Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
Forecasted
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) supports Missouri communities with pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure that improves safety, connects routes, and expands access to everyday destinations.
Funder: Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Right-of-way review) | July 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: $100,000–$600,000 federal reimbursement per project; up to 80% of allowable costs, with at least 20% local match
Summary: TAP funds non-motorized transportation infrastructure that improves safety, connectivity, and access to community destinations in Missouri.
Key Information: This statewide call excludes LPAs within the OTO, MARC, and East-West Gateway metropolitan planning organizations.
Description
The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), administered by MoDOT with Federal Highway Administration funding, supports infrastructure that expands transportation choices. It combines funding previously provided through Transportation Enhancements, Recreational Trails, Safe Routes to School, and Scenic Byways. Missouri’s statewide call focuses on non-motorized transportation infrastructure outside Transportation Management Areas (TMAs); TMAs receive separate allocations and administer their own selection processes.
Eligible work includes pedestrian and bicycle facilities, safe routes for non-drivers, conversion of abandoned railroad corridors, and infrastructure enabling students to walk or bicycle to school. MoDOT emphasizes collaboration, community consensus, safety, and connectivity. Projects connecting existing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public transportation, and destinations such as schools, employment, shopping, and recreation are encouraged. Projects must serve transportation purposes rather than purely recreational use.
