Proposed New Starts and Small Starts Policy Guidance
This document describes the measures and methods for calculating the project justification and local financial commitment criteria required by statute for New and Small Starts projects and included in the Final Rule. The regulation and its appendix act as a framework for the New and Small Starts project evaluation process, and the policy guidance fills in the details. FTA welcomes feedback on the proposals contained in this policy guidance and will consider them before issuing final policy guidance.