Funding opportunity: National Public Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Technical Ass

From the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration:

Date Posted: 2/11/2015

Closing Date: 4/10/2015

Program: National Public Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Technical Assistance Initiative

FTA Opportunity ID: DOT-FTA-TODTA-FY2015

Opportunity Announcement Text: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-02-11/html/2015-02807.htm

Opportunity Announcement PDF: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-02-11/pdf/2015-02807.pdf

Details:

Link to RFP: TOD Ladders RFP

4/11/2015. Request for Proposals (RFP): National Public Transportation/Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Technical Assistance Initiative. Synopses and full announcement are posted on Grants.gov site as opportunity DOT-FTA-TODTA-FY2015. Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by midnight Eastern Time on April 10, 2015.

Summary: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity and Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new National Public Transportation/TOD Technical Assistance Initiative, which supports the Ladders of Opportunity initiative of the President and the Secretary of Transportation by providing technical assistance for transit-oriented development activities around public transportation stations, including technical assistance to economically distressed communities across the country. FTA has budgeted up to $4,000,000 over a four-year period and seeks proposals that will demonstrate the ability to organize a technical assistance team with practical expertise in a range of disciplines including public transportation, transit-oriented development, land use, urban planning, affordable housing, environmental justice and community-based economic development. This announcement is available on the FTA’s website at: http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/13077.html.

Important: FTA urges applicants to submit their project proposals at least 72 hours prior to the due date to allow time to receive the validation message and to correct any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. FTA will not accept submissions after the stated submission deadline. GRANTS.GOV scheduled maintenance and outage times are announced on the GRANTS.GOV Web sitehttp://www.GRANTS.GOV. The deadline will not be extended due to scheduled maintenance or outages.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general program information, as well as proposal-specific questions, contact Kimberly Gayle at Kimberly.Gayle@dot.gov and (202) 366-1429. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 TDD/FIRS).

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