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原文传递 MASS TRANSIT: IMPLEMENTATION OF FTA'S NEW STARTS EVALUATION PROCESS AND FY 2001 FUNDING PROPOSALS.

题名：	MASS TRANSIT: IMPLEMENTATION OF FTA'S NEW STARTS EVALUATION PROCESS AND FY 2001 FUNDING PROPOSALS.
关键词：	Budgeting-; Buses-; Commitment-authority; Evaluation-; Financing-; Grant-aid; New-Starts; Public-transit; Rail-transit; Ratings-; Recommendations-; Transportation-Equity-Act-for-the-21st-Century; Trolley-cars; Trolleybuses-; U.S.-Federal-Transit-Administration; Urban-transit
摘要：	Since the early 1970s, the federal government has provided a large share of the nation's capital investment in urban mass transportation. Much of this investment has come through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts program, which helps pay for certain rail, bus, and trolley projects through full funding grant agreements. To prioritize Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) funding, FTA was directed to evaluate, rate, and recommend potential projects on the basis of specific financial and project justification criteria. FTA was also required to issue regulations for the evaluation and rating process. In addition, TEA-21 requires the General Accounting Office (GAO) to report by April 30 on the FTA's processes and procedures for evaluating, rating, and recommending New Starts projects for federal funding and on the implementation of these processes and procedures. In April 1999 GAO issued their first report on FTA's efforts. This report discusses (1) the refinements made to FTA's evaluation and rating process since last year, (2) the means by which New Starts projects were selected for FTA's fiscal year 2001 New Starts report and budget request, and (3) the impact of FTA's recommendations on the agency's New Starts commitment authority. Briefly, results indicate that, while FTA's fiscal year 2001 New Starts project evaluation and rating process was very similar to last year's, the agency made a number of refinements to the process. In selecting projects for its fiscal year 2001 New Starts funding proposal, FTA gave first preference to the projects with existing grant agreements. More state and local transit agencies than ever are competing for New Start funds. However, the 14 ongoing projects and the 15 additional projects proposed in the fiscal year 2001 New Starts report and budget requests would consume more than the total New Starts commitment authority provided by TEA-21.
总页数：	2000/04. pp23 (2 Fig., 2 Tab., 2 App.)
报告类型：	科技报告