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Capital Investments

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Application materials for FTA Capital Investment Grants program

Capital Investment Grants Program Presentations

Capital Investment Grant Program Overview Core Capacity Overview

This step-by-step video provides an overview of everything there is to know about the Federal Transit Administration’s Core Capacity Improvement Program. Core Capacity projects, which fund substantial, corridor-based...

Applying to Core Capacity

Reporting Instructions (2015) MS WordCore Capacity Templates (2015) ExcelStandard Cost Categories (SCC) for Capital ProjectsCore Capacity Standard Cost Category Workbook (2015)

Core Capacity Templates

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

Core Capacity Reporting Instructions

These reporting instructions for the Core Capacity (Section 5309) Program inform applicants of the information they must provide so FTA may undertake the legislatively required evaluation and rating of project merit.

Applying to Small Starts

Reporting Instructions (2015) (MS Word)Small Starts Templates Part 1 (2015) (Excel)Small Starts Templates Part 2 (2015) (MS Word)Small Starts Standard Cost Category Workbook (2015)Documenting existing ridership to qualify for warrants (MS Word)

Small Starts Templates Part 2

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

Small Starts Reporting Instructions

These reporting instructions for the Section 5309 Small Starts Criteria inform sponsors of proposed Small Starts projects of the information they must provide to FTA so that it may undertake the legislatively required evaluation and rating of project merit.