All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP)

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, established a new All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) to provide federal competitive grants for repairing, improving, modifying, retrofitting, or relocating infrastructure of stations or facilities for passenger use, including load-bearing members that are an essential part of the structural frame. Federal funds can also be used for developing or modifying a plan for pursuing public transportation accessibility projects, assessments of accessibility, or assessments of planned modifications to stations or facilities for passenger use or programs of projects in an eligible area. The information collection (IC) request is for an extension without change of a currently approved collection which is due to expire on December 31, 2022. FTA began this information collection in June 2022 under a six-month OMB emergency approval. On September 27, 2022, FTA issued a 60-day Federal Register Notice (FRN) requesting the extension of the approved information collection under the regular Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance process. There were no comments received from that notice. As required, a 30-day FRN requesting public comments followed. There have been no changes to the respondent universe or burden since the initial emergency request. FTA is requesting OMB approval under the normal PRA process for up to three years. This is a voluntary program where recipients submit initial information at the application stage and if funding is received; additional data is required at the project management stage. Information is submitted by eligible recipients for ASAP to include designated recipients that allocate funds to legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, states (including territories and Washington D.C.) or local governmental entities that operate legacy rail fixed guideway public transportation systems. The information is received online via TrAMS, FTA's transit award and management system. There are no changes to this IC as FTA has not applied any substantive changes or adjustments from the initial assumptions of the emergency approval. FTA plans to announce the first grant recipients of this program in early 2023.

The latest form for All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) expires 2026-06-30 and can be found here.

ASAP Application

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Transportation - Ground Transportation