Transportation Planning for 2021 Overview

The UPWP provides federal funds for transportation planning activities undertaken by GTC, its member agencies, and other municipalities throughout the nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region. For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, which extends from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, GTC expects approximately $900,000 of these funds to be available for planning projects.

GTC offers planning funds related to 3 general areas of interest: 

1.  Physical improvements to the transportation system

2.  Non-infrastructure transportation services and programs

3.  Integration of transportation and land use

WHO CAN APPLY?

  • Municipalities in the nine-county GTC planning region
  • GTC member agencies
  • Other organizations with the sponsorship of a local government

EXAMPLE PROJECTS:

  • Downtown, neighborhood, & corridor plans
  • Parking management
  • Pedestrian, bicycle, and multi-use trail plans

 

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

Please contact GTC Program Manager, Jody Binnix at jbinnix@gtcmpo.org

https://www.gtcmpo.org/upwp

GTC has partnered with dozens of local municipalities and agencies over many years to conduct various transportation-related plans and studies. 

Traditionally, each year GTC makes a Call for Project Partnerships each fall.  GTC holds workshops and offers to assist applicants. A postcard is mailed to a robust list of eligible applicants in the nine-county planning region.  Over the winter, a sub-committee reviews applications and proposes a Draft List to fund. The Planning Committee releases the list for a required 30-day public review period and considers public comment prior to recommending the GTC Board adopt the Final UPWP Plan. 

A short video provides an overview of the program and the application process. 

Visit the GTC webpage to search an inventory of past Plans and Studies or to learn more about the program. 

If you would iike more information about this federal planning program or have a project you'd like to submit for consideration next year, contact Program Manager Jody Binnix. 

Reference

Virtual Applicant Workshop Video

A video recording of the Pre-Application Workshop follows below for applicants to watch at their leisure. Applicants are encouraged to watch the video of the presentation ahead of applying for UPWP funding, especially if they are new to the UPWP process.

The final report cover from a recently completed feasibility study assessing mixed-use and the transportation corridor in the Town of Canandaigua, Ontario County.