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Welcome, new grant recipients. You have probably made first contact with someone at the Regional Office and just received your first Federal Transit Administration (FTA) congressional appropriation. Now we need to begin the process of establishing your organization as a...
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Link: Guidance for Implementation of FTA's CE (23 C.F.R. §771.118)
Guidance on Categorical Exclusions (PDF) Categorical Exclusion (d-list) Template (MS Word)Categorical Exclusion (c-list) Template (MS Word)When do I submit a grant application after all information has been added to TEAM?Call the FTA regional office to have an official grant number assigned, if the grant number is provided, you can submit immediately, unless you receive special instructions.
When is the deadline to have the...
The Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative is a multi-year USDOT initiative being conducted jointly by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) to develop and demonstrate innovative...
The following documents provide guidance and information to support compliance with the Final Rule.
ITS Architecture Final Rule (PDF) – This purpose of this document is to issue a final rule to implement section 5206(e) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA–21), enacted...Office of the Regional Administrator (FTA Region 9) Organizational Chart
Regional Directive on Application ProceduresRegional FMO Checklist (PDF)Guidance for Transit Financial Plans (PDF)
Transit benefits from maintaining and extending the pre-automobile design of American cities; that is, a mixture of land uses within compact corridors easily served by transit lines. Many cities have zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations that do not permit such development to be...
Providing information to customers is an oft-neglected but crucial aspect of providing high-quality transit service. One aspect is to provide information that will attract additional ridership to new or improved service (see discussion of Marketing below). Equally important...