Transportation Alternatives

The Transportation Alternatives (TA) program provides federal funding to promote and enable use of active transportation and for certain scenic and historic improvements, such as:

Pedestrian/Bicycle/Non-motorized transportation infrastructure
Abandoned railway corridors to trails conversion
Safe Routes to School – construction and non-construction
Historic transportation facility preservation and rehabilitation
Scenic and environmental improvements

Funding is available biennially. The next Call for Projects will be February 2, 2026. An in-person TA workshop will be held at the 2025 Walk Bike Roll Kansas Active Transportation Summit on October 30, 2025.

Repeat webinars will be held February 6, 10 and 11 at 10am using Teams. The link is the same for all 3 webinars; click here to join.

The time table for the 2026 Call for Projects is below:

Starting in 2020, Project Concepts became a requirement prior to application. This allows for eligibility determination and feedback from KDOT staff prior to submitting a full application.

Eligible Entities

City
County
Tribes
Schools & school districts
State agencies
Non-profits
Small MPOs (Metropolitan Planning Organization)
Non-urbanized areas of WAMPO (Wichita Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) and MARC (Mid America Regional Council) regions. Visit the FHWA HEPGIS mapping tool for more information on FHWA adjusted urban and non-urbanized areas within MPOs.
NOTE on MPOs: Project sponsors within the Urbanized areas of the Wichita and Kansas City metropolitan regions are not eligible to apply for TA funding through KDOT. These regions receive their own portion of TA funds directly from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which they program independently of this call for projects.

Resources

For potential contractors

Get pre-qualified to bid on KDOT projects

Key Documents

More information on the Transportation Alternatives Program can be found on the Federal Highway Administration’s website.