The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), continues to fund the TA Set-Aside through 2026. The federal guidance is available on the Federal Highway Administration website.
TASA Awards
The 2023/2024 TASA application round is now closed, and awarded projects are listed below. The next application window will be posted here once announced.
Allegheny
- Bike Pittsburgh - $38,500 to coordinate at least five distribution and education events at five unique Pittsburgh Public or Charter Schools in the city. These events will provide education and encouragement for biking and walking to school in an assembly or classroom format. At least 100 bike light sets and helmets will be distributed to students during each event. Specific time and attention will be placed on proper helmet fitting for each unique student. This pilot year will help establish baseline data for future expansion.
- City of Pittsburgh - $1,071,661 to construct pedestrian and bicyclist focused safety improvements from Friendship Ave to Broad St section of Negley Avenue including:
- A full signal replacement at Negley & Penn which will allow dedicated bicycle signal phasing, pedestrian focused lead pedestrian Interval and lagging left cycles in signal phasing for the intersection. Changes to the curb line will create shorter and simpler roadway crossings for pedestrians and increase visibility. Installation of new ADA accessible ramps and pedestrian signal components like audible and vibrotactile pushbuttons, and pedestrian signal heads.
- Speed cushion between Friendship Ave & Coral Street to ensure safe crossing.
- A new two-stage queue box bicycle facility at Coral Street which will ensure safe left turns for bicyclists and a hi-visibility crosswalk and ADA accessible ramp upgrade for pedestrians."
- Ross Township - $301,984 to construct a new portion of sidewalk from the Toyota dealership to McKnight Road. The sidewalk will be accompanied by the installation of a partial retaining wall. This project includes an improved Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) bus stop located on Browns Lane.
Bedford
- Broad Top Township - $429,924 to construct the final trail extension of approximately one-mile in length, 50 feet wide with a ten-foot-wide trail base from H&BT Rail Trail at "Red Cut" and continuing north to the Township line, and creating a tie-in to Warriors Path State Park in Saxton, PA, Liberty Township. The project includes erosion & sediment control, clearing/grubbing, ditch clearing, trail base rehab, trail top material, and a safety fence, utilizing Township employees and Township owned equipment for construction.
Berks
- Berks Nature - $376,774 to support two sections of trail: Commonwealth Blvd/High Street intersection to the bridge across Route 625 (east section); and a connector trail segment off of Governor Mifflin's campus (west section). This will include ADA accessibility and sidewalk upgrades, a mid-block crossing, replacement of a pedestrian bridge, and the creation of a 10-foot wide shared use path.
Bucks
- Doylestown Township - $700,000 to close a gap between two existing trails, create a safe walking and bicycling connection into Doylestown's central business district, and enhance connections to Central Park. The proposed trail is approximately 0.4 miles long and will be located on the west side of Easton Road. The project includes a new structure mounted barrier on the Easton Road bridge over SR 202 Bypass to create a safe space on the bridge for walkers and bicyclists. The project also includes a road diet and reconfiguration to create space for a 5'-8' landscape buffer and 10' wide shared use path within the paved shoulder area on the west side of the roadway.
- TMA Bucks - $102,029 to further traffic safety education in grades K-8 with a core focus on elementary aged children. It will offer schools the option to host fully customizable assemblies and events for their students at no charge to them. We will present transportation safety related topics, primarily focused on bicycles, using props and guest speakers to give a more relatable and educational experience for the students.
Cambria
- Ferndale Borough - $280,000 to replace the existing sidewalk, stairs, and handrails, between Harlan Ave. and Midway Drive that has drastically deteriorated over time. This egress in Ferndale Borough serves as a primary thoroughfare for residents and school children traveling to and from the Ferndale School Building. The project will replace the existing dilapidated walkways with new concrete sidewalks and stairs, handrails, and drainage up to the current code requirements and increase the egress safety of residents and students.
Centre
- College Township - $1,500,000 to construct a new 10' shared use path running from the new sidewalk at Puddintown Road to an existing 8' path near Hastings Road in State College Borough on the property of Penn State University. This approximately 1-mile path will fill a critical gap in the regional bicycle and pedestrian network, and will provide a safe, offset, and continuous connection along East College Avenue, linking the existing College Township Bike Path, which parallels the Mount Nittany Expressway, with the existing paths and bike lanes on campus and in State College Borough.
Chester
- Upper Uwchlan Township - $700,000 to close a key gap in Upper Uwchlan Township's active transportation network and enhance safe access to four nearby schools by constructing approximately 2,200 linear feet of 8 ft wide pedestrian path on the west side of Route 100 between an existing paved pedestrian path in Upland Farm Park and the intersection of Route 100/Fellowship Road (T464)/Reserve Drive (T588). The project also includes ADA compliant crossing and connection improvements to the existing shared use path on the east side of Route 100 at Fellowship Road.
Clarion
- Clarion Borough - $1,500,000 to establish and improve safe non-motorized transportation infrastructure along 2nd Avenue between Clarion Area Junior and Senior High School (CAHS) and the forthcoming Clarion Multi-Generational Park. The proposed improvements will reconstruct existing sidewalks where needed and construct new sidewalks and street markings where gaps exist. Pedestrian lane street markings will be utilized along the south side of Madison Road leading to Main Street.
Cumberland
- Borough of Carlisle - $633,000 to establish safe walking and bicycling infrastructure along the south/west side of PA 74 (B Street), between C Street and Cherry Street. Includes the construction of a 10' shared use path by extending curbing on the southern side, which will also shorten vehicular travel lanes from 18' to 12' each. A total of 6' of greenspace will be installed on either side of the shared-use path, replacing the current sidewalk which is obstructed throughout by utility poles. Enhanced ADA compliant pedestrian facilities and safety countermeasures will be installed along this length of roadway. This completed project will provide a safe connection for pedestrians and bicyclists between the Urban Redevelopment core, surrounding non-bussed neighborhoods, and the CASD campus.
Dauphin
- Harrisburg City - $1,000,000 to rehabilitate an existing Central Business District (CBD) network on Walnut street, from North Front Street to 4th Street. The project includes: pavement resurfacing; signage and pavement marking upgrades to incorporate bike lanes, bulb-outs, and new curb ramps; improved sidewalks and raised crosswalks; minor drainage improvements; and improved bus stops. Additional improvements include relocating a rectangular rapid flashing beacon, creating midblock crossings, and upgrading two traffic signals. The improvements will reduce the number of lanes on Walnut Street.
- Lower Paxton Township - $1,184,767 to extend the Township's sidewalk network to make important connections between neighborhoods and key destinations such as the Lower Paxton Township Municipal Center, Central Dauphin Middle School, and many neighborhood-serving businesses. The new sidewalk connections will include all necessary signage, ADA accessible ramps, and crosswalks, and will narrow the width of the roadway, which will act as a traffic calming feature on Prince Street and improve pedestrian.
Erie
- City of Erie - $1,400,000 to install ADA compliant sidewalks and ramps in locations where there are currently missing segments of sidewalk within the 1.5 mile walking radius of City of Erie schools. It will also include installation of high visibility crosswalk and signage.
- Fairview Township - $120,510 to realign crosswalk markings to be perpendicular to the road to reduce the crossing distance. Install Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons and new pedestrian crossing signs at the crosswalk. Replace the advance warning crossing signs with new signs, and deenergize and remove the existing continuously-flashing beacons. Construct ADA-compliant sidewalk and curb ramps to accommodate access to the realigned crosswalk.
- "United Way of Erie County - $230,000 for two main initiatives: a mapping phase and the educational awareness campaign.
- The first phase includes the expansion and addition of safer walking routes to 10 schools. The mapping process will help establish the safest routes and will then inform the placement of high visibility signage along those routes for student use.
- The educational awareness campaign will include targeted digital ads on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, broadcast and streaming TV ads, outdoor billboards, yard signs, and neighborhood education opportunities.
Franklin
- Borough of Chambersburg - $734,871 to permanently close two street blocks to vehicular traffic adjacent to the former Southgate Shopping Center to create a pedestrian and bicycle-only route. This will ensure the existing Rail-Trail remains continuous, and will create greater bicycle and pedestrian connectivity between the Southgate neighborhood and other areas in the Borough. The project will create direct pedestrian access from the neighboring senior housing and residential blocks to a new medical facility. The Project will also include lighting, wayfinding signs, and related enhancements to improve transportation safety and accessibility.
Huntingdon
- Alexandria Borough Council - $1,022,897 to install traffic calming improvements on Main Street in Alexandria Borough to address the critical safety issues. The project consists of the construction of sidewalk and crosswalk safety improvements, new ADA accessible curb ramps, stormwater and roadway rehabilitation, possible bike path and streetscape beautification along the 600 & 700 block of Main Street.
- Juniata College - $998,000 to install 5 foot wide concrete sidewalks on 17th Street, Scott Street, Oneida Street, and 16th Street. The scope of work will also feature installation of ADA-compliant curb ramps with detectable warning surfaces and crosswalks. The project will support minor excavation, paving, tree stump removal, landscaping restoration, lighting, curbing, and drainage improvements required to construct the new sidewalks, curbs, and crosswalks.
This project also replaces the pedestrian bridge in George Weaver Park. The new bridge will be a steel ADA-accessible bridge with railings, installed upstream from the current location to restore the sloped side embankment; thereby reducing erosion and scouring. The scope of work will also feature lighting and installation of a concrete sidewalk to connect the new bridge and recreational destinations at George Weaver Park to the proposed sidewalk network on 16th Street.
Indiana
- Indiana County Commissioners - $578,672 for the rehabilitation of the Kintersburg Covered Bridge to address significant deterioration of timbers and rods. The reduced capacity of these elements has led to displacement of the bridge structure and has impacted the safety and stability of this historic transportation facility.
Lackawanna
- Blakely Borough - $1,009,827 for ADA compliant sidewalks on both sides of Pa State Route 247 from Depot Street to Main Street.
- Borough of Jessup - $1,277,655 for the removal and installation of sidewalks along the length of Hill Street from Decker's Bridge (SR 1014 & SR 1016) to Memorial Park.
- Dickson City Borough Council - $1,500,000 to complete the remaining portion of the streetscape along Main Avenue, from Jermyn St. to Dundaff Street. The project also includes the installation of a concrete sidewalk along Enterprise Street.
- Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority - $600,335 to construct a one-mile section of ADA-accessible trail and a new trailhead on the Throop/Olyphant border at the intersection of South Valley Avenue and Rock Street. The new section will link to the intersection of Valley Avenue and North Garfield Avenue in Olyphant. It will also build a pedestrian bridge near the confluence of Eddy Creek and the Lackawanna River in Olyphant, providing a ribbon of safety intertwining Throop, Olyphant, and Dickson City. Composed of a wooden deck and metal frame, the bridge will be approximately six feet wide by 120 feet long and include new abutments on both sides of the river.
- Mayfield Borough Council - $388,114 to construct a sidewalk where one does not exist and rehabilitate or replace the damaged existing ones along the walking route to school for many students. As part of the project work, crosswalks on Lackawanna and Chestnut will be delineated.
Lancaster
- City of Lancaster - $3,000,000 for the Water Street Bike project, which extends from Fairview Avenue up to Harrisburg Pike, and includes a mixture of shared on street bike facilities and a ½ mile portion that will be off-road. The project will include intersection improvements along the length of Water Street, with raised intersections, speed humps, bumpout curb extensions, ADA compliant ramps, piano key crosswalks, and rapid flashing beacons. Three intersections and one segment along Water Street are in the High Injury Network, as identified in the City's Vision Zero Plan.
Lebanon
- Lebanon County Planning Department - $2,450,000 for the LVRT Phase 10B project. The project will be built on a former railroad bed and on the former Union Canal towpath. The majority of the surface of the trail will be compacted stone No. 2A with some Superpave AMD base course and wearing surface. One existing bridge will be redecked and one new pedestrian/bicycle bridge will be constructed. The existing tunnel under I-78 will be rehabilitated.
- South Lebanon Township - $537,978 to construct curb, sidewalk, and grass strip on the east side of S. Lincoln Avenue (T462) from the Township to South Hills Park. Where the sidewalk connects to South Hills Park, a connector trail will be constructed to take the pedestrians onto the established trail network. There is one traffic signal within the proposed area at S. Lincoln Avenue and Poplar Street, which would require a crosswalk.
Lehigh
- Borough of Coopersburg - $1,337,316 for pedestrian and bicycling improvements to E. Station Ave. (SR 2026) including 4 pedestrian crosswalks; curb, sidewalk, ADA accessibility improvements; pedestrian lighting; and bicycling sharrows. This Phase 9 Streetscape plan (3 blocks) completes the “missing link" of 1 mile stretch of SR 2026 from the east to the west of the Borough and connects to the similar streetscapes on Main St. and W. State St. connecting the north and south ends of the borough and the Saucon Rail Trail.
- Community Bike Works - $440,000 for "Earn a Bike" education programs. In these programs, once students complete their classes, they earn their refurbished bike and a new helmet. Safety is taught through videos, demonstrations, and practice rides, and with the assumption that upon completing the course, students will ride their bikes on city streets.
In Earn a Bike, students learn about each system of a bike and how to properly maintain it, using the correct tools. Earn a Bike students also participate in bike safety lessons and complete a bike "rodeo" designed to show they can ride safely. Here, students take their bikes to a nearby parking lot, where they must successfully complete a series of riding skill tests that include balance at slow speeds, emergency stops, obstacle avoidance, looking back over shoulder without swerving, being predictable and communicative, and more.
In Junior Earn a Bike, students in 2nd and 3rd grades learn the basics of bike mechanics while experiencing the joy of riding. Junior Earn a Bike has a focus on safety, with additional class time devoted to helping younger students learn to ride.
- Public Works City of Allentown - $1,500,000 for pedestrian safety upgrades at twenty-five (25) City schools to significantly reduce the number of crashes for vulnerable road users within school zones. Includes installation of new school flashers, pedestrian flashers, crosswalk pavement markings, ADA compliant ramps, and signage necessary for the safety of students. The City will upgrade infrastructure with the latest technology, monitoring system, and speed radar boards underneath the proposed school flashers.
Luzerne
- Anthracite Scenic Trails Association - $834,176 for a trail connection from the Creekside Trail portion of the Back Mountain Trail in Luzerne Borough to the end of the Susquehanna River levee trail in Edwardsville. The project will be a conventional aggregate-surfaced multi-use trail intended for bicycle and pedestrian use, with the potential for equestrian use.
- City of Pittston - $200,000 to extend the Riverfront Trail beyond the North Main Street Neighborhood in Pittston City. The trail extension will create ADA accessibility improvements, improve neighborhood connectivity, and create safety features including a railroad crossing, lighting, and pedestrian signage. The trail will ultimately provide alternative transportation routes like bicycle routes and pedestrian pathways to river areas, main street, and local bus stops. Eventually, this trail will link to other regional trails creating a robust trail network which spans over 80 miles for local residents and travelers to enjoy.
McKean
- City of Bradford - $704,840 to install new sidewalks, curbs, and pedestrian street lighting on North Bennett Street. A stamped asphalt crosswalk and street signage will be installed on the street near West Washington Street. Project will also include intersection improvements at North Bennett Street, Barbour Street, and Campus Drive, and pedestrian access improvements for the playground and the McDowell Community Trail. These improvements include new ADA-compliant curb ramps, signage, colored asphalt crosswalks, and a new sidewalk on the west side of Campus Drive.
Mercer
- City Of Hermitage - $392,583 to construct approximately 1,112 feet of sidewalk connecting existing sidewalks along the west side of Route 18.
Montgomery
- GVF - $399,700 for the “My School in Motion" education program. This is a year-round interactive program that teaches students pedestrian and bike safety laws, provides opportunities to practice them and to participate in finding solutions to make their school more walkable and bikeable long-term.
The program includes parent and teacher engagement, marketing, online resource information, onsite school events and a walkability/bikeability audit program for students. The program will be implemented, simultaneously, at all three of LMSD middle schools: Bala Cynwyd, Black Rock and Welsh Valley and at two NASD middles and two elementary schools within 2024/2025 – 2025/2026 Academic Years.
- Municipality of Norristown - $1,500,000 for Phases III and IV of the Arch Street Greenway Project, which involves removing the current concrete sidewalk, curbing, curb depressions and handicap ramps. New construction includes installing the following:
- Signage and Wayfinding
- ADA Ramps
- New Concrete Curb and Curb Depressions
- Concrete Aprons
- Textured Crosswalks
- Streetscape Improvements (Brick Pavers or Stamped Concrete)
- Streetscape Improvements (Ornamental Lights w/ Planters)
- Streetscape Improvements (Street Trees)
- Upper Dublin Township - $1,139,179 for the installation of missing sidewalk connections on Farm Lane to access Upper Dublin High School located on Loch Alsh Avenue and missing sidewalk along Limekiln Pike (SR 0152) to access the Maple Glen Elementary School. This project will also install an overhead Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon within the Limekiln Pike School Zone for the pedestrian access to Maple Glen Elementary School.
Northampton
- City of Easton - $930,118 for the construction of a new bridge to replace the current bridge over the Lehigh Canal in order to avoid an interruption in this Historic D&L Trail. This project will either use a prefabricated bridge or assemble prefabricated portions of the bridge at the site. The bridge would cross the canal in a single span without structures in the canal, which is similar in design to the current bridge. The new bridge will be placed next to the current bridge in order to minimize disruptions to users of the trail.
Northumberland
- City of Sunbury - $1,429,865 to install sidewalks from Race Street to Packer Street, which will allow for additional pedestrian access to Reagan Street (State Road) as individuals cross there and walk on the grass, which creates unsafe conditions as there is no approved crosswalk or sidewalk at that location. Along the proposed project area there will be new sidewalk, curbing, and crosswalks, from Race Street to Packer Street. From Race Street to Reagan Street there will be new pedestrian lighting and trees.
Philadelphia
- City of Philadelphia – Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability will receive:
- $1,250,000 to add speed cushions, bumpouts, and other traffic calming devices in the area surrounding Logan Elementary, by the intersection of Belfield and Ogontz avenues.
- $1,000,000 to add traffic signals and marked crosswalks at Woodlands Driveway and Chester Ave. It will also construct a sidewalk-level two-way cycletrack on the south side of Woodland Avenue, and reconstruct broken, uneven sidewalks along both sides of Woodland Ave. This project closes 41st street between Chester and Woodland to create a pedestrian plaza. Finally, the project will incorporate a dedicated bus layover space and transit priority design to improve SEPTA operations.
- $1,500,000 to connect Cobbs Creek Trail B1 at Island Avenue and Wheeler Street to Eastwick Park at 80th Street. At the southern end, the Cobbs C segment within Eastwick Park is anticipated to open in late 2023 and will connect at 80th Street.
- $500,000 to install bus bump outs (a.k.a. "boarding bulbs") at an estimated 10 bus stops on S. 7th and 8th Streets. These bump outs will prevent illegal parking in the bus stop, making the stops accessible for people with limited mobility, and improve both the reliability of buses on the corridor and the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and other road users.
- $300,000 for the Safe Routes Philly program, which provides educators traffic safety curriculum for K-5 students, and educational tools for parents and caregivers. The new curriculum in this project will be designed specifically for special education students, their teachers, and families. The School District of Philadelphia provides special education services to 35,177 students—or about 18% of total enrollment. The project will prioritize locations using a School Stress Index to target schools with a higher concentration of youth pedestrian crashes, health disparities, and other social demographic factors that affect whether students will walk or bike to school.
- $1,500,000 to create safety improvements along Torresdale Avenue between Adams Avenue and Worrell Street, such as upgrading the Worrell Street intersection and including physical separation to the bicycle lane. These improvements upgrade the connection to the existing sidepath that connects this corridor to the East Coast Greenway. This project will extend the reach of physical traffic separated protection into a community of high equity concern.
- $1,255,500 to reconstruct the asphalt trail on the west side of Belmont Avenue between Montgomery Drive and Edgely Drive. This will create a safe, attractive connection for people walking and people riding bikes in and through Fairmount Park West. The reconstructed, upgraded trail will pro