Gear up for a multi-modal discussion around innovative initiatives, policy changes, funding opportunities and technical assistance from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). Together, we’ll learn how communities can achieve successful projects by leveraging the many resources available through USDOT and the historic level of transportation funding made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Programs we’ll cover will include:
• TOD Planning Pilot Program (FTA), which seeks to improve America’s communities by improving access to public transportation by providing funding to local communities to integrate land use, affordable housing development, and transportation planning with a new fixed guideway or core capacity transit capital investment.
• Thriving Communities Program (Office of the Secretary (OST)), which aims to ensure that disadvantaged communities adversely or disproportionately affected by environmental, climate, and human health policy outcomes have the technical tools and organizational capacity to compete for federal aid and deliver quality infrastructure projects.
• Build America Loan Programs (OST), such as the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) and Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) programs, which help finance infrastructure projects.
• Reconnecting Communities (OST) which aims to support communities in developing multimodal solutions to creating greater equity and access in the transportation system.

April McLean-McCoy, Community Planner, Federal Transit Administration, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
Sarah Williams, Project Development Lead, Build America Bureau, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
Meredith Davis, Community Planner, Build America Bureau, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
Isabella Creatura, Program Analyst, Office of the Secretary, USDepartment of Transportation,  Washington, DC

Topics: 2024 Conference, Funding, Community Development, Equity, Federal Funding, Planning, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD).