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Location: Denver, ColoradoProject Sponsor: Regional Transportation District (RTD)
RTD is proposing to provide commuter rail service between the Denver Union Station and Wheat Ridge, Colorado. FTA's environmental document reviewers...
Project Location: Dallas, TXProject Sponsor: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
DART's 9.3-mile light rail transit extension of the Orange Line extends northwest through Irving to Belt Line Road and...
Portland, OregonProject Sponsors: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon and Metro
The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project will travel 7.3 miles, connecting Portland State University in...
Project Location: Kansas City, MissouriProject Sponsor: City of Kansas City
The City of Kansas City will construct a streetcar project on Main Street that runs on approximately two miles of doubled track, with a...
In October 2023 at APTA TRANSform, FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez presented Chicago Transit Authority with FTA’s Excellence in Environmental Document Award for the Red Line Extension project. The proposed project will extend the Red Line an additional 5.6 miles, extending into...
Process-Oriented Regulatory RequirementsThere are sveral requirements that relate to the procedures FTA should follow during te environmental review process for FTA-funded projects. While many of these procedures are general, there are some that establish a process for evaluating specific...
In accordance with 23 CFR 450.316, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is required to engage in a metropolitan planning process that creates opportunities for public involvement, participation, and consultation throughout the development of the Metropolitan Transportation...
Federal regulations require Metropolitan Transportation Plans (MTPs), Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), and Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) to be “fiscally constrained.”
Each state must prepare a long-range statewide transportation plan, in accordance with 49 USC 5304(f) , that provides for the development and implementation of the multimodal transportation system (including transit, highway, bicycle, pedestrian, and accessible transportation) for the state.
Each state is required under 49 U.S.C. 5304(g) to develop a statewide transportation improvement program (STIP) covering a period of at least four years. The STIP is a staged, multi-year, statewide intermodal program of transportation projects, consistent with the statewide...