Pennsylvania will soon be sending out about $3.2 million to metropolitan planning organizations and other groups that handle regional transportation planning in Central Pennsylvania. The money comes from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program, or TAP, to improve transportation for non-motorists, according to PennDOT.

The state received a total of $25.1 million under the TAP program for fiscal year 2013, PennDOT spokesman Steve Chizmar said. District 8, which includes all of the midstate, will receive $3.2 million for uses such as pedestrian and bicyclist trails, recreational and rail trails, construction of overlooks and other safe turnouts for viewing areas, pollution control and mitigation along roads, and workforce development.

A full list of approved uses for the money can be found at the Federal Highway Administration.

In the midstate, PennDOT plans to allocate the funds as such:

Adams County — $199,000

Franklin County — $244,000

Harrisburg Area Transportation Study (Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry counties) — $957,000

Lancaster County — $844,000

Lebanon County — $229,000

York County — $718,000

Total TAP money in the U.S. for 2013 is slightly less than $809 million, with an 1.4 percent increase to $820 million in fiscal year 2014, according to FHA. Pennsylvania's share of that money is expected to increase by about 5 percent, Chizmar said. TAP spending is down from $43 million last year.