Transportation Fund for Clean Air

COUNTY PROGRAM MANAGER FUND

The Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) County Program Manager (CPM) Fund is a local fund source of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District). As the TFCA County Program Manager for Alameda County, Alameda CTC is responsible for programming 40 percent of the $4 vehicle registration fee collected in Alameda County for this program. Approximately $2 million in new TFCA revenue is programmed annually. Starting with Fiscal Year 2017-18, the programming of TFCA funding is coordinated with the biennial development of the Alameda CTC’s Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP). Off-cycle programming actions may occur when needed to ensure the programming of TFCA funds within the deadlines established by the Air District.

Only public agencies are eligible TFCA applicants. TFCA-eligible projects are to result in the reduction of motor vehicle emissions. In general, eligible projects are those that conform to the provisions of the Alameda CTC Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP) and the TFCA Program Guidelines contained within.

Each project must also meet the requirement of achieving an emission reduction cost-effectiveness per ton of total reactive organic gases (ROG), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and weighted particulate matter 10 microns in diameter and smaller (PM10) emissions reduced ($TFCA/ton emissions reduced), of which the maximum threshold is set by the Air District.

TFCA project sponsors are required to comply with all program requirements including expenditure deadlines, data collection, and submittal of annual and final project reports. Data collection requirements vary by project type (see the sample monitoring forms below).

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR PROJECT SPONSORS

 Staff contact: Seon Joo Kim, 510.208.7412, sjkim@alamedactc.org

TFCA Call for Projects 

See the Funding Opportunities web page for current calls for projects or prior ones for reference purposes.