Distribution Guided by State Law

Surface TransportationProgram (STP)

Surface TransportationProgram (STP)

Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement

(CMAQ)

Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement

(CMAQ)

Federal Funding Category

State Funding Category

Distribution Guided by Policy or Agreement

Funding Flow for Federal Transportation FundsFunding Flow for Federal Transportation Funds

Rural, Elderly & Disabled, JARC, New

Freedom(Sections

5311/5310/53165317)

Rural, Elderly & Disabled, JARC, New

Freedom(Sections

5311/5310/53165317)

Transfers allowed between categories in accordance with Federal lawsMontana Transportation Commission

Secondary HighwayProgram

Urban HighwayProgram

Districts

15 Urban Areas(Pop. >5,000)

Primary HighwayProgram

Enhancement (10% of STP)

Hazard Elimination(10% of STP)

CTEP(Distributed by

formula)

StatewideDistribution

Financial Districts

AuthorizationSafe, Accountable, Flexible,

Efficient Transportation Equity Act:

A Legacy for Users(SAFETEA-LU)

Apportionment & AnnualAppropriation Act

(Obligation Limitation)

Montana Department of TransportationDecember 2007

StatewideDistribution

Distribution Guided by Federal Law

Urban Transit (Section 5307)Urban Transit (Section 5307)

Urbanized Areas (>50,000)

Urbanized Areas (>50,000)

Safe Routes to School SAFETEA-LU Section

1404

Safe Routes to School SAFETEA-LU Section

1404

StatewideDistribution

Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program SAFETEA-LU Section

1303

Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program SAFETEA-LU Section

1303

Within 200 Miles of Border-High Volume

NH Routes

Directed Funds•High Priority•Trans. Improvements•Approp. Earmarks

Directed Funds•High Priority•Trans. Improvements•Approp. Earmarks

StatewideStatewide

Urbanized Planning

Support (PL)

Urbanized Planning

Support (PL)

Urbanized Areas (>50,000)

Urbanized Areas (>50,000)

Urban High GrowthAdjustment

15 Urban Areas(Pop. >5,000)

Urban Highway Preservation

Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP)

•Public Lands Highways•Parkways & Park Roads

•Indian Reservation Roads (IRR)•Refuge Roads

Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP)

•Public Lands Highways•Parkways & Park Roads

•Indian Reservation Roads (IRR)•Refuge Roads

National HighwaySystem (NHS)

National HighwaySystem (NHS)

InterstateMaintenance (IM)

InterstateMaintenance (IM)

Bridge(HBRRP)Bridge

(HBRRP)

StatewideDistribution

Missoula

Urban High Growth

Adjustment

>15% Population Increase

Rail/HighwayCrossing

StatewideDistribution

Equity BonusEquity Bonus

-Billings

-Discretionary

Montana Air & CongestionInitiative (MACI)

-Great Falls

-Guaranteed

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quailty (CMAQ)

ELIGIBILITY: Eligible projects/programs include:

•transportation activities in an approved State Implementation Plan,

•transportation control measures to assist areas designated as nonattainment under the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990,

•pedestrian/bicycle facilities

•traffic management/monitoring/congestion relief strategies,

•transit (new system/service expansion or operations),

•alternative fuel projects (including vehicle refueling infrastructure, clean fuel fleet programs and conversions),

•vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs,

•intermodal freight ,

•telework/telecommuting programs

•travel demand management,

•development activities in support of eligible projects (e.g. NEPA studies),

•public education and outreach activities,

•rideshare programs,

•establishing/contracting with transportation management associations (TMAs),

•fare/fee subsidy programs (operating subsidies have a 3-year limit),

•HOV programs, including HOT lanes

•diesel retrofits,

•truck-stop electrification

•experimental pilot projects, and

•other transportation projects with air quality benefits.

Ineligible projects include:

Construction of projects which add new capacity for single-occupancy vehicles.

Surface Transportation Program (STP) - Enhancement

ELIGIBILITY: Transportation enhancement activity.--The term "transportation enhancement activity" means, with respect to any project or the area to be served by the project, any of the following activities as the activities relate to surface transportation:

• Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles.

• Provision of safety and educational activities for pedestrians and bicyclists.

• Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites (including historic battlefields).

• Scenic or historic highway programs (including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities).

• Landscaping and other scenic beautification.

• Historic preservation.

• Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals).

• Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion and use of the corridors for pedestrian or bicycle trails).

• Inventory, control, and removal of outdoor advertising.

• Archaeological planning and research.

• Environmental mitigation– i. to address water pollution due to highway runoff; or, ii. reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity.

• Establishment of transportation museums.

Each State administers its own program and develops its own procedures to solicit and select projects for funding.

Local Funding Sources

Transportation Impact FeeAssessments

Capital Projects

Gas TaxGeneral

FundSpecial Road

Districts

Maintenance

Gas TaxGeneral

Fund