The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a proposal to facilitate public-private partnerships in public transportation.
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit intends to extend and modify platforms along the existing Red and Blue lines to accommodate three-car trains with level boarding.
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In 2005, FTA implemented the Standard Cost Categories (SCC) to establish a consistent format for the reporting, estimating, and managing of capital costs for New Starts projects. Information gathered from...
- July 26, 2017
No. The SSO rule requires only those states – 30 in total – which operate rail transit systems to establish and certify an SSO Program. The...
- July 26, 2017
To achieve FTA certification, an SSO Program must meet several federal statutory requirements. To help clarify the SSO Program requirements, FTA distributed a...
- July 26, 2017
April 15, 2019. This deadline was established by the SSO final rule. FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from granting waivers or extensions...
- July 26, 2017
If a state fails to meet the certification deadline, the FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from obligating funds to any public transportation system or program throughout that entire state until certification is achieved.
- July 26, 2017
No. The FTA is prohibited by federal transportation law from from granting waivers or extensions to the April 15, 2019 deadline.