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Small Starts SCC Workbook

Small Starts Standard Cost Categories (SCC) worksheets issued by FTA for reporting the capital costs and schedules of proposed projects.

New Starts SCC Workbook

New Starts Standard Cost Categories (SCC) worksheets issued by FTA for reporting the capital costs and schedules of proposed projects.

Standard Cost Categories for Capital Projects

Overview

In 2005, FTA implemented the Standard Cost Categories (SCC) to establish a consistent format for the reporting, estimating, and managing of capital costs for New Starts projects. Information gathered from projects across the country has been developed into a database called the...

New Starts Templates Part 1

FTA publishes templates that are used by project applicants to develop and report the necessary information to FTA. These templates are used for developing evaluation criteria and ratings.

New Starts Templates Part 2

Supplemental Land Use and Economic Development Information and Supporting Documentation templates for New Starts Projects.

New Starts Reporting Instructions

These reporting instructions for the New Starts (Section 5309 Capital Investment Grants Program) inform applicants of the information they must provide so FTA may undertake the legislatively required evaluation and rating of project merit.

STOPS – FTA’s Simplified Trips-on-Project Software

At their option, sponsors of New Starts and Small Starts projects may use a simplified method developed by FTA to quantify the measures used by FTA to evaluate and rate projects. STOPS is a limited implementation of the conventional "4-step" travel model. STOPS replaces the standard trip...