Cycling infrastructure; application for funding for investments to improve cycling

With the special "Stadt und Land" program, the federal government is supporting the federal states and local authorities in improving cycling infrastructure.

Purpose

In the interests of efficient climate protection and the consistent design of modern and humane mobility, the expansion of a safe cycling system that is planned in seamless networks and can be used with minimal downtime is to be supported. The aim is to create a high-quality, safe and efficient cycling infrastructure in both urban and rural areas.

Object

The federal government is providing the federal states with financial assistance for investments in cycling through the "Urban and Rural" special program until the end of 2030.

The federal financial assistance is intended to promote investment in cycling infrastructure with a view to providing nationwide coverage, preferably through inter-municipal measures, in particular urban-rural connections, including measures to create inter-municipal cycling networks, among other things:

• New construction, conversion and expansion of area-wide, preferably separated and safe cycling networks,
• independent cycle paths,
• cycle lanes,
• cycle bridges or underpasses (including lighting and signposting),
• parking facilities and bicycle parking garages,
• Measures to optimize the flow of traffic for cyclists, such as separate traffic light phases (green phases),
• Creation of necessary cycling concepts to link the individual modes of transport and freight cycling.

Details on the implementation of the program, requirements for applying for financial assistance, eligibility criteria, etc. can be found in the administrative agreement for the special program "Stadt und Land" or its addendum.

Beneficiaries

Federal states, municipalities and associations of municipalities, including rural districts and independent cities.

Eligible costs

Reference is made to Art. 3 No. 2 of the administrative agreement on the special "Urban and Rural" program and the relevant state-specific guidelines (see "Legal basis").

Funding is provided without legal obligation within the framework of the budget funds available for these purposes.

The maximum rates used to determine the eligible costs in the context of funding under the Bavarian Municipal Transport Financing Act (BayGVFG) apply accordingly. In the case of bicycle parking facilities, the eligible costs are determined using flat-rate maximum rates per parking space.

Type and amount

The funding is granted as a subsidy.

The type of grant is a project grant.

Proportional or fixed-amount funding is granted in relation to the eligible costs. Both the planning and the construction of cycling infrastructure can be funded with up to 75% of the eligible costs. In the case of particularly financially weak municipalities, funding of up to 90% is possible.

The Free State of Bavaria will increase the federal funding for bicycle parking facilities from up to 75% to up to 90% of the eligible costs.

• Required Documents
  • Entwurfsunterlagen (Erläuterungsbericht, Übersichtslageplan, Lageplan, Regelquerschnitte usw.): Ein in Anlehnung an die Richtlinien für die Entwurfsgestaltung im Straßenbau (RE) aufgestellter Entwurf
  • Nachprüfbare Berechnung oder/und Erläuterung über die Kostenbeteiligung Dritter
  • Bei Radwegen ein Sicherheitsaudit und bei anderen Fördertatbeständen entsprechende Nachweise in geeigneter Form
  • Antrag auf Gewährung einer Zuwendung (Muster 1a zu Art. 44 BayHO)
  • Angaben zu den finanziellen Verhältnissen (Muster 2a zu Art. 44 BayHO - Kameralistik)
  • Angaben zu den finanziellen Verhältnissen (Muster 2b zu Art. 44 BayHO - Doppik)
  • Ermittlung zuwendungsfähige Kosten nach Muster 1 zu den Nrn. 11.1.2 und 11.4 RZStra

In particular, the prerequisite for funding is that the investment

• has not yet begun,
• is ready for construction and land acquisition has been secured,
• has been fully implemented by the end of 2030,
• is structurally and traffic-technically sound,
• is planned in accordance with the principle of economic efficiency and economy,
• has its own traffic significance, particularly for commuter or everyday traffic, and has an overall positive forecast in terms of modal shift potential,
• does not exclusively serve or is intended to serve tourist traffic,
• the planning is carried out within the framework of an integrated traffic concept or at least a cycling concept or cycling network,
• can be operated and maintained permanently, safely and sustainably - including winter road maintenance - by the road authorities of the federal states and municipalities.

According to Art. 10 Para. 2 and 3 of the "Urban and Rural" ordinance, the federal funding must be reported in a suitable form during construction and after completion. After completion of the federal funding for a "significant project", the federal funding must be permanently displayed.

• All measures, regardless of whether they are significant or not, should be labeled during construction until the federal funding is completed. This can be done temporarily via posters, construction boards, construction signs, etc.
• In the case of projects selected as "significant" according to the above criteria, permanent identification must be provided, e.g. by means of information boards, plaques, hangers, etc. in places that are clearly visible to the public at or in the immediate vicinity of the measure.

Grants can be awarded to federal states, rural districts, municipalities and municipal associations.

You can lodge an appeal against the grant notification within one month. You will be informed of the competent court where you can lodge an appeal in the notification.

• The funding application must be submitted to the responsible district government. There are no deadlines for submitting applications to the district governments.
• The district government reviews the application and forwards it to the Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport (StMB).
• The StMB prioritizes the applications together with the district governments and applies for the funds from the Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM) on the basis of the "Urban and Rural" administrative agreement. Applications are submitted to the BALM on the first of each month.
• Once the BALM has made its decision, the district government issues the funding decision and monitors the funding until the proof of use has been verified.

There are no fixed deadlines for this funding.

There are no costs.