Creative Federal Grant Strategies for Mobility Management
Dwight Mengel Chief Transportation Planner, Tompkins County DSS Ithaca NY
Creative Federal Grant Strategies for Mobility Management
• The Grant Recipient Key• Planning equals Credibility• Coordinated Planning as Can
Opener• Go for It• Flex Funds• How to Replace JARC
The Grant Recipient Key• Who is your Federal Grant Recipient?• State DOT • Transportation Authority• County or City
• Grant Recipient as Ally• Non-profit mobility managers
Planning equals CredibilityAre you Rural, Urban or Both?• Urban: Metropolitan Planning
Organization• Rural: State DOT
Long Range Transportation Plans• Metropolitan Planning Organization• State DOT
Coordinated Transportation Plan
Coordinated Planning as Can Opener
Tompkins County’s Strategy • Local Choice:• Replaced JARC Program with Sec 5307• Expanded Coordinated Plan (5307 & 5310)
• Annual Process• Solicitation for Projects• Amendment to Coordinated Plan• Approved by Metropolitan Planning
Organization• Amend Transportation Improvement Plan
Go For It….. Mobility Management (X)Just Apply. No grant is too small.
STP Flex Funds for MM
• Transfer Highway $ to Transit• Multi-step process• MPO• Regional State DOT
• Initial Project Proposals• Project Reviews and Mark-ups• Mobility Management is shovel-ready• LinkedIn – Partnership for Mobility Management
STP Flex Funds for MM
Replacing JARC is a Local Choice
Replacing JARC is a Local Choice
Tompkins County’s Strategy • Local Choice:• Replaced JARC Program with Sec 5307• Expanded Coordinated Plan (5307 & 5310)
• Formula • For areas of 50,000 to 199,999 in population, the formula is
based on population and population density, and number of low-income individuals.
• Special Community Mobility Projects, $90K/yr
