Table 1d
| Table 1-D | ||||||||||||||
| Summary of FY 2002 New Starts Ratings | ||||||||||||||
| Project Justification Rating | Mobility Improvement Rating | Mobility Improvements | Environment Benefits Rating | Environmental Benefits | ||||||||||
| Annual Travel Time Savings (millions hours) | Low Income Households within 1/2 Mile | Annual Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions (tons CO2) | Annual Reduction in Regional Energy Consumption (million BTU's) | EPA Classification | ||||||||||
| Phase and City (Project) | ||||||||||||||
| Final Design | New Start Vs. | New Start Vs. | New Start Vs. | Ozone | Carbon Monoxide | |||||||||
| No-Build | TSM | No Build | TSM | No Build | TSM | |||||||||
| Chicago (North Central Corridor Commuter Rail) | Medium | Medium | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3,811 | Medium | 9,433 | 4,166 | 123,963 | 54,964 | severe | attainment | ||
| Dallas-Ft. Worth (Trinity Railway Express- Phase II)** | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | ||
| Little Rock (River Rail Project) * | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Los Angeles-San Diego (LOSSAN Rail Corridor Imp. Project)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Miami (South Miami-Dade Busway Extension)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| New Orleans (Canal Streetcar Spine) | Medium-High | Medium | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5,888 | Medium | 1,749 | 635 | 20,595 | 2,270 | attainment | attainment | ||
| San Diego (Oceanside-Escondido Rail Project) | Medium-High | Medium-High | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1,706 | Medium | 4,070 | 2,113 | 54,464 | 29,045 | serious non-attainment | moderate non-attainment | ||
| San Francisco (Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1) | Medium | Medium | 2.4 | 0.0 | 5,988 | Medium | 3,503 | N/A | [12,582] | N/A | maintenance | attainment | ||
| Seattle (Central Link LRT MOS-2 and MOS-3)** | Not Rated | Not Rated | N/A | N/A | N/A | Not Rated | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | maintenance | maintenance | ||
| Preliminary Engineering | ||||||||||||||
| Austin (Light Rail Corridors) | Medium | Medium | 2.6 | 2.1 | 4,446 | Medium | 2,295 | 278 | 1,575 | 27,941 | attainment | attainment | ||
| Charlotte (South Corridor Light Rail) | Medium | High | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5,716 | High | -46,966 | -25,117 | 28,070 | 10,850 | attainment | attainment | ||
| Chicago (Ravenswood Line Expansion) | High | Medium-High | 2.7 | 0.0 | 11,544 | High | 18,911 | N/A | 235,320 | N/A | severe non-attainment | attainment | ||
| Chicago (Union-Pacific West Line Extension) | Medium | Medium-High | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1 | High | 14,390 | 10,624 | 188,315 | 138,867 | severe non-attainment | attainment | ||
| Cincinnati (I-71 Corridor LRT) | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | 1.6 | 0.8 | 18,882 | Medium | [4,360] | 1,969 | [61,120] | 19,201 | moderate non-attainment | attainment | ||
| Cleveland (Euclid Corridor Transportation Project) | Medium | Medium-High | 1.0 | N/A | 12,406 | Medium | 8,481 | N/A | 76,146 | N/A | maintenance | moderate non-attainment | ||
| Girdwood, Alaska (Alaska Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Hartford (New Britain-Hartford Busway) | Medium | Medium-High | 2.8 | 0.8 | 4,381 | High | 12,158 | 9,086 | 160,084 | 119,449 | serious non-attainment | attainment | ||
| Houston (Downtown to Astrodome Corridor Light Rail) | Medium | Medium | 1.2 | N/A | 2,031 | High | 13,004 | N/A | 82,867 | N/A | severe non-attainment | attainment | ||
| Kansas City, Johnson County (I-35 Commuter Rail) * | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Las Vegas (Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway MOS) | Medium-High | Medium | 29.9 | 15.5 | 4,114 | High | 27,716 | 35,332 | 284,354 | 424,237 | attainment | serious non-attainment | ||
| Los Angeles (Eastside Corridor LRT) | Medium | Medium | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5,343 | High | 2,074 | 2,030 | 8,851 | 16,112 | extreme non-attainment | serious non-attainment | ||
| Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley East-West Transit Corridor) | Medium | Medium | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3,552 | Medium | 4,261 | 2,332 | 6,688 | 12,841 | extreme non-attainment | serious non-attainment | ||
| Lowell, Massachussetts-Nashua, Hew Hampshire (Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Maryland (MARC Commuter Rail Improvements)** | Not Rated | Not Rated | N/A | N/A | N/A | Not Rated | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | severe non-attainment | maintenance | ||
| Miami (North 27th Avenue Corridor) | Medium | Medium-High | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3,084 | Medium | [5,754] | [1,028] | 73,661 | 13,439 | maintenance | attainment | ||
| Minneapolis (Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail) | Medium | Low-Medium | 1.0 | [0.5] | 1,219 | Medium | 10,860 | 11,828 | 143,247 | 154,427 | attainment | attainment | ||
| Nashville (East Corridor Commuter Rail Project) * | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| New Orleans (Desire Corridor Streetcar) | Medium | Low-Medium | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2,088 | Medium | [170] | [113] | [6,008] | [5,337] | attainment | attainment | ||
| New York (Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Project) | Medium | Medium | 7.4 | 5.7 | 3,681 | High | [80,261] | [97,356] | [1,305,826] | [1,531,344] | severe non-attainment | moderate non-attainment | ||
| Orange County (The Centerline Rail Corridor) | Medium | Medium-High | 9.3 | N/A | 17,506 | Medium | 206,623 | N/A | 249,326 | N/A | extreme non-attainment | serious non-attainment | ||
| Phoenix (Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor)** | Not Rated | Not Rated | N/A | N/A | N/A | Not Rated | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | serious non-attainment | serious non-attainment | ||
| Pittsburgh (North Shore Connector LRT) | Medium | Medium | 0.2 | 0.1 | 510 | Medium | 15,416 | 133,161 | 23,956 | [4,072] | moderate non-attainment | attainment | ||
| Raleigh (Regional Transit Plan Phase I Durham to Raleigh) | Medium | Medium | 5.7 | 4.0 | 1,325 | High | [6,896] | [1,531] | 75,136 | 14,602 | maintenance | Maintenance | ||
| San Diego (Mid Coast Corridor Project) | Medium-High | Medium | 0.8 | N/A | 258 | High | 13,425 | N/A | 175,016 | N/A | serious non-attainment | moderate non-attainment | ||
| San Juan (Tren Urbano, Minillas Extension) | Medium-High | High | 33.8 | 0.9 | 4,349 | Medium | 48,564 | [4,538] | 488,977 | [87,589] | attainment | attainment | ||
| Seattle (Everett to Seattle Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Stamford (Urban Transitway and Intermodal Transportation Center) | Medium | High | 0.4 | 0.1 | 139 | Medium | 8,929 | N/A | 116,724 | N/A | attainment | attainment | ||
| Tacoma (Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Washington County (Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Washington DC (Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit) | Medium | Medium | 2.1 | 1.9 | 237 | High | 1,712 | 10,890 | 59,723 | 68,820 | serious non-attainment | moderate non-attainment | ||
| * This project has not been rated; under §5309(e)(8)(A), proposed new starts projects requiring less than $25.00 million in §5309 new starts funding are exempt from the project evaluation and rating process required by §5309(e). | ||||||||||||||
| ** "Not Rated" indicates that sufficient information for a complete evaluation of this project was not available for this Report; for information on a specific project, see Appendix A. | ||||||||||||||
| "N/A" = Not Available | ||||||||||||||
