| Surface Transportation Program |
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act provides a suballocation of Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding to the CMAP urbanized area from funds apportioned to the State of Illinois for a broad range of eligible transportation projects. Due in part to the broad project eligibilities, historic practices, and differing subregional emphases on the individual priorities of ON TO 2050, the MPO Policy Committee has delegated STP programming authority to the regional Councils of Mayors and City of Chicago. |
Shared Fund: January 2025
Local Program:
Currently Open.
October 30-December 15 (Northwest COM)
October 30-December 29 (North Shore COM) |
Federal |
| Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program |
The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program is a federally-funded program of surface transportation improvements designed to improve air quality and mitigate congestion. |
January 2025 |
Federal |
| Transportation Alternatives Program |
The locally programed Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP-L) is a federally-funded program of surface transportation improvements designed to support non-motorized transportation. |
January 2025 |
Federal |
| Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program |
The goal of the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) is to allocate resources to well-planned projects that provide and support alternate modes of transportation, enhance the transportation system through preservation of visual and cultural resources and improve the quality of life for members of the communities. |
August 2024 |
Federal |
| CMAP Technical Assistance and RTA Community Planning Program |
The CMAP Technical Assistance and RTA Community Planning Program offers technical assistance and funding to local governments and intergovernmental organizations to address local planning needs that intersect public transportation and land use. |
February 2024 |
Regional |
| Access to Transit Program |
The RTA Access to Transit program supports small-scale capital projects that improve pedestrians’ and bicyclists’ access to public transportation. |
Currently Open.
October 16 through December 15, 2023 |
Federal |
| Safe Routes to School |
Safe Routes to School programs aim to make it safer for students to walk and bike to school and encourage more walking and biking where safety is not a barrier. |
August 2024 |
Federal |
| Invest in Cook |
Invest in Cook represents one avenue for beginning to implement the priorities outlined in Cook County’s long range transportation plan, Connecting Cook County. The grant program encourages transportation investments in transit, cycling and freight transportation. |
January-March, every year
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County |
| RAISE Grants |
The Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant program, provides a unique opportunity for the DOT to invest in road, rail, transit and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives. |
February 2024 |
Federal |
| Federal Lands Access Program |
The Federal Lands Access Program (Access Program) was established in 23 U.S.C. 204 to improve transportation facilities that provide access to, are adjacent to, or are located within Federal lands. The Access Program supplements State and local resources for public roads, transit systems, and other transportation facilities, with an emphasis on high-use recreation sites and economic generators. |
TBD |
Federal |