Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE the:
A. State Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 6 Grant Assistance Priorities in Attachment A; and
B. Regional ATP Point Assignment Method as described in Attachment B.
Issue
ISSUE
Cycle 6 of the ATP will award $445 million over Fiscal Years (FY) 2024-2027. Policies for the provision of grant assistance as well as the assignment of the 10 points for the Large Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) competition need to be balanced to advance a group of competitive projects likely to be a good fit for the Statewide ATP selection criteria. Metro seeks to give local agencies an effective incentive to pursue projects that implement Metro plans and policies, ultimately maximizing the amount of funds awarded to Los Angeles County to invest in ATP projects.
Background
BACKGROUND
The ATP is a competitive funding program created by Senate Bill 99 and Assembly Bill 101 in 2013 to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation such as bicycling and walking. The California Transportation Commission (CTC) administers the ATP in sequential Statewide, Small Urban and Rural, and Large MPO Competitions. All Los Angeles County candidate projects not awarded funding through the Statewide Competition, which allocates 50% of available funding, are then considered solely in the Large MPO Competition, which allocates 40% of available funding. For the Large MPO Competition, Senate Bill 99 requires the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to select projects in consultation with its member counties, which is accomplished by Metro's assignment of up to 10 points to be added to each project's Statewide Competition score. The CTC has administered five ATP cycles to date, awarding approximately $585 million for Los Angeles County projects be...
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