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Railroad Crossing Elimination Program

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The Railroad Crossing Elimination grant program—newly enacted in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—provides funding to a wide range of entities with a goal of improving safety and mobility of goods and people. 

Eligible Applicants:

  1. A State, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other United States territories and possessions;
  2. A political subdivision of a State;
  3. A federally recognized Indian Tribe.
  4. A unit of local government or a group of local governments.
  5. A public port authority.
  6. A metropolitan planning organization.
  7. A group of entities described in any of paragraphs (1) through (6).

Eligible Projects:

(1) Grade separation or closure, including through the use of a bridge, embankment, tunnel, or combination thereof;

(2) Track relocation;

(3) The improvement or installation of protective devices, signals, signs, or other measures the improve safety, provided that such activities are related to a separation or relocation project described in paragraph (1) or (2);

(4) Other means to improve the safety and mobility of people and goods at highway-rail grade crossings (including technological solutions);

(5) A group of related projects described in paragraphs (1) through (4) that would collectively improve the mobility of people and goods; or

(6) The planning, environmental review, and design of an eligible project described in paragraphs (1) through (5).

Application Resources:

FRA Website: https://railroads.dot.gov/BIL

FRA Fact Sheet: https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/railroad-crossing-elimination-grant-program-fact-sheet

Notice of Funding Opportunity: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/06/2022-14344/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-railroad-crossing-elimination-program

Webinars (How to apply, Benefit-cost analysis): https://railroads.dot.gov/rail-network-development/training-guidance/webinars-0

Benefit-Cost Analysis Guidance for Grant Programs: https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/transportation-policy/benefit-cost-analysis-guidance-discretionary-grant-programs-0