Strategic Investment Planning

Federal Programs

Federal Liaison

Please go to this link for the latest information on Federal Grant Opportunities.

MPDG

Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) 

INFRA is a federal competitive grant program that provides funding to highway and freight projects of national or regional significance. 

National Infrastructure Project Assistance (MEGA)

MEGA is a federal competitive grant program that provides funding to major projects that are too large or complex for traditional funding programs and are likely to generate national or regional economic, mobility, or safety benefits. It is a highly competitive program.

Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program (Rural)

Rural is a federal competitive grant program that provides funding to projects to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, generate regional economic growth, and improve quality of life.

Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE)

RAISE is a federal competitive grant program that provides funding to multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects at the state and local levels that are more difficult to support through traditional United States Department of Transportation funding programs. 

BIP

Bridge Improvement Program (BIP)

BIP is a federal competitive grant program that provides funding to bridge project and is split into three parts; Large Bridge Projects, Regular Bridge Projects, and Bridge Planning Projects.

State Programs 

California Grants Portal

Please go to this link for the latest information on State Grant Opportunities.

Active Transportation Program (ATP) 

ATP is a statewide competitive grant program created to encouraged increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking. 

Solutions for Congestion Corridor (SCCP) 

SCCP is a statewide competitive grant program that funds projects designed to reduce congestion in highly traveled and highly congested corridors through performance improvements that balance transportation improvements, community impacts, and that provide environmental benefits. 

Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) 

TCEP is a statewide competitive grant program that funds infrastructure improvements along corridors that have a high volume of freight movement.

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Letters of Support (LOS) are provided to local agencies and partners by Caltrans for inclusion in their project application packages for competitive grant programs. OSIP is responsible for submitting LOS Request Packages to the Director for various state and federal grant programs. The following templates are made available to help project applicants develop cover letters and LOSs for inclusion in LOS Request Packages:  

External Caltrans Letter of Support Guidance with Authority Decision Tree and Funding Programs (February 2023) (PDF)

Generic LOS Template (DOCX)

Generic Partnership Template (DOCX)

Generic Cover Letter Template (DOCX)

Caltrans System Investment Strategy (CSIS)

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is committed to leading climate action and advancing social equity in the transportation sector set forth by the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI, 2021). The CAPTI supports the California Transportation Plan (CTP) 2050 (2021) goals that works to meet the State’s ambitious climate change mandates, targets, and policies set forth by Executive Order (EO) N-19-19 and N-79-20, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Caltrans is in a significant leadership role to carry out meaningful measures that advance state’s goals and priorities through the development and implementation of the Caltrans System Investment Strategy (CSIS). The CSIS, which implements one of CAPTI’s key actions, is envisioned to be an investment framework through a data and performance-driven approach that guides transportation investments and decisions. This framework includes methodologies and processes for how Caltrans should invest billions of dollars of highly competitive fund programs that will address transportation deficiencies while also achieving the CAPTI Guiding Principles.

For the latest information on CSIS, please go to: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/transportation-planning/division-of-transportation-planning/corridor-and-system-planning/csis

Electronic Project Programming Request (ePPR) Resources

The California Transportation Commission requires ePPRs to be prepared by project sponsors or implementing agencies to provide the information necessary to properly program or amend a project into state transportation funding programs. The Office of Capital Improvement Programming provides the following resources for project sponsors to properly prepare ePPRs:

• ePPR Log in Screen (Application) 

• ePPR User’s Guide (PDF) 

• ePPR Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) 

• ePPR Demo Webinar Recording (3/16/20) (PDF)

• How to Create ePPRs for the 2022 STIP (PDF)