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Environmental Justice (EJ) and Community-Based Transportation Planning (CBTP) Grant Programs
project description
The Environmental Justice (EJ) and Community-Based Transportation Planning (CBTP) grant programs were discretionary programs that promoted a balanced, comprehensive, and multi-modal transportation system. The EJ grant program also promoted the involvement of low-income and minority communities, and Native American tribal governments in the planning for transportation projects, while the CBTP grant program promoted transportation and land use planning projects that encourage community involvement and partnership. Caltrans provided these planning grant funds to metropolitan planning organizations and regional transportation planning agencies, cities and counties, transit agencies, and Native American tribal governments. From 2000 to 2013, the EJ and CBTP grant programs provided over 440 planning grants statewide, totaling nearly $67.7 million. Ninety percent (90%) of the projects costs are funded by the Caltrans grant program and the remaining ten percent (10%) is contributed by the grantee as a local match.
Caltrans District 11 has managed 54 planning grants totaling almost $9.5 million (averaging approx. $175,000 per grant), awarded directly to the following jurisdictions and agencies:
• City of Brawley
• City of Chula Vista
• City of El Centro
• City of Encinitas
• City of Holtville
• Imperial County Transportation Commission (ICTC) / Imperial Valley Association of Governments (IVAG)
• City of Imperial Beach
• City of La Mesa
• Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
• City of National City
• North County Transit District (NCTD)
• Reservation Transportation Authority (RTA)
• City of San Marcos
• City of San Diego
• County of San Diego
• San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
• City of Santee
• City of Vista
EJ and CBTP final products were expected to help leverage funds from other program sources that may forward future project activities. Completed EJ and CBTP products often contributed to positive local planning practice by influencing and integrating final products into the local and regional plans. Use the links below to view some of the EJ/CBTP Grant Programs Products in District 11; all items are listed in alphabetical order.
Environmental Justice
Product (In PDF Format) |
Delivery Date |
Border Health Equity Transportation Study – SANDAG | Completed February 2015 |
City Heights Walks to School! – SANDAG/City Heights Community Development Corporation | Completed February 2010 |
Euclid Avenue Gateway Master Plan – City of San Diego | Completed February 2014 |
Frequent Access Community Transport System (FACTS) Project – SANDAG/City Heights Community Development Corporation | Completed February 2012 |
Imperial Beach: Let’s Move Together! – City of Imperial Beach | Completed February 2013 |
National Avenue Corridor Master Plan – City of San Diego | Completed February 2014 |
To Involve and Educate the Hispanic Communities on New SPRINTER Line – North County Transit District | Completed February 2009 |
Community-Based Transportation Planning
Product (In PDF Format) |
Delivery Date |
Community Facilities District: Potential Use for Supporting Transit Oriented Developments in California – North County Transit District | Completed February 2009 |
Downtown/Paseo Santa Fe Connectivity Project – City of Vista | Completed February 2011 |
Encinitas Let's Move Pedestrian Travel and Safe Routes to School Plan – City of Encinitas | Completed February 2015 |
Improving Safety and Mobility Across Freeway for all Users in La Mesa – City of La Mesa | Completed February 2009 |
Morena Boulevard Station Area Planning Study – City of San Diego | Completed February 2014 |
Rosecrans Corridor Mobility Study – City of San Diego | Completed February 2010 |
San Marcos Boulevard Complete Street Multi-Way Boulevard Project – City of San Marcos | Completed February 2015 |
SMART Foundation – City of National City | Completed February 2014 |
Valley Center Community Right-of-Way Development Standards – County of San Diego | Completed February 2012 |
For more information please contact:
Barby Valentine
Associate Transportation Planner
(619) 688-6003
Email: barbara.valentine@dot.ca.gov