San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Moving the City

Federal Transit administration new freedom program

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is currently soliciting projects in the San Francisco Bay Area's large urbanized areas for the Federal Transit Administration's New Freedom grant program (Section 5317). The New Freedom program provides grants for new capital and operating projects aimed at reducing, beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, transportation barriers faced by individuals with disabilities.

ELIGIBILITY

Private non-profit organizations, state or local governmental authorities, and operators of public transportation services, including private operators of public transportation services are all eligible to apply.

In addition eligible projects must:

• Be intended to assist individuals with disabilities with accessing transportation services; and
• Expand the transportation mobility options of disabled individuals beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and
• Not have been implemented or operational on August 10, 2005; and
• Be derived from the Bay Area's Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan.

New Freedom funds can be used for capital and operating expenses. A 20% local match is required for capital and mobility management projects and a 50% local match is required for operating projects.

FUNDING AVAILABILITY

$2,212,018 in New Freedom funding is anticipated to be available in the San Francisco-Oakland large urbanized area during this cycle.

APPLICATION AND MORE INFORMATION

Applications are due by Friday, August 5, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. to Kristen Mazur, MTC, Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, California 94607-4700

A workshop for prospective applicants will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at MTC's offices at 101 Eighth Street in Oakland (2nd Floor Claremont Conference Room).

For more information on the New Freedom program and the submission process please visit the New Freedom website.

The Authority is also happy to serve as a resource for facilitating the application process. Please contact Richard Marcus, Senior Transportation Planner with the Authority, at 415-522-4822 or via email for more information.