Programs for Local Government

In partnership with local governments and other groups, WisDOT administers a variety of state and federal programs to complete projects that enhance our comprehensive transportation network.

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Highways and bridges

• Federal economic recovery projects
• Connecting Highway Aids
• County Forest Road Aids
• Emergency Relief
• Expressway Policing Aids
• Flood Damage Aids
• General Transportation Aids (GTA)
• Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
• Lift Bridge Aids
• Local Bridge Improvement Assistance
• Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP)
• Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
• Surface Transportation Program - Freight (STP-Freight)
• Surface Transportation Program – Rural (STP-R)
• Surface Transportation Program – Urban (STP-U)

Public transportation

• Transit procurement procedures
• Public transportation documents
• Federal Formula Grant Program for Urbanized Areas
• Federal Discretionary Capital Assistance
• Rural and Small Urban Public Transportation Assistance
• Rural Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP)
• State Urban Mass Transit Operating Assistance
• Supplemental Transportation Rural Assistance Program (STRAP) 
• Wisconsin Employment Transportation Assistance Program (WETAP)

Specialized transit

• County Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance
• Tribal Transportation for Elders
• Elderly and Disabled Capital Assistance
• New Freedom
• Transit procurement procedures

Other aid

• Adopt-A-Highway
• Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
• Business help during construction - "In This Together"
• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
• Freight Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program (FRIIP)
• Freight Rail Preservation Program (FRPP)
• Harbor Assistance Program (HAP)
• Railroad crossing improvements
• Rustic Roads
• State Trunk Highway Fire Call Claim program
• Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program
  • Local Transportation Enhancements (TE)
  • Safe Routes to School
• Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA)

Transportation coordination

Local Force Account (LFA) agreements

WisDOT's Office of Tribal Affairs

Wisconsin Information System for Local Roads (WISLR)

Transportation and land use

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Dan Thyes, dan.thyes@dot.wi.gov
Last modified: May 8, 2013