Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
Forecasted
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) supports Arkansas sponsors developing trails, walking and cycling facilities, safety projects, and community improvements to provide safe routes for non-drivers.
Funder: Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT)
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: 80% federal share; minimum $50,000 federal infrastructure request; no maximum award
Summary: Supports Arkansas sponsors developing trails, walking and cycling facilities, safety projects, and transportation-related community improvements.
Key Information: Reimbursement only: sponsors must finance work before reimbursement and maintain public access for the project's life.
Description
The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) supports smaller-scale transportation projects across Arkansas. Administered by ARDOT’s Local Programs Division and reauthorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, it funds pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, Safe Routes to School activities, and infrastructure providing safe routes for non-drivers, including children, older adults, and people with disabilities.
The program also supports transportation-related community improvements, historic preservation, environmental mitigation, vulnerable road user safety assessments, micromobility facilities and share programs, and pedestrian or trail master plans. Sponsors compete for funding through advisory committee review and Arkansas State Highway Commission approval. Projects eligible for both TAP and the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) may apply to both programs, but can receive funding from only one.
