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Download or read book MASS TRANSIT FTA Could Relieve New Starts Program Funding Constraints written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1970s, the federal government has provided a large share of the nation's capital investment in urban mass transportation. Much of this investment has come through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program, which helps pay for certain rail, bus, and trolley projects through full-funding grant agreements. In the last 8 years, this program has provided state and local agencies with over $6 billion to help design and construct transit projects throughout the country. The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), 1 enacted in 1998, authorized $6 billion in guaranteed funding for the New Starts program through fiscal year 2003. Although the level of New Starts funding is higher than it has ever been, the demand for these resources is also extremely high. TEA-21 identified over 190 projects nationwide as eligible to compete for New Starts funding. FTA was directed to prioritize projects for funding by evaluating, rating, and recommending potential projects on the basis of specific financial and project justification criteria. Furthermore, TEA-21 required FTA to issue regulations for the evaluation and rating process.

Download or read book Mass Transit written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-01-987 Mass Transit: FTA Could Relieve New Starts Program Funding Constraints

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Download or read book Mass transit FTA needs to better define and assess impact of certain policies on New Starts program report to congressional committees written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Public Transportation New Starts Program Challenges and Preliminary Observations on Expediting Project Development written by A. Nicole Clowers and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Starts program is an important source of new capital investment in mass transportation. The Fed. Transit Admin. (FTA) must prioritize transit projects for funding by evaluating, rating, and recommending projects on the basis of specific financial commitment and project justification criteria, such as cost-effectiveness, economic dev¿t. effects, land use, and environ. benefits. To be eligible for fed. funding, a project must advance through the different project dev¿t. phases of the New Starts program, including alternatives analysis, preliminary engineering, and final design. This testimony discusses the: (1) key challenges associated with the New Starts program; and (2) options that could help expedite project dev¿t. in the New Starts program.

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Download or read book Mass Transit Status of New Starts Transit Projects With Full Funding Grant Agreements written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1970s, the federal government has provided a large share of the nation's capital investment in urban mass transportation. Much of this investment has come through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) new starts program, which funds up to 80 percent of major new rail and bus transit systems that use separate and exclusive rights-of-way, as well as extensions to existing systems. FTA has entered into full funding grant agreements totaling $5.1 billion for 14 new starts transit projects that are currently under construction. Approximately $3.2 billion of this $5.1 billion has already been appropriated for these projects. Expected to cost a total of $8.7 billion when the grant agreements were signed, these projects represent a substantial investment of federal, state, and local transportation funds. Because of your interest in FTA's new starts transit investments, you asked us to assess the progress and cost of these 14 projects in terms of the schedule and cost estimates in the grant agreements. As agreed with your offices, this report, which includes the information we provided your staff in May 1999, describes the status of each project, identifies those projects that have experienced changes in their baseline cost estimates, and provides information on the reasons for the changes.

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Download or read book Public transportation opportunities exist to improve the communication and transparency of changes made to the New Starts program report to congressional committees written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Public Transportation written by Katherine Siggerud and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the New Starts program, the Fed. Transit Admin. (FTA) evaluates and recommends new fixed guideway transit projects for funding using the evaluation criteria identified in law. In Aug. 2007, FTA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), in part, to incorporate certain provisions within the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) into the evaluation process. SAFETEA-LU requires an annual review of FTA¿s New Starts process. This report discusses: (1) the information captured by New Starts project justification criteria; (2) challenges FTA faces as it works to improve the New Starts program; and (3) options for evaluating New Starts projects. Includes recommend. Illus.