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.

Federal Register 49 CFR Part 24 (2005 Rule)

The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.

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...

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...

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:

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...

Quality Management System Guidelines

These Quality Management System Guidelines are for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grantees that are undertaking design, construction, or equipment acquisition programs. They may also be used as a guideline for grantees in establishing a Quality Management System (QMS) related to their...