Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative (TLCI) - Planning Awards (OH) Grant

The Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative (TLCI) Planning Awards in Ohio, managed by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), aim to enhance transportation systems through funding planning studies. Eligible projects include transportation plans, complete streets implementation, and traffic calming efforts, with a total budget of $2 million. Communities with legal authority can apply, focusing on sustainable development and multimodal transportation, while projects promoting single occupancy vehicle travel are ineligible.

NOTE: Here is the Implementation Awards page.
About NOACA
The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) is the transportation and environmental planning agency that represents state, county, city, village, and township officials in Greater Cleveland. NOACA addresses the transportation, air quality, and water quality needs of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina counties. The agency and its partners cooperatively develop and implement plans to ensure that travel throughout the region is safe, cost-effective and environmentally sound.
This program provides transportation infrastructure funding for projects which have been recommended through a TLCI planning study (or a locally supported TLCI-like planning study).
The TLCI program consists of two components: planning and implementation.
Planning awards help fund planning studies that can lead to improvements to transportation systems and the neighborhoods they support.Implementation awards help communities move forward with the development and installation of infrastructure from past completed livability studies. Project sponsors are encouraged to submit minimum implementation requests of $100,000. However, projects requiring less than $100,000 will be considered if they exemplify the goals of the TLCI program.
Only planning activities are eligible for TLCI planning awards. Planning activities must coordinate partners and stakeholders and result in deliverables that recommend transportation infrastructure improvements.
TLCI plans should reflect national best practices in transportation planning and engineering practice.
Examples of eligible planning activities include (but are not limited to):

• Transportation plans supporting redevelopment
• Bicycle and pedestrian network/complete streets implementation plans
• Transit-oriented development plans
• Neighborhood traffic calming plans, including improvements for bicycle and pedestrian safety and accessibility
• Transportation Demand Management studies
• Funding

The total budget available for TLCI planning and implementation is $2,000,000. To effectively manage the program, the NOACA Board may limit the funds available within a specific application cycle. TLCI awards are at the discretion of the Board. The Board may also limit the number of awards and funding to applicants within an application cycle. Planning will comprise up to $500,000 of the total TLCI budget, with the remainder dedicated to implementation. In-kind services in lieu of financial participation cannot count as local match.

Eligibility

Only communities and implementing governmental agencies that have legal authority to sponsor a federal-aid capital improvement are eligible to apply.Eligible applicants include: political subdivisions, other state agencies, boards, commissions, regional transit authorities, county transit boards, and port authorities.

Ineligibility

Examples of activities and studies that cannot be funded through TLCI planning awards include:Preliminary engineering or final design
Grant funds deposited into a general fund
ConstructionPlanning projects that encourage or reinforce single occupancy vehicle travel, suburban/exurban sprawl, or activities otherwise inconsistent with NOACA’s Regional Strategic Plan are ineligible.