Congestion Relief Program

Objective

The goals of the program are to reduce highway congestion, reduce economic and environmental costs associated with that congestion, including transportation emissions, and optimize existing highway capacity and usage of highway and transit systems through: (1) improving intermodal integration with highways, highway operations, and highway performance; (2) reducing or shifting highway users to off- peak travel times or to nonhighway travel modes during peak travel times; and (3) pricing of, or based on, as applicable, parking; use of roadways, including in designated geographic zones; or congestion. This Assistance Listing 20.269 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.205, please refer to former ALN 20.205 for FY24 and FY25 financial obligations. The new Assistance Listing 20.269 will be utilized by DOT at the start of FY 2026.

Who Can Apply

• U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
• County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
• Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages)

A state, Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), city, or municipality carrying out a project in an urbanized area with a population greater than 1,000,000. [§ 11404; 23 U.S.C 129(d)(1)(A)]

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

J.Malcom.Smith@dot.gov
2023665880