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Capital Investments

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Applying to New Starts

New Starts Reporting Instructions (2015) (MS Word)

New Starts Templates Part 1 (2015) (Excel)

New Starts Templates Part 2 (2015) (MS Word)

Standard Cost Categories (SCC) for Capital Projects

Documenting existing ridership to qualify for warrants (MS Word)

Core Capacity SCC Workbook

The Core Capacity Standard Cost Categories (SCC) worksheets issued by FTA for reporting the capital costs and schedules of proposed projects.

Small Starts SCC Workbook

Small Starts Standard Cost Categories (SCC) worksheets issued by FTA for reporting the capital costs and schedules of proposed projects.

New Starts SCC Workbook

New Starts Standard Cost Categories (SCC) worksheets issued by FTA for reporting the capital costs and schedules of proposed projects.

Standard Cost Categories for Capital Projects

Overview

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 projects across the country has been developed into a database called the...

New Starts Templates Part 1

FTA publishes templates that are used by project applicants to develop and report the necessary information to FTA. These templates are used for developing evaluation criteria and ratings.

New Starts Templates Part 2

Supplemental Land Use and Economic Development Information and Supporting Documentation templates for New Starts Projects.