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Caltrans
> District 4
> Office
of Local Assistance > Programs
Programs
Many transportation programs available
to local agencies are administered through Local Assistance.
For a complete description of the Federal and State
programs available for financing local public transportation
facilities please see the Local
Assistance Program Guidelines. The annual program
totals close to $2 billion statewide and includes
these major programs:
Federal Programs
Regional
Surface Transportation Program (RSTP)
Highway improvements, bridge, and transit projects,
seismic retrofit, parking, bicycle and pedestrian
facilities, safety improvements, traffic management
systems, and transportation enhancements.
Congestion
Mitigation and Air Quality Programs (CMAQ)
Traffic flow improvements, fringe parking, ride sharing,
bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public transit,
high occupancy vehicle lanes, and employer transportation
management plans.
Regional Transportation Enhancement Activities Programs
(Regional TEA)
Development of pedestrian and bicycle facilities,
scenic easement acquisitions, landscaping, historic
preservation, rehabilitation of historic transportation
facilities and archaeological research.
Caltrans Administered
Highway
Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program (HBRR)
Highway bridge replacements and bridge rehabilitation,
painting, seismic retrofit, and bridge rail replacement.
Hazard
Elimination Safety Program (HES)
Highway safety improvement projects on public roads.
Projects are designed to correct existing hazardous
conditions.
Safe
Routes to School Program (SR2S)
Pedestrian and bicycle safety and traffic calming
projects that provide safe routes to school for students.
Project must be co-sponsored with school official.
Emergency
Relief Program (ER)
Funds are to aid states and local agencies in paying
for unusually heavy expenses of repairing serious
damage to highways resulting from natural disasters
or catastrophic failure.
Demonstration
Program (DEMO)
Projects which are specifically established and funded
through Federal law. Generally provided as part of
the annual transportation appropriations acts or the
periodic transportation authorization acts.
Seismic
Safety Retrofit
Provides funding assistance to local agencies for
remedying structural seismic design deficiencies of
public bridges on local streets and roads.
Federal
Discretionary Programs
Funds for ITS Development, Ferry Boat, Public Lands
Discretionary, TCSP, Bridge Discretionary.
State Programs
State
Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
Capital improvement projects approved by the California
Transportation Commission. Nominations are through
the MTC, the regional metropolitan planning organization.
Traffic
Congestion Relief Act Exchange Program (TCRP)
Allows the exchange of federal Congestion Mitigation
and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) and Regional Surface
Transportation Program (RSTP) funds for State transportation
funds, based upon funding availability.
Environmental
Enhancement and Mitigation Program (EEM)
Projects provide mitigation or enhancement above normal
for a project. Included are vegetation planting, acquisition,
restoration or enhancement of special resources or
recreational lands.
Bicycle
Transportation Account (BTA)
Agencies with an approved General Bikeway Plan submit
project applications for bicycle networks, facilities,
and other improvements. Commuter bikeways are also
eligible.
Pedestrian
Safety Program (PSP)
Projects may include, but are not limited to, traffic
calming measures, intersection safety improvements,
traffic signal timing, crosswalk construction or improvements,
and any traffic safety or enforcement program authorized
by law.
Petroleum
Violation Escrow Account (PVEA)
Funds provided from court judgements against oil companies
for petroleum price overcharges. Projects must save
energy and provide restitution to the public.
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