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Table 1-B
Summary of FY 2001 New Starts Ratings |
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Financial Rating Criteria |
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Project Justification Criteria |
| Phase and City (Project) |
Overall Project Rating |
|
Financial Rating |
|
Capital Finance Rating |
Operating Finance Rating |
|
Project Justification Rating |
|
Mobility Improvement Rating |
Environment Benefits Rating |
Operating Efficiency Rating |
Cost Effectiveness Rating |
Land Use Rating |
| Final Design |
|
Dallas-Ft. Worth (Trinity Railway Express- Phase II) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Not Rated |
Medium |
Not Rated |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Ft. Lauderdale (Tri-Rail Commuter Upgrade) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Low |
Low |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Little Rock (River Rail Project) * |
|
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)* |
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) |
Not Recommended |
Low |
|
Low |
Low |
|
Medium |
|
Low-Medium |
Medium |
High |
High |
Medium |
|
Newark (Newark Rail Link, MOS-1) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
|
Northern New Jersey (Hudson-Bergen MOS-2) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Low |
Medium-High |
|
Pittsburgh (Stage II LRT Priority Program) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Low-Medium |
High |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
|
San Diego (Mission Valley East LRT Extension) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium-High |
|
|
Preliminary Engineering |
|
Austin (Austin Area LRT System) |
|
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
|
Baltimore (Central Corridor Light Rail Double Tracking) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Medium-High |
Low-Medium |
|
Boston (South Boston Piers Transitway Phase II) |
Not Recommended |
Low |
|
Low |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Low-Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
High |
|
Chicago (Douglas Branch Reconstruction) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
High |
|
Chicago (CTA Ravenswood Line Expansion) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
High |
|
Medium-High |
High |
Medium |
High |
High |
|
Chicago (Metra Central Kane Corridor) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
High |
|
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
High |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
|
Chicago (Metra North Central Corridor) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
High |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
|
Chicago (Metra South West Corridor Commuter Rail) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
High |
|
Medium-High |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Cincinnati (I-71 Corridor) |
Not Recommended |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low |
|
Low-Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
|
Cleveland (Euclid Corridor Improvement Project) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium High |
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
Medium |
Low |
Medium-High |
|
Denver (Southeast Corridor LRT) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Hartford (New Britain-Hartford Busway) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
High |
Low |
High |
Low-Medium |
|
Houston (Downtown to Astrodome Corridor Light Rail) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Kansas City, Johnson County (I-35 Commuter Rail) * |
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) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
Medium |
High |
High |
Medium |
|
Maryland (MARC Commuter Rail Improvements Projects) |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Memphis (Medical Center Extension) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Not Rated |
Medium |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
|
Miami (East-West Multimodal Corridor) |
Not Recommended |
Low |
|
Low |
Low |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium-High |
|
Miami (North Corridor) |
|
Not Recommended' |
Low |
|
Low |
Low |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Miami (South Miami-Dade Busway Extension) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
High |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
|
Minneapolis (Hiawatha Corridor LRT) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Low-Medium |
High |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium-High |
|
Nashville (East Commuter Rail Project) * |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
New York (Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Project) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
Not Rated |
Low |
High |
|
Norfolk (Norfolk - Virginia Beach Corridor LRT) |
Not Recommended |
Low |
|
Low |
Low |
|
Low-Medium |
Low |
Medium |
High |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
|
Orange County (The Centerline Orange County Rail Corridor) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
|
Phoenix (East Valley Light Rail Transit) |
Not Recommended |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low |
|
Not Rated |
Not Rated |
Not Rated |
Not Rated |
Not Rated |
Medium |
|
Portland (Interstate MAX LRT Extension) |
Highly Recommended |
High |
|
High |
High |
|
High |
|
High |
High |
Medium |
Medium-High |
High |
|
Raleigh (Phase I Triangle Regional Rail Project) |
Not Recommended |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Not Rated |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
|
Salt Lake City (CBD to University LRT) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Low-Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
San Diego (Mid Coast Corridor Project) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
|
San Diego (Oceanside Escondido Rail Project) |
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
Medium |
High |
Medium |
|
San Francisco (Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1) |
Recommended |
|
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Medium-High |
Medium |
Medium |
Low |
High |
|
San Juan (Tren Urbano, Minillas Ext) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium-High |
Medium-High |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium-High |
|
Seattle (Central Link LRT MOS) |
|
Highly Recommended |
Medium-High |
High |
Medium |
|
High |
|
Medium |
High |
Medium |
High |
High |
|
Seattle (Everett to Seattle Commuter Rail)* |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Seattle (Lakewood-to-Tacoma- Commuter Rail)* |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
|
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Tampa (Tampa Bay Regional Rail) |
|
Not Recommended |
Low Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
Medium |
|
Low-Medium |
High |
High |
Medium-High |
Low-Medium |
|
Washington DC (Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Low-Medium |
Low-Medium |
|
Washington DC/MD (Largo Extension) |
Recommended |
|
Medium |
|
Medium |
Medium-High |
Medium |
|
Medium |
High |
Medium |
Medium |
Medium-High |
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* These projects are not rated based upon the exemption granted to projects where the anticipated Section 5309 New Starts share of the total estimated Capital Cost is below $25 million. |
