Legal Perspective

May 19, 2014

Jay Fox RegionalCounsel FTA Region III

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.

Extract of the Uniform Act

To provide for uniform and equitable treatment of persons displaced from their homes, businesses, or farms by Federal and federally assisted programs and to establish uniform and equitable land acquisition policies for Federal and federally assisted programs.Be it enacted by the Senate and House...

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...

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:

Summary of Comments on the Capital Investment Grant Program Proposed Interim Policy Guidance

This document summarizes the comments received on the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program Proposed Interim Policy Guidance published by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on April 8, 2015.