Pennsylvania's Transportation Enhancements Program

The Transportation Enhancements (TE) Program has created new opportunities for transportation program development; it has forged truly successful partnerships and has advanced significant projects of local, regional and statewide interest. TEA-21 has expanded the categories of funding eligibility and increased the total funding available. The twelve (12) categories, which have been defined as eligible for Transportation Enhancements funding, are:

1. Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles
2. Provision of safety and educational activities for pedestrian and bicyclists
3. Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites
4. Scenic or historic highway programs (including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities)
5. Landscaping or other scenic beautification
6. Historic preservation
7. Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals)
8. Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion and use thereof for pedestrian and bicycle trails)
9. Control and removal of outdoor advertising
10. Archeological planning and research
11. Mitigation of water pollution due to highway runoff or to reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity
12. Establishment of transportation museums

The TE program is a unique cooperative arrangement among the sponsor, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and PENNDOT/DVRPC. Federal funding for successful projects necessitates adherence to appropriate federal guidelines and regulations. In accordance with federal regulations, all TE projects MUST relate to surface transportation. A projects MUST address a transportation need, use, or benefit. The information on this website is for basic information only, please visit PennDOT's website for details on the Transportation Enhancement Program.

Pennsylvania has concluded the 2005 round of TE funding. Federal Transit Enhancements funds were combined with Highway Transportation Enhancements funds, creating a single project selection process for both programs, along with the HTS/SRS programs in the Delaware Valley Region.

Workshops were held for the Transportation Enhancements, Home Town Streets, and Safe Routes to School Programs.

PROJECTS APPROVED FOR 2005/2006 TE/HTS/SRS CYCLE
Effective June 22, 2006 the 2005/2006 Regional and Discretionary TE/HTS/SRS projects, from the DVRPC region, were approved by PENNDOT/DVRPC.

During the 2005/2006 regional competition 89 eligible project applications were received on-line, since paper applications were not acceptable, through PENNDOT's website between July 18, 2005 and the September 30, 2005 due date.

Potential applicants were encouraged to attend one of the five (5) individual workshops in August 2005 held for the purpose of reviewing the requirements pertaining to each of the three (3) programs (TE/HTS/SRS).

The approved TE/HTS/SRS projects were jointly selected following review and scoring of each application by a committee comprised of representatives from PENNDOT District 6-0, the counties, Regional Transportation Committee (RTC), the Regional Citizens Committee (RCC), and DVRPC technical staff.

APPLICATION PROCESS
The next round of Transportation Enhancements (TE) selections will potentially be in FY 2009.

Please be informed that a project application cycle for the new Pennsylvania Federal Safe Routes to School (FSRTS) Program is commencing on May 5, 2008. The Federal Safe Routes to School (FSRTS) Program was authorized via SAFETEA-LU and provides $612 million nationwide for projects that enable and encourage children to walk and bicycle to school. Pennsylvania's funding share for FFY 2005-2009 is just over $21 million. Applications for this program will be accepted from May 5th, 2008 through August 1st, 2008. Program details and applications can be found online at: http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/CPDM.nsf/SRTSHomepage

PROJECTS APPROVED FOR 2003/2004 CYCLE
The following Projects from the DVRPC region of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties have been approved for 2003/2004 cycle. List of Transit Projects that were approved for the 2003/2004 cycle.

FY 2000 and FY 2002 PROJECTS
A list of projects approved during the year 2002 round is available. Maps for projects in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia are also available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.