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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

Overview

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

1/25/2012

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:

The properties of the forecasting methods;The...

Annual Report on Funding Recommendations

Each year FTA is required by law to prepare an annual report to Congress recommending Capital Investment Grant projects for funding and listing the results of FTA evaluations and ratings of the projects. These reports are companion documents to the President’s budget requests to Congress...

How to Apply for a Reporting ID

To begin NTD reporting, you will need to request an ID number for your agency. You may do so by completing the information required in the NTD ID Request Application.

Background on Reporting to the NTD Who reports to the National Transit Database (NTD)?

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About the Program

Overview Discretionary & Competitive Federal Grant Program Authorized up to $4.6 billion per year, subject to Congressional appropriations Funds light rail, heavy rail, commuter rail, streetcar, and bus rapid transit projects IIJA outlines: Multi-year, multi-step process...