How would a grantee record the credit to be used as local match?
The information requested in the charts above can be attached in FTA’s Electronic Award Management System (EAMS), (e.g. TEAM or TrAMS).
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What information must be provided if a grantee is seeking credit towards its local share without the use of Federal funds?
If a grantee is seeking credit towards its local share without the use of Federal funds, they must provide the following information:
Year of PurchaseVehicle Identification Number(A) Cost of Van(B) Amount of state or local financial assistance(C) Amount available as credit (A-B)(D) Amount...What information must be provided if a grantee is seeking credit towards its local share with the use of Federal funds?
If a grantee is seeking credit towards its local share with the use of Federal funds, they must provide the following information:
Year of PurchaseVehicle Identification Number(A) Cost of Van(B) Amount of federal financial assistance(C) Required local match(D) Amount of state or local...How do you calculate the credit to be used as local match?
The credit to be used as local match is calculated as follows: cost of the vans minus any Federal, state or local government assistance received.
Farebox revenue is normally not allowed to be counted as match for transit. How will it be allowed for vanpools?
MAP-21 included a new provision specific to vanpool services. The law allows a vanpool provider to use revenues in excess of its operating expenses to acquire rolling stock as long as the private provider and the grantee enter into an agreement that specifies the private provider will use the...
What is a commuter highway/van pool vehicle?
Commuter highway vehicle and vanpool vehicle are vehicles with seating capacity for at least six (6) adults (not including the driver); and at least 80 percent of the mileage use can be reasonably expected to be for the purposes of transporting commuters in connection with travel between their...
What is the definition of a ‘private provider of public transportation by vanpool’?
The term ‘private provider of public transportation by vanpool’ means a private entity providing vanpool services in the service area of a recipient of assistance under Chapter 53 using a commuter highway vehicle or vanpool vehicle.
The transit provider’s performance metric calculations do not incorporate any weighting for value of asset or level of use. As the MPO, are we allowed to incorporate weighting strategies, if it is useful to the MPO planning process?
Yes. These are local decisions. For national consistency in reporting the SGR performance measures, the performance metric calculations prepared by each transit provider (or Group Plan sponsor) to satisfy the TAM rule do not allow any weighting strategies. However, MPOs and their...
The transit provider’s targets will be updated annually, so does this mean the MPO must do the same?
No. The transit providers (or Group Plan sponsors) will share their targets annually with their respective MPO or MPOs. The MPO’s targets are not required to be updated annually, but must be revisited when the MPO updates its MTP and/or TIP.
As the MPO, are we required to update an MTP and TIP that was approved prior to October 1, 2018, to reference the TAM targets?
No. For plans adopted before October 1, 2018, there is no requirement to include TAM performance measures or performance targets as part of your plans and programs. Please note, however, that any amendment of your MTP or TIP after October 1, 2018, will trigger the requirement to...