Public Transit Issues and Developments de Calvin B. Lang

Public Transit Issues and Developments

Calvin B. Lang

Through the New Starts program, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) evaluates and recommends new fixed guideway transit projects for funding using the evaluation criteria identified in law. In August 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 the authors to annually review FTA's New Starts process. This book 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. To address these objectives, the authors reviewed statutes, FTA guidance and regulations governing the New Starts program, and interviewed experts, project sponsors, and Department of Transportation (DOT) officials.

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Preface; Public Transit Program Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization; Impacts of New Starts Projects; Public Transportation" Future Demand is likely for New Starts and Small Starts Programs; Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Staff: Hearing on the Federal Transit Administration's Implementation of the New Starts and Small Starts Programs; Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, Hearing on Implementation of New Starts and Small Starts Programs, May 10, 2007; Testimony Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructures Subcommittee on Highways and Transit; Statement of David Lewis, Senior Vice President, HDR/Decision Economics, HDR Engineering Inc., Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub-Committee on Highways and Transit, Implementation of New Starts and Small Starts Programs; Statement of James S. Simpson, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Dept. of Transportation Before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, FTA Implementation of the New Starts and Small Starts Programs; Testimony from Peter Varga, Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer, Interurban Transit Partnership, Grand Rapids, Michigan: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, May 10, 2007; Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, Rick Gustafson, Executive Director, Portland Streetcar, Inc., Portland, Oregon; Index.