This workshop will be particularly helpful for local agencies planning major transit investments eligible for Section 5309 New Start funding. Three half-day workshops have been scheduled.
More specific information is provided on the attached sign-up sheet.
These Workshops will provide an opportunity for local agencies and industry representatives to meet with FTA staff to address in detail each of the New Starts criteria. Each Workshop will discuss how and when the criteria are applied, and will provide detailed guidance on how specific criteria are to be calculated and reported. In addition, a technical guidance document addressing each of the criteria, which has been prepared by FTA, will be available at the Workshops and will be mailed to agencies planning New Start projects. In December 1996, FTA issued a Federal Register notice describing the revised New Starts justification criteria to be used to evaluate candidate transit projects for Section 5309 New Starts funding. The revised New Starts criteria include measures of mobility improvements, environmental benefits, operating efficiencies, cost effectiveness, transit supportive land use, local financial commitment, and other factors.