| Table 1-C | ||||||
| Summary of FY 2002 New Starts Ratings | ||||||
| Financial Rating | Finance Rating Criteria | |||||
| Section 5309 Funds as Share of Capital Costs | Capital Finance Rating | Operating Finance Rating | ||||
| Phase and City (Project) | ||||||
| Final Design | ||||||
| Chicago (North Central Corridor Commuter Rail) | Medium-High | 61% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| Dallas-Ft. Worth (Trinity Railway Express- Phase II)** | Not Rated | 39% | Not Rated | Not Rated | ||
| Little Rock (River Rail Project) * | Exempt | 65% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Los Angeles-San Diego (LOSSAN Rail Corridor Imp. Project)* | Exempt | 68% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Miami (South Miami-Dade Busway Extension)* | Exempt | 26% | N/A | N/A | ||
| New Orleans (Canal Streetcar Spine) | Medium | 80% | Medium-High | Medium | ||
| San Diego (Oceanside-Escondido Rail Project) | Medium-High | 46% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| San Francisco (Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1) | Medium | 0% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Seattle (Central Link LRT MOS-2 and MOS-3)** | Not Rated | 38% | Not Rated | Not Rated | ||
| Preliminary Engineering | ||||||
| Austin (Light Rail Corridors) | Low-Medium | 50% | Low-Medium | Low-Medium | ||
| Charlotte (South Corridor Light Rail) | Medium | 50% | Medium | Medium-High | ||
| Chicago (Ravenswood Line Expansion) | Medium | 75% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Chicago (Union-Pacific West Line Extension) | Medium-High | 62% | Medium-High | High | ||
| Cincinnati (I-71 Corridor LRT) | Low | 49% | Low | Low | ||
| Cleveland (Euclid Corridor Transportation Project) | Medium-High | 59% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| Girdwood, Alaska (Alaska Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | 22% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Hartford (New Britain-Hartford Busway) | Medium | 63% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Houston (Downtown to Astrodome Corridor Light Rail) | Medium-High | 0% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| Kansas City, Johnson County (I-35 Commuter Rail) * | Exempt | 80% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Las Vegas (Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway MOS) | Medium | 35% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Los Angeles (Eastside Corridor LRT) | Medium | 53% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley East-West Transit Corridor) | Medium | 0% | Medium-High | Medium | ||
| Lowell, Massachussetts-Nashua, Hew Hampshire (Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | 44% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Maryland (MARC Commuter Rail Improvements)** | Not Rated | 48% | Not Rated | Not Rated | ||
| Miami (North 27th Avenue Corridor) | Low | 70% | Low | Low | ||
| Minneapolis (Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail) | Medium | 50% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Nashville (East Corridor Commuter Rail Project) * | Exempt | 70% | N/A | N/A | ||
| New Orleans (Desire Corridor Streetcar) | Medium | 70% | Medium | Medium | ||
| New York (Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Project) | Medium | 50% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Orange County (The Centerline Rail Corridor) | Medium-High | 50% | High | Medium-High | ||
| Phoenix (Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor)** | Medium-High | 50% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| Pittsburgh (North Shore Connector LRT) | Medium | 50% | Medium | Medium | ||
| Raleigh (Regional Transit Plan Phase I Durham to Raleigh) | Medium-High | 50% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| San Diego (Mid Coast Corridor Project) | Medium-High | 36% | Medium-High | Medium-High | ||
| San Juan (Tren Urbano, Minillas Extension) | Medium | 80% | Medium-High | Medium | ||
| Seattle (Everett to Seattle Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | 24% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Stamford (Urban Transitway and Intermodal Transportation Center) | Medium | 75% | Medium | Not Rated | ||
| Tacoma (Lakewood-to-Tacoma Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | 29% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Washington County (Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail)* | Exempt | 30% | N/A | N/A | ||
| Washington DC (Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit) | Medium | 78% | Medium | 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 | ||||||