Table 1a
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Table 1-A Summary of FY 2001 New Starts Ratings | |||||||||||
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Phase and City (Project) |
Total Capital Cost (millions) |
Total Sect. 5309 Funding Requested (millions) |
Section 5309 Funds Share of Capital Costs |
Overall Project Rating |
Financial Rating |
Project Justification Rating | |||||
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Final Design | |||||||||||
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Dallas-Ft. Worth (Trinity Railway Express- Phase II) |
$160.6 |
YOE |
$62.4 |
39% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Ft. Lauderdale (Tri-Rail Commuter Upgrade) |
$327.0 |
YOE |
$110.5 |
34% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Little Rock (River Rail Project) * |
$13.2 |
YOE |
$8.6 |
65% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Los Angeles-San Diego (LOSSAN Rail Corridor Imp. Project)* |
$35.7 |
1999 |
$24.1 |
68% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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New Orleans (Canal Streetcar Spine) |
$139.4 |
YOE |
$111.5 |
80% |
Not Recommended |
Low |
Medium |
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Newark (Newark Rail Link, MOS-1) |
$207.7 |
YOE |
$142.0 |
68% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High | ||||
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Northern New Jersey (Hudson-Bergen MOS-2) |
$1,112.8 |
YOE |
$721.6 |
65% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Pittsburgh (Stage II LRT Priority Program) |
$383.7 |
YOE |
$100.2 |
26% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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San Diego (Mission Valley East LRT Extension) |
$431.0 |
YOE |
$330.0 |
77% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High | ||||
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Preliminary Engineering | |||||||||||
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Austin (Austin Area LRT System) |
$739.0 |
YOE |
$369.5 |
50% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Baltimore (Central Corridor Light Rail Double Tracking) |
$153.7 |
YOE |
$120.0 |
78% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Boston (South Boston Piers Transitway Phase II) |
$363.7 |
1996 |
$291.0 |
80% |
Not Recommended |
Low |
Medium |
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Chicago (Douglas Branch Reconstruction) |
$450.8 |
YOE |
$320.1 |
71% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High | ||||
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Chicago (CTA Ravenswood Line Expansion) |
$327.1 |
YOE |
$245.5 |
75% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
High |
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Chicago (Metra Central Kane Corridor) |
$93.0 |
YOE |
$54.3 |
58% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Chicago (Metra North Central Corridor) |
$177.9 |
YOE |
$110.9 |
62% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Chicago (Metra South West Corridor Commuter Rail) |
$165.5 |
YOE |
$103.9 |
63% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High | ||||
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Cincinnati (I-71 Corridor) |
$874.7 |
YOE |
$431.2 |
49% |
Not Recommended |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium | ||||
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Cleveland (Euclid Corridor Improvement Project) |
$220.0 |
YOE |
$135.0 |
61% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Denver (Southeast Corridor LRT) |
$882.5 |
YOE |
$525.0 |
60% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Hartford (New Britain-Hartford Busway) |
$80.0 |
YOE |
$51.6 |
65% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Houston (Downtown to Astrodome Corridor Light Rail) |
$300.0 |
YOE |
$64.9 |
22% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Kansas City, Johnson County (I-35 Commuter Rail) * |
$30.9 |
YOE |
$24.8 |
80% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Las Vegas (Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway MOS) |
$568.0 |
YOE |
$155.0 |
27% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium-High | ||||
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Maryland (MARC Commuter Rail Improvements Projects) |
$85.1 |
YOE |
$40.9 |
48% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Memphis (Medical Center Extension) |
$69.1 |
YOE |
$55.3 |
80% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Miami (East-West Multimodal Corridor) |
$2,023.0 |
YOE |
$808.0 |
40% |
Not Recommended |
Low |
Medium |
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Miami (North Corridor) |
$615.2 |
YOE |
$430.6 |
70% |
Not Recommended |
Low |
Medium |
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Miami (South Miami-Dade Busway Extension) |
$87.8 |
YOE |
$61.3 |
70% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Minneapolis (Hiawatha Corridor LRT) |
$548.6 |
YOE |
$274.3 |
50% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Nashville (East Commuter Rail Project) * |
$30.0 |
YOE |
$20.9 |
70% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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New York (Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Project) |
$4,350.0 |
YOE |
$2,175.0 |
50% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Norfolk (Norfolk - Virginia Beach Corridor LRT) |
$524.6 |
YOE |
$288.5 |
55% |
Not Recommended |
Low |
Low-Medium | ||||
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Orange County (The Centerline Orange County Rail Corridor) |
$2,015.8 |
YOE |
$1,009.1 |
50% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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Phoenix (East Valley Light Rail Transit) |
$883.9 |
YOE |
$441.9 |
50% |
Not Recommended |
Low-Medium |
Not Rated |
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Portland (Interstate MAX LRT Extension) |
$350.0 |
YOE |
$257.5 |
73% |
Highly Recommended |
High |
High |
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Raleigh (Phase I Triangle Regional Rail Project) |
$284.0 |
YOE |
$111.0 |
39% |
Not Recommended |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
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Salt Lake City (CBD to University LRT) |
$105.8 |
YOE |
$84.6 |
80% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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San Diego (Mid Coast Corridor Project) |
$123.0 |
YOE |
$48.3 |
39% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High | ||||
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San Diego (Oceanside Escondido Rail Project) |
$253.5 |
YOE |
$152.1 |
60% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High | ||||
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San Francisco (Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1) |
$500.1 |
YOE |
$0.0 |
0% |
Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium |
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San Juan (Tren Urbano, Minillas Ext) |
$478.3 |
YOE |
$382.6 |
80% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium-High | ||||
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Seattle (Central Link LRT MOS) |
$1,500.0 |
YOE |
$500.0 |
33% |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
High |
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Seattle (Everett to Seattle Commuter Rail)* |
$104.0 |
YOE |
$24.9 |
24% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Seattle (Lakewood-to-Tacoma- Commuter Rail)* |
$86.0 |
YOE |
$24.9 |
29% |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Tampa (Tampa Bay Regional Rail) |
$953.8 |
YOE |
$476.9 |
50% |
Not Recommended |
Low Medium |
Medium |
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Washington DC (Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit) |
$279.7 |
YOE |
$217.8 |
78% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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Washington DC/MD (Largo Extension) |
$433.9 |
YOE |
$260.3 |
60% |
Recommended |
Medium |
Medium |
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* These projects are not rated based upon the exemption granted to projects where the anticipated Section 5309 New Starts share of the total estimated Capital Cost is below $25 million. | |||||||||||

