An FTA Update on Joint Development
Joint Development Guidance
FTA Real Estate WorkshopNovember 1, 2012
Sharon PughOffice of Policy Review and Development
Guidance
Legacy ID
176
Show Effective Date
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Significant Regulatory Guidance
No
Proposed New Starts and Small Starts Policy Guidance
This document describes the measures and methods for calculating the project justification and local financial commitment criteria required by statute for New and Small Starts projects and included in the Final Rule. The regulation and its appendix act as a framework for the New and Small Starts...
Guidelines for Economic Development Effects for New Starts and Small Starts Projects
This document supplements the Reporting Instructions by providing additional information for project sponsors on how to document economic development effects for their project. The guidance is also intended to assist project sponsors in understanding how FTA evaluates this criterion and to...
Project Management Oversight
FTA's Project Management Oversight (PMO) is a continuous review and evaluation of grantee and FTA processes to ensure compliance with statutory, administrative, and regulatory requirements. The Office of Engineering, through the Regional Offices, performs oversight of grantee...
ARRA/TIGER Logos
ARRA/TIGER Logo Guidance for FTA GranteesAre FTA grantees required to display any special signs or logos to identify ARRA funded projects?No. However, FTA grantees are strongly encouraged to use the two logos unveiled on March 3, 2009, by President Obama that were designed to identify all...
Other Significant Guidance
Significant Guidance Documents
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established guidelines in 2007 that federal agencies should follow when creating and disseminating "significant guidance documents." Part of these guidelines state that a federal agency like the FTA ...
Recent FTA Announcements Related to Buy America
7/7/2015
Dear Colleague:
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently made two separate announcements related to Buy America that I want to bring to your attention. As you know, FTA’s Buy America program helps to ensure that to the greatest extent possible, the steel, iron and...
FTA’s Accident Investigation Role
7/31/2015Dear Colleague:
I am writing to share important information about the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) ongoing role in strengthening transit safety as it relates to our accident investigation authority. In particular, I want you to know how FTA accident investigators operate...