SANDAG’s Active Transportation Grant Program (ATGP) is funded by TransNet the half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 1988 to fund local transportation projects. ATGP encourages local jurisdictions to plan and build facilities that promote multiple travel choices and increase connectivity to transit, schools, retail centers, parks, work, and other community gathering places. It also encourages local jurisdictions to provide bike parking, education, encouragement, and awareness programs that support pedestrian and bike infrastructure.
ATGP has distributed tens of millions of dollars over the years, resulting in multiple innovative projects that have improved the quality of life in the San Diego region.
TransNet Active Transportation Grant Program
Call for Projects
Cycle 4
On July 27, 2018, the SANDAG Board of Directors approved 15 projects to receive a total of $3.6 million in funds under the TransNet ATGP.
Cycle 3
On July 24, 2015, the SANDAG Board of Directors approved 12 projects to receive a total of $3 million in funds under the TransNet Active Transportation Grant Program (ATGP).
Cycle 2a Exchange Fund Projects
In November 2014, the SANDAG Board of Directors approved the exchange of $11.3 million in TransNet funds for several projects awarded grant funding though the California Active Transportation Program in order to maximize the effective use of revenues to the San Diego Region. In December 2014, the California Transportation Commission unanimously approved the funding exchange. Projects receiving TransNet funds as a result of the funding swap will be administered by SANDAG through the agency’s TransNet ATGP.
Cycle 2
In September 2012, the SANDAG Board of Directors awarded $8.8 million in Active Transportation Grant Program (ATGP) funding. Of the funds, $6.6 million was awarded to capital projects and $2.2 million to non-capital projects.
Cycle 1
In June 2009, the SANDAG Board of Directors awarded $7.8 million in Active Transportation Grant Program (ATGP) funding. Of the funds, $6.6 million were awarded to capital projects and $1.2 million to non-capital projects.
