| (a) During a program call administered by the department,
TA Set-Aside 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;
(4) construction of boulevards and other roadways that
are located primarily in the right of way of former interstate system
highways or other divided highways and that improve access for bicyclists,
pedestrians, and transit users but do not reduce on-system roadway
capacity unless such a reduction has the prior approval of the department;
(5) 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;
(6) implementation of non-infrastructure activities
that are designed to encourage walking and bicycling to school, including
public awareness campaigns and outreach to the news media and community
leaders, traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools,
student education on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and environment,
and funding for training volunteers for and managers of safe routes
to school programs; and
(7) activities in furtherance of a vulnerable road
user safety assessment, as defined in 23 U.S.C. §148.
(b) Planning and design activities related to any of
the activities described in subsection (a) of this section are eligible
for TA Set-Aside Program funds.
(c) 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 TA Set-Aside Program.
(d) 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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| Source Note: The provisions of this §11.404 adopted to be effective January 4, 2017, 41 TexReg 10664; amended to be effective December 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 9576; amended to be effective November 16, 2022, 47 TexReg 7561 |
