# Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research  (20.505)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/20-505-metropolitan-transportation-planning-and-state-and-non/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated October 31, 2026.

Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research  is run by Department of Transportation. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $966 million in 1,841 grants, about $524,536 per award.

## Objectives

The Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non?Metropolitan Planning and Research Program supports states, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and regional partners in developing coordinated, data?driven transportation planning products. The program provides financial assistance for preparing and maintaining Metropolitan Transportation Plans, Statewide Long?Range Transportation Plans, Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs and STIPs), and other technical studies needed to guide investment decisions in a unified and officially coordinated statewide and metropolitan transportation planning process. These planning activities ensure that federal, state, and local transportation priorities are aligned; support performance?based decision?making; and help advance multimodal, environmentally responsible, and fiscally constrained transportation systems.
Assistance Listing 20.505 will no longer be used for new awards beginning in FY 2026. The program was divided into two separate, program?specific Assistance Listings; Metropolitan Transportation Planning (Section 5303), AL 20.517, and Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning and Research (Section 5304), AL 20.535. Beginning in FY 2026, all new funding awards, obligations, and activities will be made under these two new listings, and AL 20.505 will remain available only for administrative closeout of previously awarded grants.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $177 million | 340 |
| 2022 | $191 million | 402 |
| 2023 | $214 million | 450 |
| 2024 | $188 million | 393 |
| 2025 | $195 million | 470 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation California | California | $132 million |
| State of Florida Department of Transportation | Florida | $88.9 million |
| Texas Department of Transportation | Texas | $76.2 million |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | Illinois | $47.4 million |
| Department of Transportation New York | New York | $44.3 million |
| Maryland Department of Transportation | Maryland | $40.3 million |
| Transportation, New Jersey Dept of | New Jersey | $30.8 million |
| Ohio Department of Transportation | Ohio | $29.2 million |
| Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Pennsylvania | $27.4 million |
| Georgia Department of Transportation | Georgia | $25.6 million |
| Washington St Department of Transportation | Washington | $21.1 million |
| Michigan Department of Transportation | Michigan | $20.4 million |
| Department of Transportation Arizona | Arizona | $20.2 million |
| Iowa Department of Transportation | Iowa | $19.6 million |
| North Carolina Department of Transportation | North Carolina | $19.5 million |
| Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation | Virginia | $18.7 million |
| Massachusetts Department of Transportation | Massachusetts | $17.3 million |
| Kansas Department of Transportation | Kansas | $15.2 million |
| Tennessee Department of Transportation | Tennessee | $14.7 million |
| Colorado Department of Transportation | Colorado | $14.1 million |