NTL Record

Title Revised Measures for Assessing Major Investments: A Discussion Draft
Record ID 56541
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
Publication Date 19940901
Language English
Abstract The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) made substantial changes to the criteria, included in the Federal Transit (FT) Act, which the Federal Government is to use to make discretionary grants to support major transit capital investment projects ("new starts"). In addition, on January 26, 1994, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12893 describing Principles for Federal Infrastructure Investments which applies to all programs. These actions require revision to FTA's Major Investments Policy. This paper presents the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) proposal to address the expanded criteria and Executive Order in the Major Investments Policy. While the new policy will have an impact on the local planning procedures required for federally assisted metropolitan area transportation investments, its primary purpose is to address FTA's appraisal of candidate projects for Section 3 New Starts funds. This is because the new Policy will be used to determine FTA's rating of projects in the Section 3(j) Report to Congress on recommendations for use of Section 3 New Starts funds. The paper is being circulated among interested parties for comments and suggestions.
Rosap ID dot:599
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/599
TRT Terms Urban transit; Public transit; Investments; Return on investment
General Subjects Finance; Transportation (General)
Geographical
Coverage
Washington (District of Columbia); United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
669109
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/56000/56500/56541/revisedmeasuresf00unse_0.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository