Public Transportation: Improvements are Needed to More Fully Assess Predicted Impacts of New Starts Projects

Public Transportation: Improvements are Needed to More Fully Assess Predicted Impacts of New Starts Projects
ISBN-10
1437908500
ISBN-13
9781437908503
Series
Public Transportation
Pages
62
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
DIANE Publishing
Author
Katherine Siggerud

Description

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.

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