Grant Funding Opportunities Announced!
This has been a busy summer for grant program announcements. Here are a few recently announced grant opportunities that can be used to fund sustainable transportation initiatives.
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The Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program
- Prioritize disadvantaged communities,
- Aim to improve access to daily destinations such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, and recreation,
- Foster equitable development and restoration, and
- Reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, mitigating, or replacing highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development due to high speeds, grade separations, or other design factors.
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Travel Options Program Opens Next Round of Funding
The Travel Options Program (TOP) has opened its Expression of Interest (EOI) period for the next round of funding. TOP funds creative and innovative projects that will decrease the amount of single occupancy vehicles (SOVs) on the region’s roadways, as well as planning and implementation projects that address climate change, air quality, equity, reliability, freedom of choice, and affordability.
Eligible applicants include government organizations, transportation management associations, transit agencies, nonprofits, and school districts. Grants range from $75,000 to $250,000 for a single project.
There will be two information sessions for potential applicants. Attending one TOP information session is required to be eligible for EOI and application submission.
July 25, 2023, virtual or in-person at DVRPC's office (register here).
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New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (NJBPAC)
Quarterly Meeting
The NJBPAC is hosting its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, July 26th from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The core mission of BPAC is to advise, coordinate, and collaborate with NJDOT and other state, regional, and local agencies and organizations on policies, programs, initiatives, and best practices that advance walking, bicycling, transit, and micromobility as safe and essential forms of transportation and recreation for people of all ages and abilities, with a focus on meeting equity, safety, public health, and resiliency goals.
Members include bicycle and pedestrian advocates, engineering and planning professionals, and staff members from local, county, and state agencies from the transportation, health, environmental, and enforcement fields.
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Complete Streets Summit Announced
The 2023 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit will be held on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The full-day event will be held in-person at the College Avenue Campus Student Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and is free to attend. Registration is required due to capacity constraints.
During each summit, a wealth of information is provided in sessions centering on adopting a Complete Streets policy, lessons learned from implementation, and what is in store for the Complete Streets movement over the coming years.
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New York City Tackles Battery Fires, Supports E-Micromobility Adoption
Multiple new bills have been signed into law by New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams to increase regulation on e-micromobility devices being sold. Most notably, these bills will prohibit the sale of e-bikes not certified to meet Underwriter Laboratories’ safety standards and prohibit the sale of reconditioned batteries.
This will go into effect in late September and is just part of a suite of initiatives designed to support e-bike owners and make sure that the city’s 65,000 delivery drivers can continue to serve their communities without facing the safety problems caused by low-quality batteries.
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DVRPC Board Approves $600,000 for TCDI Projects in New Jersey
In June, the DVRPC Board approved funding for six projects across four New Jersey counties through the Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) grant program. Awarded projects this year assess opportunities to expand access to trails, bicycle networks, and transit-oriented development. Some of the awardees include:
· $50,000 towards a Bicycle Facility Plan in Gloucester County
· $100,000 towards a Southern Regional Trails Feasibility Study in Burlington County
· $100,000 towards a Pennsauken Transit Center TOD Study in Camden County
· $100,000 for a Cross County Connection study to explore potential alternatives and
upgrades to the current Burlink B5 shuttle serving industrial parks in Florence and
Burlington Townships
The New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center Releases
The Money Trail: A Comprehensive List of Funding Resources for Active Transportation in New Jersey
Active transportation modes can enhance both physical and mental health while helping to reduce transportation congestion, air pollution, and carbon emissions. To make the search for funding opportunities easier, the NJ Bicycle & Pedestrian Resource Center has put together a list of programs which can be used to implement active transportation in your community.
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Ronda R. Urkowitz P.P., AICP
Executive Director
(856) 596-8228
Patrick C. Farley, AICP, PP
Program Director
(856) 596-8228
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Cross County
Connection Services:
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Cross County Connection's Mission: To improve the quality of
life in southern New Jersey through transportation solutions.
About Us: Cross County Connection, a nonprofit organization, partners with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), NJ TRANSIT, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO), member organizations and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, to provide solutions to complex transportation problems for counties, municipalities and employers in the southern New Jersey region encompassing Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.
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