| Table 1-B | |||||||||||||||
| Summary of FY 2002 New Starts Ratings | |||||||||||||||
| Overall Project Rating | Financial Rating | Financial Rating Criteria | Project Justification Rating | Project Justification Criteria | |||||||||||
| Capital Finance Rating | Operating Finance Rating | Mobility Improvement Rating | Environment Benefits Rating | Operating Efficiency Rating | Cost Effectiveness Rating | Land Use Rating | |||||||||
| Phase and City (Project) | |||||||||||||||
| Final Design | |||||||||||||||
| Chicago (North Central Corridor Commuter Rail) | Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Little Rock (River Rail Project) * | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Los Angeles-San Diego (LOSSAN Rail Corridor Imp. Project)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Miami (South Miami-Dade Busway Extension)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| New Orleans (Canal Streetcar Spine) | Recommended | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | Not Rated | High | Medium | |||||
| San Diego (Oceanside-Escondido Rail Project) | Highly Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | |||||
| San Francisco (Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low | High | |||||
| Seattle (Central Link LRT MOS-2 and MOS-3)** | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | |||||
| Preliminary Engineering | |||||||||||||||
| Austin (Light Rail Corridors) | Not Recommended | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | |||||
| Charlotte (South Corridor Light Rail) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | High | High | Medium | Medium | Medium | |||||
| Chicago (Ravenswood Line Expansion) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | Medium-High | High | Medium | High | High | |||||
| Chicago (Union-Pacific West Line Extension) | Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | High | Medium | Medium-High | High | Medium | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | |||||
| Cincinnati (I-71 Corridor LRT) | Not Recommended | Low | Low | Low | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | |||||
| Cleveland (Euclid Corridor Transportation Project) | Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium-High | |||||
| Girdwood, Alaska (Alaska Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Hartford (New Britain-Hartford Busway) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium-High | High | Low | High | Medium | |||||
| Houston (Downtown to Astrodome Corridor Light Rail) | Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | High | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | |||||
| Kansas City, Johnson County (I-35 Commuter Rail) * | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Las Vegas (Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway MOS) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | High | High | High | Medium | |||||
| Los Angeles (Eastside Corridor LRT) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | Medium | Low | Medium-High | |||||
| Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley East-West Transit Corridor) | Recommended | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | |||||
| Lowell, Massachussetts-Nashua, Hew Hampshire (Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Maryland (MARC Commuter Rail Improvements)** | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | |||||
| Miami (North 27th Avenue Corridor) | Not Recommended | Low | Low | Low | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium | |||||
| Minneapolis (Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | |||||
| Nashville (East Corridor Commuter Rail Project) * | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| New Orleans (Desire Corridor Streetcar) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium-High | |||||
| New York (Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Project) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | Low-Medium | Low | High | |||||
| Orange County (The Centerline Rail Corridor) | Recommended | Medium-High | High | Medium-High | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | High | Low-Medium | Medium | |||||
| Phoenix (Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor)** | Not Rated | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Not Rated | Medium | |||||
| Pittsburgh (North Shore Connector LRT) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low-Medium | Medium-High | |||||
| Raleigh (Regional Transit Plan Phase I Durham to Raleigh) | Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium | Medium | High | Medium | Low-Medium | Medium | |||||
| San Diego (Mid Coast Corridor Project) | Highly Recommended | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium-High | Medium | High | Medium | High | Medium | |||||
| San Juan (Tren Urbano, Minillas Extension) | Recommended | Medium | Medium-High | Medium | Medium-High | High | Medium | Low | Medium-High | Medium-High | |||||
| Seattle (Everett to Seattle Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Stamford (Urban Transitway and Intermodal Transportation Center) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Not Rated | Medium | High | Medium | Not Rated | Low-Medium | Medium | |||||
| Tacoma (Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Washington County (Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | Exempt | N/A | N/A | Exempt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Washington DC (Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit) | Recommended | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | Medium | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | |||||
| * 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 | |||||||||||||||