Transportation · Active
Transportation Alternatives Program · DOT · Active NOFO · mega band
Transportation Alternatives Program (CFDA 20.223) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $200K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 5
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOT
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Transportation Alternatives Program ranks #259 of 504, #8 of 26 within DOT, and #20 of 26 among Transportation programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 20.223 is an active Transportation program with 5 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 5 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $200K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $5.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 5%
- of the catalog is Transportation
Transportation Alternatives Program · midpack active desk (#226/502 by ceiling)
Transportation Alternatives Program lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Transportation Alternatives Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2025-06-25
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 20.223 · DOT VOL-STEADY · #259/504
VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 5 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #259/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 5 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $200K–$5M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 5 listed / 5 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 20.223
VOL-STEADY · #259/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestTransportation Alte… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Active mega-ceiling competition board
Transportation Alternatives Program combines mega-scale SAM.gov dollars ($200,000 to $5.0 million) with an active opportunity trail (5 indexed rows). The recent slice is currently closed; watch for the next NOFO drop. Volume and ceiling both clear the mid-tier bar.
Assistance Listing text · DOT
Funds for non-motorized transportation projects including bike lanes, pedestrian paths, and safe routes to school.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOT
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Transportation Alternatives Program. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly cooperative agreements (CA) · CFDA 20.223
100% of the 5 indexed listings under CFDA 20.223 are cooperative agreements (CA), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Transportation Alternatives Program typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $35.0 million across 3 listings (avg $11.7 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 40 across 4 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 20.223, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 20.223
None of the 5 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 20.223 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings span $1.5 million–$5.0 million (3.3×), a wide solicitation range inside one CFDA. 100% of listings carry the Transportation (T) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 5 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $2.0 million (5 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Transportation (T)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOT · administering agency
U.S. Department of Transportation
Transportation infrastructure, safety, planning, and transit programs for states and localities.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 20.223
Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Program - NOFO Reissuance
Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Program
Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Program
Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Regional Infrastructure Accelerators
What to do next
CFDA 20.223: 5 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) administers 26 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Export Control and Border Security (19.033). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |