Closed · P17AS00606 · CFDA 15.954 · Discretionary
Providing Alternative Transportation at Joshua Tree National Park
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $230K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 17, 2017
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Providing Alternative Transportation at Joshua Tree National Park is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered Up to $229,800. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.
- up to $230K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15.954
- CFDA program
- 8,506
- other opportunities from National Park Service
Archived opportunity record
Providing Alternative Transportation at Joshu… is closed (last close August 17, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Park Service still indexes 8,506 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed August 17, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$229,800
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The MBTA is a joint powers authority and serves ten communities in the Morongo Basin. The MBTA and the NPS possess in common the powers to plan, operate, manage, and evaluate transportation improvements within and among their respective jurisdictions in and around Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR).Since 1980, annual visitation at JOTR has climbed from over 545,000 visitors to nearly 2,023,000 visitors in 2015, according to NPS visitor statistics. Increased visitation has resulted in impacts to both visitor services, in the form of increased traffic and lack of parking capacity, and to JOTR's resources. Due to JOTR's location in the Coachella Valley and Los Angeles air basins, which have experienced increased population growth and development activity since 1980, the Environmental Protection Agency has noted that air within JOTR's boundaries exceed acceptable ozone concentration levels. As a response to similar challenges, several NPS units have explored and implemented alternative transit systems in an effort to reduce negative impacts to the unit's resources and to the visitor experience. To date, NPS has partnered with local and regional partners in and around Grand Canyon National Park, Muir Woods National Monument, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Yosemite National Park, and Zion National Park for alternative transit systems.In March 2012, JOTR and the MBTA met to begin conversations about a possible partnership to build a shuttle program for visitors coming to JOTR. In December 2012, a Business Plan Project request was made to the NPS Business Management group, knowing that this was an analysis that needed to be done. In the fall of 2013, JOTR partnered with the University of California at Irvine ("UCI") to coordinate research and create an Alternative Transportation Analysis.With the information gained from the Transportation Feasibility study from UCI, the MBTA and NPS agreed to jointly explore options to identify, administer and implement the work necessary to make a park visitor shuttle a reality.
Public-sector applicant lane · National Park Service
Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Providing Alternative Transportation at Joshu… (City or township governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). Only 36 other National Park Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 8,507).
- Code 02
- City or township governments
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Financial Agreements Officer Darren Battles (760) 367-5567 Darren_Battles@nps.gov
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