| (a) During a program call administered by the department,
TAP funds may be awarded for any of the following activities:
(1) construction of on-road and off-road trail facilities
for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other non-motorized forms of transportation,
including sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian and bicycle
signals, traffic calming techniques, lighting and other safety-related
infrastructure, and transportation projects to achieve compliance
with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;
(2) construction of infrastructure-related projects
and systems that will provide safe routes for non-drivers, including
children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities to access
daily needs;
(3) conversion and use of abandoned railroad corridors
for trails for pedestrians, bicyclists, or other non-motorized transportation
users; and
(4) construction of infrastructure-related projects
to improve the ability of students to walk and bicycle to school,
including sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed reduction
improvements, pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements, on-street
bicycle facilities, off-street bicycle and pedestrian facilities,
secure bicycle parking facilities, and traffic diversion improvements
in the vicinity of schools.
(b) A project that will require the acquisition of
real property through the exercise of eminent domain or condemnation
is not eligible for participation in the TAP.
(c) Whether proposed as an independent project or as
an element of a larger transportation project, the project must be
limited to a logical unit of work and be constructible as an independent
project.
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