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Title:

Legal Handbook for the New Starts Process
Cover of Legal Handbook for the New Starts Process

Accession Number:

01151967

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States
Order URL: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/TCRP_LR...book_for_the_New_Starts_Proc_163060.aspx

Abstract:

Each year the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) makes available more than $1 billion in federal funds for new or expanded fixed guideway New Starts transit projects. Because there are more proposed New Starts projects than there are federal funds to construct them all, Congress and the FTA have created an evaluation and project development process that each project must undergo before it can be assured of federal funding. The next step is for a project sponsor to seek approval from the FTA for federal funding of a project, and a lengthy process begins. If the project appears sound, FTA will permit it to enter preliminary engineering, a process in which the scope and cost of the project is further refined and reviewed as the FTA’s New Starts criteria are applied to the project. If all goes well, the project proceeds into final design, the transition period from project development to project construction. If the project ultimately is approved for funding by the FTA, a Full Funding Grant Agreement is entered into and the project is constructed. The FTA’s project development process is long and arduous, and there are key legal issues that arise throughout the process. While the FTA has a wealth of materials on its Web site about the project development and rating and evaluation process, transit lawyers have noted there is no single source to turn to for questions about the New Starts process. The purpose of this Handbook is to provide information to transit attorneys on the FTA’s New Starts process. The report should be useful not only for transit attorneys and managers, but also for legislators, civic leaders, and local transit supporters interested in the overall New Starts process.

Language:

English

Authors:

Duff, Daniel
Gill Jr, Edward J
Woodman, G Kent
Coburn, Thompson

Pagination:

43p

Publication Date:

2010-2

Serial:

TCRP Legal Research Digest

Issue Number: 30
Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Project development process

Subject Areas:

Law; Public Transportation; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 15 2010 9:13AM