and a lot of research. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy provides the first step with explanations of the various programs that can be used to help fund trails and greenways.
Transportation Funding by State
Want to find out how much your state received for Safe Routes to Schools or Transportation Enhancements through SAFETEA-LU? The America Bikes website has put together a chart that details, by state, amounts for these and other transportation programs.
Urban Circulator Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, requests proposals for the Urban Circulator Program. This program will support projects such as streetcars, buses, and bus facilities that connect urban destinations and fosters the redevelopment of urban spaces into walkable, mixed-use, high-density environments.
Some $130 million is expected to be available, with up to six awards anticipated.
Responses are due February 10, 2010.
Urban Sustainability Grants
Mountain Equipment Coop has announced the availability of Urban Sustainability Grants. These grants will support local environmental groups in each Mountain Equipment Coop store community and range from $500 to $5,000.
Submitted projects should address a local urban sustainability issue, such as waste, energy, consumption, or transportation.
To apply, complete the online application. Applications are accepted at any time. Deadlines vary depending on store location. Contact your store's Sustainability Coordinator for details.
Wisconsin Urban Infill Development Funds -- Wisconsin
The Dane County (Wisconsin) Better Urban Infill Development (BUILD) program provides grant funding on an annual basis to local municipalities to plan infill developments and great neighborhoods.
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