Solicitations scheduled to open in 2022.
Active Transportation Program
The Active Transportation (AT) Program provides grants to make walking, biking and rolling better. Our grants aim to increase the number of people walking ang biking to destinations by:
- Providing funding for:
- Planning
- Education and encouragement
- Engineering studies
- Infrastructure investment
- Supporting Minnesota Strategic Highway Safety Plan (PDF) goals:
- Make walking and biking safer, easier, and more accessible
- Advancing Sustainable Transportation Advisory Council recommendations:
- Reduce vehicle miles traveled
- Improve transportation options
- Connecting to MnDOT's planning work advancing walking and bicycling
Grants
AT infrastructure grants
- For studies and infrastructure plans that improve the places where people walk and bike
Non-infrastructure grants
- For studies and infrastructure plans that improve the places where people walk and bike
Future solicitations
- Planning assistance
- Engineering studies
- Infrastructure
- Demonstration projects
- Non-infrastructure programing
Timeframe
- Fall 2021: Stakeholder engagement and program development
- Winter 2022: Solicitation for planning assistance grants
- Summer 2022: Capacity building, training, and technical assistance programming
- Fall 2022: Solicitation for infrastructure, demonstration projects, and non-infrastructure grants