Transportation Alternatives Program

The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds are for the planning and construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Program Eligibility

An eligible project sponsor must be a local government in the Ogden-Layton or Salt Lake Urban Areas, the Department of Transportation, or the transit authority, or submit a letter in cooperation with one of these entities.

Funds may be used for planning, design, and construction of on-road and off-road trail facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other non-motorized forms of transportation, including sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian and bicycle signals, traffic calming techniques, lighting and other safety-related infrastructure that will provide safe routes for non-drivers, and transportation projects to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Funding eligibility includes Safe Routes to School infrastructure projects.

Funding

By population formula, the federal government currently apportions approximately $1,000,000 in TAP funds each year to the Ogden-Layton Urban Area and approximately $2,000,000 to the Salt Lake Urban Area. Applicants will be competing for funds available in the federal fiscal year 2027.

Letters of Intent

In order for the WFRC staff to recommend whether a sponsor should submit an application, the “Letter of Intent” must include the project name, project limits, a brief project description, and an estimated total project cost. A list of all the projects appropriately submitted will be distributed to members of the Councils of Governments (COGs) and will be reviewed by WFRC to determine program eligibility. This letter should be signed by the Mayor, County Commissioner, or executive director of the sponsoring agency.

Letters of Intent were due September 25, 2025.

Applications

Sponsors of eligible projects were notified and required to submit for each project a new and/or updated:

“Project Evaluation Concept Report” and
“Cost Estimation Form.”

These forms will be reviewed for completeness and supporting documentation. The projects will be evaluated using these reports, an on-site field review of each project, approved technical criteria, and other relevant professional considerations prior to presenting information to the Technical Advisory Committees for review and recommendation. The projects and the recommendations will then be presented to Trans Com for recommendation to the Regional Council.

Applications were due September 25, 2025.

Project Evaluation Concept Report

Concept Cost Estimate Form