Florida receives funding by contract authority from the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through the Surface Development Block Grant. Subject to the overall federal-aid obligation limitation, a portion of these allocations are for transportation “alternatives” or “enhancements”. FDOT administers this federal funding, now known as the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside program (TA), through a competitive process. TA funds a variety of smaller-scale transportation projects and activities that expand and integrate accessible non-motorized travel choices and make them safer, including on- and off-road bicycle and pedestrian facilities, recreational trails, safe routes for non-drivers, safe routes to schools, and accessibility improvements to help achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Strengthening our economy by enhancing traveling experiences throughout communities, TA also funds cultural, historical, and environmental aspects of transportation infrastructure including construction of turnouts, overlooks and viewing areas; historic preservation and rehabilitation of historic transportation facilities; vegetation management in transportation rights-of-way; archaeological activities related to impacts from transportation projects; and environmental mitigation related to stormwater and habitat connectivity.
Grant Application Process (GAP) Resources
| Grant Application Process or “GAP” is the Department’s software program for soliciting and receiving requests for funding and grant project management for programmed allocations. To be eligible for consideration to receive TA funding from FDOT, applications must be received with all applicable project information through GAP during an open solicitation cycle. Applicants are strongly encouraged to make submissions in advance of the deadline. If you have not yet done so, complete the GAP registration process to obtain an account. Learn more by reading the GAP system chapter in the FDOT Local Programs (LP) Manual. If you have questions or need further clarification, contact the respective regions’ District TA Coordinator.
FDOT TA solicitation cycles vary by region: - District 1: Jan. 5, 2026 – Mar. 31, 2026, by 11:00 p.m. Hard deadline.
- District 2: Oct. 22, 2025 – Jan. 22, 2026, by 2:00 p.m. Hard deadline.
- District 3: 7:00 a.m., CST, Nov. 3, 2025 – Jan. 16, 2026, by 10:00 p.m., CST. Hard deadline.
- District 4: Oct. 31, 2025 – Feb. 27, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. Hard deadline.
- District 5: Future cycle dates to be determined (last cycle CLOSED at 11:59 p.m., Aug. 15, 2025. Hard deadline).
- District 6: Future cycle dates to be determined (last cycle CLOSED at 5:00 p.m., Dec. 4, 2025. Hard deadline).
- District 7: Dec. 8, 2025 – Mar. 6, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. Hard deadline.
Funds suballocated for the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) are overseen by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Land and Recreation Grants Section. Their competitive solicitation process is outside of GAP. Learn more here: https://floridadep.gov/lands/land-and-recreation-grants/content/rtp-application-process-submission-cycles-and-funded. - RTP solicitation cycle: Feb. 2, 2026 – Mar. 2, 2026. Hard deadline.
Funds suballocated to urbanized areas over 200,000 are overseen by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO). The FDOT MPO Program Management Handbook provides details. | Statewide TA Resources | | Contact Information | | FDOT TA Set-Aside Program Adopted Work Program FY 2025 / 2026 – FY 2029 / 2030 Detailed Table Set | | FDOT TA Set-Aside Program Adopted Work Program FY 2024 / 2025 – FY 2028 / 2029 Detailed Table Set | | Learn more about project phases with funding from the TA Set-Aside Program by clicking here: FDOT TA Set-Aside Program Funded Projects Data Dashboard (arcgis.com) FDOT TA Set-Aside Program Funded Projects Data Dashboard User Guide | | TA Set-Aside Program Statewide Funding Application (August 2025) | | TA Set Aside Program Statewide Funding Cost Estimates Workbook (August 2025) | | TA Set-Aside Program Statewide Funding Evaluation | | TA Set-Aside Program in Florida Overview and Highlights (2015 – 2021) | National Resources | | Federal Highway Administration Guidance | | Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Transportation Alternatives Fact Sheet | | Federal Highway Administration Bicycle and Pedestrian Resources | | Federal Highway Administration Bikeway Selection Guide | | Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Transportation Alternatives Data Exchange (Trade) | Other Resources | | FDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Internal and External Resources | | FDOT Program Management/ Local Programs (LAP) is the FDOT primary delivery mechanism for local agency projects to develop, design, and construct transportation facilities with Federal-Aid funds. | | FDOT Community Engagement | | FDOT Metropolitan Planning Organization Support | | FDOT Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety | | FDOT Statewide Non-Motorized Traffic Monitoring Program | FDOT Work Program identifies how FDOT will use state and federal dollars over the next five years and confirms the Department’s financial commitment. Updated every year with a five-year horizon.
| FDOT Work Program Instructions
| | State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP) is a federally mandated document that includes a list of projects with federal funding in the next four years. Projects listed in the STIP are drawn from the Work Program. Updated every year with a four-year horizon. | | Partnering with FDOT: A Resource Guide for Local Governments | Local Government Transportation Funding Options
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