NVTA acquires funding from a variety of Federal, State, & local sources.
In 1991, the California Legislature passed AB 434 and AB 414 which permitted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (hereinafter the “Air District”) to collect a fee of up to $4 per vehicle per year for reducing air pollution from motor vehicles and for related planning and programs. This legislation requires the Air District to allocate 40% of the revenue to an overall program manager in each county. The overall program manager must be designated “by resolutions adopted by the county board of supervisors and the city councils of a majority of the cities representing a majority of the population.” The Napa Valley Transportation Authority (NVTA) is the designated Program Manager for Napa County.
NVTA annually allocates funds generated under AB 434. The monies are placed into a fund known as Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA). Projects must be beneficial to air quality and be cost effective. The BAAQMD is responsible for administering the Bay Area Regional TFCA program and partners with NVTA to administer the 40% Program Manager TFCA Funds.
Program guidance and cost effectiveness requirements are updated annually. The Fiscal Year Ending 2023 program guidance can be viewed here.
Learn MoreThe Lifeline Transportation Program (LTP) was established by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to improve mobility for low-income communities, and it is one of the few instances where NVTA can program funds for operating purposes.
The LTP grant program is intended to address gaps and/or barriers in transportation for low-income communities, and to improve the range of travel choices available to the people of those communities. Projects are developed through a collaborative and open planning process and must be drawn from available Community-Based Transportation Plans, countywide or regional Welfare to Work Plans, or otherwise documented assessment of needs within communities of concern.
Public agencies, county social service agencies, cities and counties, and non-profit organizations are eligible applicants. However, since Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307 funds are all statutorily restricted to eligible public transit agencies, applicants must partner with NVTA to access the revenues. Additional information on FTA Section 5307 Fund requirements can be located HERE.
The Lifeline Transportation Program is intended to fund projects that result in improved mobility for low-income residents of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties, and are expected to carry out the following regional Lifeline Program goals:
The Lifeline Program supports community-based transportation projects that:
The Lifeline Program are administered by County Transportation Agencies (CTAs) or other designated county-wide agencies, or Lifeline Program Administrators, as follows:
County | Lifeline Program Administrator |
Alameda | Alameda County Transportation Commission |
Contra Costa | Contra Costa Transportation Authority |
Marin | Transportation Authority of Marin |
Napa | Napa Valley Transportation Authority |
San Francisco | San Francisco County Transportation Authority |
San Mateo | City/County Association of Governments |
Santa Clara | Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority and Santa Clara County |
Solano | Solano Transportation Authority |
Sonoma | Sonoma County Transportation Authority |
The Lifeline Transportation Program Cycle 6 is funded with FTA Section 5307 Funds. Projects must meet eligibility requirements of the funding sources to receive funds.
The Lifeline Program requires a minimum local match of 20% of the total project cost; new Lifeline Transportation Program funds may cover a maximum of 80% of the total project cost.
There are two exceptions to the 20% match requirement.
(1) FTA Section 5307 operating projects require a 50% match.
(2) All auto-related projects require a 50% match.
Project sponsors may use federal or local funding sources (Transportation Development Act, operator-controlled State Transit Assistance, local sales tax revenue, etc.) to meet the match requirement. The match may include a non-cash component such as donations, volunteer services, or in-kind contributions if the value of each is documented and supported, represents a cost that would otherwise be eligible under the program and is included in the net project costs in the project budget.
Lifeline Transportation Program funds are intended to fund innovative and flexible programs that address transportation barriers that low-income residents in the region face, many of whom are transit dependent. Therefore, it is expected that LTP funds be directed to meet these needs by funding new programs or services, or to continue existing programs that are otherwise at risk of being discontinued. The project must supplement, not supplant, existing funds. The project must not duplicate existing services, must coordinate with existing services to the extent feasible and demonstrate that no other funding sources are available to fund it.
Learn MoreThe RTIP is a five-year regional investment plan for the state transportation and updated every two years.
Regional spending plans developer by NVTA, MTC and other agencies in California make up 75% of the State Improvement Program
Learn MoreOne Bay Area Grant 3 (OBAG 3) is the third iteration of the program that guides how MTC distributes federal transportation funding from the Federal Highway Administration to projects and programs that improve safety, spur economic development and help the Bay Area meet climate change and air quality improvement goals.
On May 18, 2022, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority (NVTA) Board released the One Bay Area Grant-3 Call for Projects. The funds are authorized under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
There is approximately $6.1 million dollars available for projects in Napa County. OBAG Projects must have a transportation focus and may include planning activities. Eligible applicants are primarily cities/county though some non-profit, water/utility districts, tribes, resource conservation districts, and land trusts are eligible to receive funding when partnered with a local government agency that has a master agreement with Caltrans.
All project submittals must show a minimum non-federal 11.47% funding match. Projects that leverage other funding will be given higher priority in the grant award process.
All OBAG 3 applications must submit a Complete Streets Checklist for their project found here. For help filling out the list, please review the Complete Streets Checklist guidance.
For additional Complete Streets Checklist information visit: https://mtc.ca.gov/planning/transportation/complete-streets.
County Program Milestones and Timeline | |
2022 | |
January | MTC Resolution No. 4505, Revised posted on the OBAG 3 website, along with a summary of the adopted program revisions |
February | Overview of the OBAG 3 program revision and next steps to TAC |
May 18 | NVTA Opens OBAG 3 Call for Projects |
June 17 | OBAG 3 Applications due to NVTA |
June-July | NVTA to review project applications and provide draft project recommendations |
July | Bring draft project recommendations to committees – ATAC, CAC and TAC |
July 20 | OBAG 3 draft project selections to NVTA Board for approval and submittal to MTC |
September 30 | Deadline for projects to be submitted to MTC |
Fall | MTC adoption of county programs |
2023 | |
October | First year of OBAG 3 funding availability for county program capital projects (FY 2023-24). |
For more information or to provide comments
Project Applications are due to NVTA no later than Friday, June 17, 2022.
For more information about the OBAG 3 Program visit https://mtc.ca.gov/funding/federal-funding/federal-highway-administration-grants/one-bay-area-grant-obag-3 or email Alberto Esqueda at aesqueda@nvta.ca.gov.
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The TDA-3 program is funded by approximately 2% of the ¼ cent Statewide Sales Tax. NVTA receives the sales tax revenues generated in Napa which is approximately $150,000 per year in revenues. All of Napa jurisdictions are eligible to apply for these funds. Unused funds are accumulated and rolled over for programming in future cycles. The TDA-3 program provides grants for local bicycle and pedestrian projects.
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