Funding Funded from both the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and the General Fund. New Starts Continues the discretionary nature of the program. Projects must still compete for funding using expanded criteria to justify the major investment involved.
New language tightens eligibility criteria.
Limits the amount of new starts funding that can be used for purposes other than final design and construction to 8 percent of the amounts made available for this program. Fixed Guideway Modernization Continues formula apportionment using system wide mileage based on data used to apportion the funding in FY 1998. Modifies slightly the allocation of funding under the first four tiers. Increases the number of tiers from four to seven. Bus Continues the discretionary nature of the program in current law.