Small Grants
2020 Small Grants
SUBMISSIONS DUE: Closed
The Transportation Planning Division Small Grants provides assistance for a program, study, initiative, social activity or other innovative transportation-related opportunity. Grants are typically a maximum of $500.
2020
First place: Dense City Podcast, Rebecca Mayers
"I recently started a podcast called "Dense
City" which is a show where I discuss academic articles and books on
the topic of cities with the researchers who write them. The goal of this
podcast is to translate academic knowledge in an accessible way, in order
to help practitioners and the general public understand the dense
concepts we take for granted in academia. My research focuses on active
transportation, and I have a network of guests I can invite. However, it
would be great to compensate people for their time and to have the
TPD-e-blast as a platform to promote current research, advertise the
podcast, and enable all the TPD members to have access to this research
in an entertaining way."
First place: Feasibility of Easements for Transportation Greenways/Trails in Brookhaven, GA, Elizabeth Yarnall
"There is a great deal of evidence that many
people prefer to walk, bike or roll along separated facilities like
trails or greenways. For many who utilize transit, trips do not simply
begin or end when they get on or off a bus or train. This project would
examine potential corridors for greenways/trails in a small area in
Brookhaven, GA; develop contract templates for generating easements for
such facilities; and assess the general interest of specific landowners
for such easements on their property. The benefit to the transportation
planning community would be to validate this method of small area
planning; provide legally-reviewed template contracts from which to build
on for greenways; and provide some limited idea of landowner opinions
about such easement opportunities in a limited geographic area. Any of
these materials and methods could be utilized by others in the profession
to enhance the connectivity of multi-use trails/greenways to transit
facilities in their community or spark further academic research of such
an approach across geographies."
Second place: Assessing accuracy of previous travel demand model forecasts, Robert G Schiffer, AICP
2018
Michael Piscatelli, Town of New Haven, CT & Johnny Shively, Civic Impact Lab
Supporting a Civic Impact Lab focused on Transit Oriented Development
Ozzy Arce, City of Walnut Creek, CA
Supporting the Young Planners Group of the APA Northern California Chapter for hosting a panel discussion on Sustainable Transportation Programs & Policies Around the Bay Area
Gretchen Vetter, Capital Area MPO
Supporting a North Carolina Statewide TPD Networking Event
2017
Francesca Patricolo, City of Portland Bureau of Transportation / PedPDX
Community engagement video
Sicheng Wang, PhD Student at Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, Rutgers University
Is Transit Important for Single Parents? A Study on the Travel Mode Choice of Single Parents Based on Evidence from Maryland
Paulina Urbanowicz, Student at University of Texas at Austin
Educational Series and Workshop: Why the Planner-Engineer Relationship Matters in Transportation
Roberto Brady, Tulare County Association of Governments
Active Transportation Community Partnership Program
Saeed Ahmadi, PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Augmented Reality and Equitable Active Transportation
Patricia Neighbor, Portland Bureau of Transportation
Professional Development Assistance
Alvaro Villagran
Chicago's First Transportation Camp
2016
Orange County, California
$1,500 to support instructor time and training materials for Safe Routes to School: 1-2-3 GO! Workshop
Fredericksburg Area, Virginia
$500 to support a PYRO-Box for Bicycle & Pedestrian Counting Program
Tulare County, California
$500 to support additional outreach events for Bike & Stride Outreach Program
2015
Nicole Losch, City of Burlington (Members' Choice)
$750 to support street demonstration and a public event.
Rahsan Dawson, Center of Excellence for Aviation, Transportation & Logistics/Tarrant County College
$500 to support a transportation career pathway awareness curriculum
Eric McAuliff, Marin Transit
$500 to support a workshop for a group of social service agencies and transportation providers committed to better coordination of mobility management efforts in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
S. Nathan Jones-Meyer, Williamson County
$500 to support a public outreach event in order to promote fun and safe pedestrian and bicycle transportation on the trail system.
2014
James Wagner, AICP, APA Oklahoma Chapter
$450 in support of the Walk to the Future Sidewalk Summit in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 14, 2014
Jesse Cohn, Student at UNC Chapel Hill DCRP
$400 in support of the Carolina Transportation Program for an event featuring Norm Steinman on Charlotte's Urban Street Design Guidelines
William "Kyle" Anderson, Deputy Director of Bike Lending at American University
$500 to promote and raise funds for the bike lending program.
Jon Makler, APA Oregon Chapter & Alison Tanaka, WTS Portland Chapter
$500 in support of a joint APA/WTS professional development event