Proposed Allocation of Funds for Fiscal Year 2004

• Cover Page 
• Report Documentation Page 
• Annual Report on New Starts--Proposed Allocations of Funds for Fiscal Year 2004 
• 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 
• Introduction 
• Planning and Project Development Process 
• Project Evaluation and Rating Process 
• Important Changes in the Rating Process 
• FY 2003 Annual Report Ratings 
• Principles for Funding Recommendations 
• New Starts Allocations and Recommendations 
• FY 2004 Funding Recommendations for Existing FFGAs 
• Existing FFGAs Fully Funded in the President's FY 2003 Budget Request 
• Pending Federal Funding Commitments 
• Proposed Funding Commitments 
• Conclusion 
• Appendix A 
• Table 1-A: Summary of New StartsProject Ratings for FY 2004 Budget 
• Table 1-B: Summary of FY2004 New Starts Ratings 
• Table 1-C: Summary of FY2004 New Starts Ratings 
• Table 1-D Continued: Summary of FY2004 New Starts Ratings 
• Table 2: FY 2004 New Starts Funding Recommendations 
• Figure 1: Map of New Starts Projects with Pending and Full Funding Grant Agreements [PDF]  
• Figure 2: Map of New Starts Projects in Preliminary Engineering and Final Design [PDF]  
• Table A-1: Financial Ratings: Capital Financing Commitments 
• Table A-2: Financial Ratings: Stable And Reliable Operating Revenue 
• Table A-3: Land Use Assessment Ratings