Kansas city metropolitan way to go program

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the Kansas Department of Transportation $150,000 under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CFDA 20.268) on December 19, 2025, to promote the Way to Go Program in the Kansas City metropolitan area, with performance through July 11, 2029.

The Way to Go Program operates as a regional rideshare and transportation demand management initiative. KDOT passed through $150,000 to the Mid America Regional Council (MARC), the Kansas City metropolitan planning organization, which administers the program's planning and public outreach activities across the greater Kansas City region spanning Kansas and Missouri.

CMAQ funds support projects and programs that reduce transportation-related emissions in areas that do not meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter (nonattainment areas) and in former nonattainment areas now in compliance (maintenance areas). Each state's apportionment is calculated under statutory formulas; states with PM2.5 nonattainment or maintenance areas must dedicate 25 percent of CMAQ funds attributable to those areas to PM2.5 reduction projects, prioritizing benefits to disadvantaged or low-income communities where practicable. Funds are available for obligation for three years after the end of the fiscal year in which they are authorized.

Performance is located in Kansas.

Project description

Scope: promote the way to go program location: kansas city metropolitan way to go program