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| Proposed Allocations of Funds for Fiscal Year 2005 Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the United States Congress Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(o)(1) |
2004
Annual Report on
New Starts
Proposed Allocations of Funds
for Fiscal Year 2005
Report of the Secretary of Transportation
to the United States Congress
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(o)(1)
2004
Report Number FTA-TBP10-2004-1
Prepared by:
Federal Transit Administration
Pursuant to:
Title 49, United States Code, Section 5309(o)(1)
Available from:
Federal Transit Administration
Office of Policy Development, TBP-10
400 7th Street, SW, Room 9310
Washington, DC 20590
Cover Photo courtesy of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Washington, DC (FTA archives)
"Dear Colleague" letter from Administrator Jennifer L. Dorn
Letter to The Honorable Richard C. Shelby
Letter to The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes
Letter to The Honorable Don Young
Letter to The Honorable James L. Oberstar
Foreword
This report is submitted pursuant to Title 49, United States Code (U.S.C.), 5309(o)(1), which requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate, a report that includes a proposal on the allocation of amounts to be made available to finance grants and loans for capital projects for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems (“New Starts”) among applicants for those funds. In addition, the report is also formally submitted to the Appropriations Committees of both the House and the Senate. It is also provided to transit operators, metropolitan planning organizations, and State departments of transportation, and is made available to the public at large.
The report is a companion document to the President’s annual budget request to Congress. It provides the Administration’s recommendations for allocating New Starts capital investment funding for Federal Fiscal Year 2005.
The report is organized into two sections: the main body of the report, which specifies funding recommendations by project and provides background information both on the projects and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) program and processes; and a series of appendices that provide more detailed information on each proposed project. Appendix A includes those proposed projects in preliminary engineering, final design, or construction, and includes a complete profile (with map, where available) for each project. Appendix B briefly describes each project that is currently in alternatives analysis.
During the clearance of this report within the Department of Transportation, Congress enacted H.R. 2673, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004. References in this report to the FY 2004 Conference Report are now the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004. Upon request, this report will be made available in alternative formats. It is also available via the Internet at the FTA site on the World Wide Web; the address is http://www.fta.dot.gov/.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Planning and Project Development Process
Alternatives Analysis
Preliminary Engineering
Final Design
Project Evaluation and Rating Process
The Criteria
Project Justification
Local Financial
The Evaluations
The Ratings FY 2005 Annual Report Ratings
Exemptions
Table 6 – Summary of FY 2005 New Starts Ratings
Principles for Funding Recommendations
New Starts Allocations and Recommendations
A Word About Full Funding Grant Agreements
Existing Federal Funding Commitments
FY 2005 Funding Recommendations for Existing FFGAs
Atlanta/North Springs (North Line Extension)
Baltimore/Central LRT Double Track
Chicago/Douglas Branch Reconstruction
Chicago/North Central Corridor Commuter Rail
Chicago/Ravenswood Line Expansion
Chicago/Southwest Corridor Commuter Rail
Chicago/Union-Pacific West Line Extension
Denver/Southeast Corridor LRT
Ft. Lauderdale/South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Commuter Rail Upgrades, Segment 5
Los Angeles/MOS-3 Extensions of Metro Rail (North Hollywood)
Minneapolis/Hiawatha Corridor LRT
New Orleans/Canal Streetcar Line
Northern New Jersey/Hudson-Bergen MOS-1
Northern New Jersey/Hudson-Bergen MOS-2
Northern New Jersey/Newark Rail Link MOS-1
Pittsburgh/Stage II LRT Reconstruction
Portland/Interstate MAX LRT Extension
Salt Lake City/CBD to University LRT
Salt Lake City/Medical Center Extension
San Diego/Mission Valley East LRT Extension
San Diego/Oceanside-Escondido Rail Corridor
San Francisco/BART Extension to San Francisco International Airport
San Juan/Tren Urbano
Seattle/Central Link Initial Segment
St. Louis/Metrolink St.Clair Extension
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area/Largo Metrorail Extension Existing FFGAs Fully Funded in the President’s FY 2004 Budget
Dallas/North Central LRT Extension
Memphis/Medical Center Extension
Pending Federal Funding Commitments
Los Angeles/Metro Gold Line East Side Extension
Table 7 – FY 2005 New Starts Funding Recommendations
Figure 1. Map of Pending Federal Funding Commitments and Existing Full Funding Grant Agreements [PDF]
Figure 2. Map of New Starts Projects in Final Design and Preliminary Engineering [PDF]
Proposed Funding Commitments
Cleveland/Euclid Corridor Bus Rapid Transit
Las Vegas/Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway
New York/ Long Island Rail Road East Side Access
Phoenix/Central Phoenix East Valley Light Rail
Pittsburgh/North Shore Connector LRT
Other Projects
Charlotte/South Corridor LRT
Raleigh/Regional Rail System
ConclusionAppendix A: New Starts Project Profiles
Appendix B: Additional Studies and Projects
Tables & Figures
Table 1: Project J ustification Criteria
Table 2: Cost Effectiveness Thresholds
Table 3: Ratings Applied in Assessment of Land Use Criterion
Table 4: Financial Ratings: Capital Financing Commitments
Table 5: Financial Ratings: Table and Reliable Operating Revenue
Table 6: Summary of FY 2005 New Starts Ratings
Table 7: FY 2005 Funding for New Starts Projects
Figure 1: Map of Pending Federal Funding Commitments and Existing FFGAs
Figure 2: Map of New Starts Projects in Final Design and Preliminary Engineering