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49 CFR Part 673 establishes definitions that apply to a rail transit agency’s (RTA) Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP). As your agency develops its PTASP, it is important to review and understand the new definitions in Part 673 and to ensure that your agency’s practices and...
This document defines the content and scope of a financial plan, which accomplishes the objectives of the legislative mandate placed upon FTA, provides a model format and detailed examples of the elements of a complete and concise financial plan.
Quick reference checklist for FTA's Two-Hour Accident Notification Guide
This Two-Hour Accident Notification Guide is designed to help rail transit agencies identify events that are classified as accidents and how to notify FTA.
Certain capital costs associated with joint development activities are eligible for FTA assistance. Some of these activities are included in the various definitions of capital project at 49 U.S.C. 5302(3). Activities not designated under 49 U.S.C. 5302(3)(G), joint development, must be...
In most cases, yes.
If a joint development involves the use of property previously acquired with the assistance of an FTA award for which the period of performance has ended, the project sponsor can use the revenue as program income and apply it to any transit capital or operating expense...
A baseline market analysis evaluates the viability and expected outcomes of a joint development. As with any business transaction, a project sponsor should fully understand its relative position in participating in local/regional economic development activity and in negotiating the terms of the...
Joint development agreements that convey FTA-assisted property must ensure that the transit access and use are not restricted and that access to the real property for its original transit purpose will be maintained. Furthermore, the agreement should ensure that all other pertinent FTA...
Historically, FTA prohibited the encumbrance of title to FTA-assisted property because FTA viewed any lien against, or other conveyance of, FTA-assisted property as a disposition. In recognition of the fact that many joint development arrangements require conveyance of an interest in FTA-...
Not in all cases.
A “community service facility” is a facility that provides day care, career counseling, literacy training, education (including tutorial services), recreation, outpatient health care, or a similar service to local residents either free of charge or for an affordable fee.[...