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Regional Active Transportation Program (ATP)

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Providing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, education, plans, and trails to improve connections and increase riding, walking, and rolling.

The Active Transportation Program (ATP) is a statewide funding program meant to increase walking and bicycling by funding projects that provide safe and connected infrastructure.

The El Dorado County Transportation Commission, the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency, and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) invest regional funds in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and non‐infrastructure projects. ATP funds from the State of California provide an important additional funding source for active transportation projects. 

Who can apply?

This funding program applies to public agencies in the counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.

  • 2027 ATP Cycle 8

    The statewide call for 2027 ATP Cycle 8 projects opens March 19-20, 2026.

  • Funded Projects

    In June 2025, the CTC officially adopted SACOG’s $4.721 million Regional Active Transportation Program project list.

Regional ATP Application Information

The ATP was created by Senate Bill (SB) 99 in 2013, with the first competitive program in 2014. The ATP combines several smaller active transportation funding sources into one larger program with broader eligibilities. The primary goal of the ATP is to increase use of active modes, and SB 99 requires that a minimum of 25 percent of ATP funds must benefit disadvantaged communities. 

The ATP is a highly competitive program jointly managed by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Transportation Commission (CTC). The ATP has a sequential selection process split between a statewide competition followed by regional competitions, each with its own funds. Projects that are unsuccessful in the statewide ATP can then compete for funding in the Regional ATP. Regional ATP evaluation criteria include deliverability measures to emphasize the importance of keeping funds in our region.  

 SACOG staff work with El Dorado County Transportation Commission and Placer County Transportation Planning Agency to develop and implement the Regional ATP. The Statewide ATP Guidelines place restrictions on how regions can distribute funds, but MPOs can submit regional guidelines to the CTC for approval to use in regional processes. CTC identified the areas to which a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) can propose changes when implementing a regional program. Those areas are scoring criteria and weighting, minimum project sizes, match requirements, definitions of disadvantaged communities, and using a supplemental call for projects and applications.