Advancing Major Transit Investments through Planning and Project Development
- January 2003. This guidance is for the transit community, including FTA grantees and other agencies that may be interested in the planning and project development process for major capital transit investments. It describes the planning and project development process that precede FTA approval to enter Preliminary Engineering and Final Design, and identifies specific activities and products of the planning and project development process that FTA would like to provide assistance on.
- Note on Version 1.1 of Advancing Major Transit Investments through Planning and Project Development
- Introduction
- Part I – Planning and Project Development
- Part II – Project Justification and Local Financial Commitment Criteria
- Part III – Exempt Projects
- Appendix A – Selection of the New Starts Baseline Alternative
- Appendix B – New Starts Evaluation and Rating Process
- Appendix C – Planning and Project Development Resources
