On Monday, the Shapiro Administration announced the 2026 Transportation Set-Aside Grant Recipients, totaling $74 million, including $22 million in the 5 County Region. This is in addition to the $17 million dollars that the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) awarded in February. So, in total, the region was awarded more than $39 Million.
The Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program provides federal funding for community-based, non-motorized transportation projects—such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, safe routes to school, historic preservation of transportation facilities, and multi-use trails—aimed at improving safety, accessibility, and connectivity while encouraging active transportation and reducing reliance on motor vehicles.
Trail Construction and Improvement
Two of the selected projects in this round, the Cynwyd Parkside Trail in West Philadelphia, and the Tookany Creek Trail in Cheltenham are designated Circuit Trails, improving the ever growing network. $1,000,000 was awarded to construct 1.3 miles of ADA accessible trail that will connect Fairmount Park in West Philadelphia to the Bala Rail Station in Lower Merion Township of Montgomery County. It will start at 53rd and Parkside, go around the Wynnefield Rail Station, and terminate at the Bala Rail Station on City Avenue. This trail will be accessible to the Cynwyd Heritage Trail. Other shared-use paths that will eventually connect to the Circuit Trails Network include the Solebury Township Trail (off the D&L Trail) and the Frosty Hollow Trail in Middletown Township (Neshaminy Creek Trail).
Improved Access to Hunting Park for Bikers and Pedestrians ($593,218 awarded)
- Improvements to street crossings
- Implementation of a road diet between 15th Street and Old York Road
- Added two-way bike facility on Hunting Park Avenue
Added Concrete Separation to Tabor Ave Two-way Bikeway ($500,000 awarded)
- add concrete separation to an existing parking separated two-way bikeway on Tabor Avenue between Godfrey and Devereaux Avenues,
- a semi-protected intersection at Devereaux Ave.
- expand the signalized intersection at the Navy driveway to include Cheltenham.
Final Construction Elements for the Willard Elementary Slow Zone ($1,494,267 awarded)
- to replace and upgrade bumpouts, gateways, and other traffic calming devices in the area surrounding Willard Elementary.
Two-year pilot of Elementary Level Bike Safety Program ($450,000 awarded)
- Bike Safety Program Pilot for Elementary Students to equip elementary-aged children in under-resourced neighborhoods with essential cycling safety knowledge and practical skills to ride confidently, safely, and responsibly.
Make Temporary Bus Boarding Islands Permanent ($841,120 awarded)
- construct concrete bus boarding islands at locations where temporary bus boarding islands were installed with paving and creation of a northbound parking-separated bike lane in 2024.
Indego Bike Share Expansion ($500,150 awarded)
- Two stations will be located along the lower Schuylkill banks trail, connecting one of the City’s most important pieces of biking infrastructure to Kingsessing, Bartram’s Garden, and the Lower Schuylkill Innovation District,
- Two stations will be placed along Forbidden Drive, linking the communities of Germantown and Mt. Airy to Fairmount Park, Manayunk, and the Schuylkill River Trail.
The map below approximates the location of all 2026 TASA Projects in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
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