Principles for Allocation of Funds
Planning and Project Development Process
Table 1: Summary of New Start Project Ratings for FY 2000 Budget
Principles for Funding Recommendations
Table 2: Supplemental Analysis of FY 2000 New Start Project Ratings
New Starts Allocations and Recommendations
A Word About Full Funding Grant Agreements
Existing Federal Funding Commitments
Boston/South Boston Piers Transitway Phase 1
Maryland/MARC Extension to Frederick & System Improvements
Northern New Jersey/Hudson-Bergen Waterfront LRT
Portland/Westside LRT to Hillsboro
San Francisco/BART Airport Extension ("BART-SFO")
Proposed New Federal Funding Commitments
Dallas/North Central LRT Extension
Ft. Lauderdale/Tri-Rail Commuter Rail Upgrade
Memphis/Medical Center Extension
Orlando/I-4 Central Florida LRT Project
Funding for Preliminary Engineering
Baltimore/Central Corridor LRT Double Track
Minneapolis/Hiawatha Corridor Transitway
Appendix A: New Starts Project Profiles
Appendix B: Additional Studies and Projects Authorized in TEA-21
Tables & Figures
Table 1: Summary of New Start Project Ratings for FY 2000 Budget
Table 2: Supplemental Analysis of New Start Project Ratings
Table 3: FY 2000 New Starts Funding Recommendations
Table A-1: Financial Ratings: Capital Financing Commitments
Table A-2: Financial Ratings: Stable and Reliable Operating Revenue
Table A-3: Land Use Assessment Ratings
Alphabetical Index of Project Profiles
Atlanta, Georgia/North Line Extension
Austin, Texas/Northwest/North Central Corridor
Baltimore, Maryland/Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Tracking
Boston, Massachusetts/South Boston Piers Transitway -- Phase I
Boston, Massachusetts/South Boston Piers Transitway - Phase II
Chicago, Illinois/Central Kane Corridor
Chicago, Illinois/Southwest Corridor
Chicago,Illinois/North Central Corridor
Cincinnati, Ohio/Interstate 71 Corridor
Cleveland, Ohio/Euclid Corridor Improvement Project
Dallas, Texas/North Central Corridor
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas/RAILTRAN Phase II
Denver, Colorado/Denver Southeast Corridor
Denver, Colorado/Southwest LRT
Fort Lauderdale, Florida/Tri-County Commuter Rail
Houston, Texas/Regional Bus Plan
Kansas City, Missouri/Southtown Corridor
Las Vegas, Nevada/Las Vegas Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway
Little Rock, Arkansas/Little Rock River Rail Project
Los Angeles, California/MOS-3 Extensions of Metro Rail
Maryland/MARC Frederick Extension and Rolling Stock Procurement
Memphis, Tennessee/Medical Center Rail Extension
Miami, Florida/Miami East-West Corridor
Miami, Florida/Miami North 27th Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota/Hiawatha Avenue Corridor
New Orleans, Louisiana/Canal Streetcar Spine
New York, New York/Long Island Rail Road Access to Manhattan's East Side (East Side Access)
Norfolk, Virginia/Norfolk-Virginia Beach Corridor
Northern New Jersey/Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link
Orange County, California/Orange County Transitway Project
Orlando, Florida/Central Florida Light Rail System
Phoenix, Artizona/Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway Extension - Phase I
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh Stage II Light Rail Transit
Portland, Oregon/South-North Corridor
Portland, Oregon/Westside-Hillsboro Corridor
Raleigh, North Carolina/Regional Transit Plan Phase I Regional Rail-- Durham to North Raleigh
Sacramento, California/South Corridor LRT
Salt Lake City, Utah/Downtown Connector
Salt Lake City, Utah/North-South LRT
San Diego County, California/LOSSAN Rail Corridor
San Diego County, California/Mid Coast Corridor
San Diego County, California/Mission Valley East
San Diego County, CaliforniaOceanside-Escondido Passenger Rail Project
San Francisco, California/BART to San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco, California/Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1
San Jose, California/Phase 1 Tasman LRT West Extension
San Juan, Puerto Rico/Minillas Extension
San Juan, Puerto Rico/Tren Urbano
Seattle, Washington/Seattle Link Light Rail
Seattle, Washington/Seattle-Tacoma Sounder Commuter Rail
St. Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area/St. Clair County, Illinois Corridor
Tampa, Florida/Tampa Bay Regional Rail System
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area/Largo Metrorail Extension
Alphabetical Index of Additional Studies and Projects Authorized in TEA-21
Albuquerque, NM/Albuquerque Alvarado Intermodal Center
Albuquerque, NM/Greater Albuquerque Mass Transit Project
Albuquerque, NM/High Capacity Corridor [Light Rail]
Atlanta, GA/Atlanta (South DeKalb Lindbergh Corridor)
Atlanta, GA/Atlanta-Athens Commuter Rail
Atlanta, GA/Georgia 400 Multimodal Corridor (North Fulton Corridor)
Atlanta, GA/Griffin Commuter Rail
Atlanta, GA/MARTA Interstate 285 Transit Corridor
Atlanta, GA/MARTA Marietta-Lawrenceville Corridor
Atlanta, GA/MARTA South DeKalb Comprehensive Transit Program
Baltimore, MD/Central Light Rail Transit Extension to Glen Burnie
Baltimore, MD/Metropolitan Rail Corridor
Baltimore, MD/People Mover (Baltimore Central Downtown Major Investment Study)
Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC/MARC Commuter Rail Improvements (MARC Maintenance Facility)
Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC/MARC Commuter Rail Improvements (MARC Mid-day Storage Facility)
Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC/MARC Commuter Rail Improvements (MARC Penn-Camden Connection)
Bergen, County, NJ/Cross County Light Rail
Boston, MA/Airport Intermodal Transit Connector
Boston, MA/North Shore Corridor & Blue Line Extension to Beverly Project
Boston, MA/North-South Rail Link
Boston, MA-Providence, RI/Boston-Providence Commuter Rail
Bridgeport, CT/Intermodal Corridor
Burlington, VT/Burlington-Essex Commuter Rail
Charleston, SC/Monobeam Corridor
Charlotte, NC/North-South Corridor Transitway
Chicago, IL/Comiskey Park Station
Chicago, IL/Douglas Branch [CTA]
Chicago, IL/Inner Circumferential Commuter Rail
Chicago, IL/Navy Pier-McCormick Place Busway
Chicago, IL/Northwest Rail Transit Corridor
Chicago, IL/Ravenswood Line Extension [CTA]
Cleveland, OH/Cleveland Blue Line Extension
Cleveland, OH/Cleveland-Akron-Canton Commuter Rail
Cleveland, OH/ClevelandBerea Metroline Extension
Cleveland, OH/Interstate 90 Corridor to Ashtabula County
Cleveland, OH/Lorain-Cleveland Commuter Rail
Cleveland, OH/North South (Waterfront Line Extension)
Cleveland, OH/Northeast Ohio Commuter Rail Study, Phase II
Craig, AK/Hollis-Ketchikan Ferry
Dallas, TX/Dallas Las Colinas Corridor (Northwest Corridor)
Dallas, TX/DART Light Rail Transit Southeast Extension (Pleasant Grove Corridor)
Dayton, OH/Regional Riverfront Corridor
Denver, CO/East Corridor (Airport)
Denver, CO/North Front Range (Ft. Collins-Denver)
El Paso. TX/International Fixed Guideway (El Paso to Juarez)
Fremont, CA/South Bay Corridor
Galveston, TX/Trolley Extension
Harrisburg, PA/Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail
Hartford, CT/City Light Rail Connection to the Central Business District
Hartford, CT/Old Saybrook-Hartford Rail Extension
Hastings, St. Paul, MN/Washington County Corridor
Houston, TX/Advanced Transit Program (Central Business District to Astrodome)
Houston, TX/Advanced Transit Program (West Loop Corridor)
Indianapolis, IN/Northeast Indianapolis Corridor
Jacksonville, FL/Fixed Guideway Corridor
Kansas, City, MO/Interstate 35 Commuter Rail
Knoxville, TN/Electric Transit
Los Angeles, CA/Metrolink (San Bernardino Line)
Los Angeles, CA/Metrolink (Union Station-Fullerton)
Los Angeles, CA/Santa Monica Boulevard Transitway
Los Angeles, CA/Minimum Operable Segment 4 East Side Extension (Phase 2)
Los Angeles, CA/Redlands-San Bernardino Transportation Corridor
Los Angeles, CA/Riverside-Perris Rail Passenger Service
Los Angeles, CA/San Fernando Valley (East-West)
Louisville, KY/Jefferson County Corridor (South Central Corridor)
Maine/High Speed Ferry Service
Marin-Sonoma, CA/North Bay Commuter Rail
Memphis, TN/Regional Rail Plan
Miami, FL/Kendall-Airport Corridor
Miami, FL/South Busway Extension
Milwaukee, WI/East-West Corridor
Milwaukee, WI/Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Rail Extension [Metra]
Minneapolis-St. Cloud, MN/Twin Cities Transitway Corridors (Riverview Corridor)
Monmouth/Ocean/Middlesex, NJ/MOM Study
Monterey County, CA/Commuter Rail
Morgantown, WV/Personal Rapid Transit/A
Nashua, NH-Lowell, MA/Commuter Rail
New Jersey-New York/Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor (Access to the Regions Core - ARC)
New Jersey-Pennsylvania/Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania Rail Corridor
New London, CT/Waterfront Access
New Orleans, LA/Airport-CBD Commuter Rail (East Jefferson Corridor)
New Orleans, LA/Desire Streetcar
New York, NY/8th Avenue Subway Connection
New York, NY/Astoria-East Elmhurst Extension
New York, NY/Broadway-Lafeyette-Bleecker Street
New York, NY/Brooklyn-Manhattan Access (formerly the East River Crossing MIS)
New York, NY/Brooklyn-Staten Island Ferry
New York, NY/Lower Manhattan Access Alternatives Study
New York, NY/Manhattan East Side Access
New York, NY/Midtown West Ferry Terminal
New York, NY/North Shore Railroad
New York, NY/Queens West Light Rail Link
New York, NY/Second Avenue Subway
New York, NY/St. George Ferry Intermodal Terminal
New York, NY/Staten Island Ferry-Whitehall Intermodal Terminal
Newburgh, NY/ Light Rail Transit System
Northern Indiana/West Lake Commuter Rail Link (South Shore Commuter Rail)
Northern New Jersey/New York, Susquehanna & Western Commuter Rail (Hawthorne-Warwick Corridor)
Northern New Jersey/Union Township Station (Raritan Valley)
Oakland, CA/Airport-BART Corridor
Other Project Authorizations (§3030(c) of TEA-21)
Philadelphia, PA/Broad Street Line Extension
Philadelphia, PA/Cross County Metro
Philadelphia, PA/Lower Merion Township
Philadelphia, PA/Schuykill Valley Metro
Philadelphia-Pittsburgh, PA/Highspeed Rail
Pitkin, County, CO/Roaring Fork Valley (Aspen-Glenwood Springs Corridor)
Pittsburgh, PA/Airborne Shuttle System
Pittsburgh, PA/North Shore-Central Business District
Providence-Pawtucket, RI/Providence-Pawtucket Corridor
Rhode Island/Integrated Intermodal Transportation
Riverside County, CA/San Jacinto-Branch Line
Sacramento, CA/Folsom Extension
Sacramento, CA/Placer County Corridor
Salt Lake City, UT/Draper Light Rail Extension
Salt Lake City, UT/Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo Commuter Rail
Salt Lake City, UT/West Jordan Light Rail Extension
San Francisco-San Jose, CA/CalTrain Extension to Hollister
San Joaquin, CA/Regional Transit Corridor
Santa Cruz, CA/Santa Cruz Fixed Guideway
Santa Fe, NM/El Dorado Rail Link
Scranton, PA/Laurel Line Intermodal Corridor
SE North Carolina/Southeastern North Carolina Corridor
Seatac, WA/SEATAC Personal Rapid Transit
Seattle, WA/Southworth Highspeed Ferry (Trans-Puget Sound)
Sioux City, IA/Micro Rail Trolley System
Spokane, WA/South Valley Corridor Light Rail
St. Louis, MO/Cross County Corridor
Stamford, CT/Fixed Guideway Connector
Stockton, CA/Altamont Commuter Rail
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL/Pinellas County Mobility Initiative
Tidewater, VA/Williamsburg-Newport News-Hampton LRT
Toledo, OH/Central Business District to Zoo
Trenton-Newark, NJ/West Trenton Line (West Trenton-Newark)
Washington, DC/Dulles Corridor Extension
Washington, DC/Georgetown-Ft. Lincoln
Washington, DC-MD/Maryland Route 5 Corridor (Waldorf Corridor Study)
Washington, DC-Richmond, VA/Washington-Richmond Corridor Improvements