Consideration of Brownfields and Contaminated PropertiesDuring NEPA

USDOT Policy Encourages Transportation-Related Redevelopment of Brownfields

MAP-21 Uniform Act Changes

Real Estate Workshop May 19 – 21, 2014 Office of Program Management Mamie Smith-Fisher

PMO Standards for Hiring a Right-of-Way Consultant

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conducts Project Management Oversight (PMO) on major capital projects.  Because the Real Property Acquisition and Relocation portions of a project are critical components representing substantial risk both from a schedule and budget standpoint, FTA...

Real Estate Acquisition Management Plan (RAMP) Outline

A model for the development of a Real Property Acquisition and Management Plan.

Federal Register 49 CFR Part 24 (2005 Rule)

The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.

Real Estate Information

FTA is committed to ensuring that FTA grant recipients comply with all laws, regulations, and agency policy related to the acquisition of real property for use on federally -assisted transit projects. FTA recipients must ensure all private property owners and displaced persons are...

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...

Streamlining the Federal New Starts/Small Starts Program

Dear Colleague:

Last night, President Obama presented a blueprint for an economy built to last over the long term and called on the federal government to do its part to deliver solutions to expand opportunities for all Americans while cutting red tape.

The Federal Transit...

Travel Forecasts

Several FTA project-evaluation measures rely on travel forecasts prepared by sponsors of proposed New Starts and Small Starts projects. In its reviews to ensure their usefulness in project evaluation, FTA considers five aspects of the forecasts:

Guidelines for Economic Development Effects for New Starts and Small Starts Projects

This document supplements the Reporting Instructions by providing additional information for project sponsors on how to document economic development effects for their project. The guidance is also intended to assist project sponsors in understanding how FTA evaluates this criterion and to...