May 22, 2026
Selected projects construct pedestrian and bicycle facilities, improve access to public transportation, create safe routes to schools, create trail projects that serve a transportation purpose, or enhance safety for vulnerable travelers.
Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced investments of more than $74 million in 72 projects in 38 counties to improve community resources and public accessibility around the Commonwealth. The projects are funded as part of the 2025 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Surface Block Grant Program.
In this round of funding, according to the press release, the Shapiro Administration is investing in projects to construct pedestrian and bicycle facilities, improve access to public transportation, create safe routes to schools, create trail projects that serve a transportation purpose, or enhance safety for vulnerable travelers.
In the DVRPC region, 22 projects received funding, totaling nearly $23 million.
In Bucks County:
- Borough of Perkasie: $1,496,574 to create pedestrian access, increase stormwater resilience, improve drainage, and address public safety concerns along a 1,400 linear foot section of roadway in the Borough with a challenging 5% to 9% grade.
- Bucks County Planning Commission: $1,439,953 to construct the Frosty Hollow Trail in Middletown Township. Beginning at the entrance of Frosty Hollow Park and ending at Upper Orchard Road and Frosty Hollow Road, this 0.9-mile segment traverses the heart of Levittown to connect to the County-owned Frosty Hollow Park and Middletown Township's Upper Orchard Park. This proposed alignment is found on several County and local plans.
- Doylestown Borough: $1,171,761 for a complete street project along Green Street from Meadow Lane to Homestead Drive. The project includes sidewalk, ADA ramp construction, bike lane and shared lane marking improvements as well as curb extensions and speed table construction to calm traffic.
- Middletown Township: $1,470,221 to construct three sidewalk segments totaling 1,100 feet, closing critical gaps along Woodbourne Road. The project will provide a continuous, ADA-accessible pedestrian route linking residential areas, the Woodbourne SEPTA Station, and Oxford Valley Mall, improving safety and connectivity for commuters, visitors, and residents.
- Newtown Borough: $1,307,000 to install 2,000’ of sidewalks and curbs to improve sight lines and safety for pedestrians. The existing roadway is dangerous for pedestrians and lacks sidewalks through a winding, sloped segment, forcing pedestrians into travel lanes and creating auto-pedestrian conflicts.
- Solebury Township: $1,497,400 to construct 1,320’ of shared use path and 280' of boardwalk on the south side of Lower York Road between Reeder Road and Shire Drive. The project, in tandem with existing multimodal facilities as well as new facilities to be implemented through land development and public projects, will contribute significantly to the completion of an overall network providing pedestrian and bicycle access along Lower York Rd in Solebury Township.
In Chester County:
- Tredyffrin Township: $1,333,600 to install 1550' of sidewalk along Valley Forge Road and Swedesford Road and provide connections to Valley Forge Middle School, Gateway Shopping Center, and the Chester Valley Trail via Valley Road as part of the Gateway Multimodal Connections project.
In Delaware County:
- Nether Providence Township: $1,500,000 to install 1,100’ of sidewalk, an 80’ span of 10' wide bridge on Plush Mill Road from where it intersects the Leiper-Smedley Trail to where it meets the Crum Woods Trail. The project will also include a pedestrian crossing.
In Montgomery County:
- Cheltenham Township: $793,200 to install 2800' of 10' wide trail along the south side of Tookany Creek Parkway from Ashmead Road to Ashbourne Road.
- GVF: $427,500 for an interactive student safety program, which would be offered for the 2026-2028 school years. The program teaches students pedestrian and bike safety laws, provides opportunities to practice them and to participate in finding solutions to make their school more walkable and bikeable long-term. The program includes parent and teacher engagement, marketing, online resources, onsite school events and a walkability/bikeability audit.
- Lower Merion Township: $1,092,076 to construct new and improved 5-ft ADA-compliant sidewalks, minimum 2-ft grass verges, and curbing along three priority corridors identified through the Township's 2016 Comprehensive Plan, (CIP) 4247, Transportation Demand Management Policy, recently adopted Sidewalk Policy and discussions of the Board of Commissioners Ad-Hoc Sidewalk Committee. Prop. projects close gaps to connect neighborhoods, schools, places of worship, and transit.
- Lower Salford Township: $1,724,100 to construct a 10’ wide north-south shared use path to provide a connection into the Village of Lederach, expand upon the existing multimodal network, and advance the community's vision of a larger connected regional network. The shared use path will extend from Schlosser Road at its southern end to Morris Road at its northern end, connecting to existing and "in-progress" facilities at each end point. Four new ADA curb ramps will be installed at the two road crossings.
- Partnership For Transportation: $116,500 to deliver bicycle and pedestrian safety education to students in grades 1-12 who attend after-school programs through a combination of classroom sessions, cycling demonstrations, bike rodeos, and family outreach. Project activities will be implemented during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years and summer programs in 2027 at the three club locations.
- Upper Dublin Township: $1,228,212 for improvements along Pennsylvania Avenue including a traffic signal upgrade with ADA ramps at Bridge Street, installation of missing trail/sidewalk and installation of two mid-block crossings with ADA ramps to improve pedestrian and bike connectivity. The project will also include a reconfiguration of travel lanes to improve safety.
- Whitpain Township: $1,000,457 for the design and construction of the Mermaid Park Connector Pedestrian Trail in Whitpain Township. The 5’ wide concrete trail will be constructed along portions of Jolly Road, Arch Street Road and Wentz Road and provide pedestrian connections within Mermaid Park as well as painted crosswalks and traffic controls.
In Philadelphia County:
- City of Philadelphia: $1,000,000 to construct 1.3 miles of ADA accessible trail that will connect Fairmount Park in West Philadelphia to the Bala Rail Station in Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County. It will start at 53rd and Parkside, go around the Wynnefield Rail Station, and terminate at the Bala Rail Station on City Avenue. This trail will be accessible to the Cynwyd Heritage Trail.
- City of Philadelphia: $593,218 for improvements to street crossings and implementation of a road diet between 15th Street and Old York Road to add a two-way bike facility on Hunting Park Avenue to provide safe biking access to the nearby park.
- City of Philadelphia: $500,000 to add concrete separation to an existing parking separated two-way bikeway on Tabor Avenue between Godfrey and Devereaux Avenues, a semi-protected intersection at Devereaux, and expand the signalized intersection at the Navy driveway to include Cheltenham.
- City of Philadelphia: $1,494,267 to replace and upgrade bumpouts, gateways, and other traffic calming devices in the area surrounding Willard Elementary. The project will include final design and construction of the Slow Zone elements.
- City of Philadelphia: $450,000 to implement a 2-year pilot of the Bike Safety Program Pilot for Elementary Students to equip elementary-aged children in under-resourced neighborhoods with essential cycling safety knowledge and practical skills to ride confidently, safely, and responsibly.
- City of Philadelphia: $841,120 to construct concrete bus boarding islands at locations where temporary bus boarding islands were installed with paving and creation of a northbound parking-separated bike lane in 2024.
- City of Philadelphia: $500,150 to expand the Indego bike share system at four of the nine planned locations. Two stations will be located along the lower Schuylkill banks trail, connecting one of the City's most important pieces of biking infrastructure to Kingsessing, Bartram's Garden, and the Lower Schuylkill Innovation District, and two stations will be placed along Forbidden Drive, linking the communities of Germantown and Mt. Airy to Fairmount Park, Manayunk, and the Schuylkill River Trail.
View the full list of Pennsylvania awards on PennDOT’s website.