Creative Federal Grant Strategies for Mobility Management

Dwight Mengel Chief Transportation Planner, Tompkins County DSS Ithaca NY

Creative Federal Grant Strategies for Mobility Management

• The Grant Recipient Key• Planning equals Credibility• Coordinated Planning as Can

Opener• Go for It• Flex Funds• How to Replace JARC

The Grant Recipient Key• Who is your Federal Grant Recipient?• State DOT • Transportation Authority• County or City

• Grant Recipient as Ally• Non-profit mobility managers

Planning equals CredibilityAre you Rural, Urban or Both?• Urban: Metropolitan Planning

Organization• Rural: State DOT

Long Range Transportation Plans• Metropolitan Planning Organization• State DOT

Coordinated Transportation Plan

Coordinated Planning as Can Opener

Tompkins County’s Strategy • Local Choice:• Replaced JARC Program with Sec 5307• Expanded Coordinated Plan (5307 & 5310)

• Annual Process• Solicitation for Projects• Amendment to Coordinated Plan• Approved by Metropolitan Planning

Organization• Amend Transportation Improvement Plan

Go For It….. Mobility Management (X)Just Apply. No grant is too small.

STP Flex Funds for MM

• Transfer Highway $ to Transit• Multi-step process• MPO• Regional State DOT

• Initial Project Proposals• Project Reviews and Mark-ups• Mobility Management is shovel-ready• LinkedIn – Partnership for Mobility Management

STP Flex Funds for MM

Replacing JARC is a Local Choice

Replacing JARC is a Local Choice

Tompkins County’s Strategy • Local Choice:• Replaced JARC Program with Sec 5307• Expanded Coordinated Plan (5307 & 5310)

• Formula • For areas of 50,000 to 199,999 in population, the formula is

based on population and population density, and number of low-income individuals.

• Special Community Mobility Projects, $90K/yr