Regular Board Meeting May 2, 2016 Where Policy and Project - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Where Policy and Project Development Intersect

Regular Board Meeting May 2, 2016

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FAST ACT: Big Picture

• Could have been worse, but much is left to be done in the

future

• FAST Act fixed funding only for next five years
• Provides modest annual growth over next five years
• Restoration of discretionary bus grants
• Raised threshold for Small Starts to total project of $300

million and section 5309 share to $100 million

• Modified Small Starts Bus Rapid Transit to eliminate

requirement for weekend service

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Capital Investment Grants

• New Starts
• Rail and Fixed Guideway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with a

capital cost of $300 million or more

• Small Starts
• Rail, Fixed guideway BRT or corridor-based BRT
• Cost less than $300 million
• Seek less than $100 million in section 5309 funds

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Bus Rapid Transit

Small Starts New Starts

Right of Way

Operates in a defined corridor but majority of which does not operate in a separated ROW dedicated to transit use during peak periods Majority of project operates in a separated ROW dedicated to transit use during peak hour

Features of Project

Substantial investment in a defined corridor by features that emulate rail fixed guideway services, including:

• Defined stations;
• Traffic signal priority;
• Short headway bidirectional services

for a substantial part of weekday and weekend days; and

• Any other features Secretary

determines support long-term investment Substantial investment in a single route in a defined corridor or subarea Includes features the emulate services provided by rail fixed guideway systems, including:

• Defined stations;
• Traffic signal priority
• Short headway bidirectional services for

a substantial part of weekdays; and

• Any other features Secretary determines

are necessary to produce high quality transit that emulates rail fixed guideway systems

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Project Development Timeline

Project Development 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 3 years Begin Service

2021 – 2025

Estimated Timeline for Federally Funded Capital Projects

Alternatives Analysis

Capital Projects

1 – 2 years Summer 2016 Project Development 2 years Engineering 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 4 years Begin Service

2024 – 2028

+ + = + =

Range of delivery dates depends upon size, complexity, and securing of local funding

New Starts Small Starts

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Project Development 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 3 years Begin Service

2021 – 2025

Alternatives Analysis Project Development 2 years Engineering 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 4 years Begin Service

2023 – 2028

+ + = + =

Range of delivery dates depends upon size, complexity, and securing of local funding

1 – 2 years

Project Development Process

• Early Engineering and Design
• Help identify project issues and initial cost estimates
• Recommend between 5-10 percent prior to initiate environmental

clearance under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Use early project development to build consensus
• Secure agreement on the Locally Preferred Alternative

from stakeholders

• Identify potential sources for capital and operations -

identified prior to Engineering, approved prior to grant agreement

• Local monies used prior to entry into Project Development

are not eligible as local match

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Project Development 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 3 years Begin Service

2021 – 2025

Project Development 2 years Engineering 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 4 years Begin Service

2023 – 2028

+ + = + =

Range of delivery dates depends upon size, complexity, and securing of local funding

• Analysis of alternatives will lead to the identification
• f one or two projects to advance into Project

Development

• Make formal request to enter into Project

Development (PD)

• Articulate the process that lead to the LPA selection
• Identify the project by technology, alignment and corridor

that is being advanced into PD

• Develop stakeholder engagement process
• Identify source of funding to complete PD

Project Development Process

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Project Development 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 3 years Begin Service

2021 – 2025

Project Development 2 years Engineering 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 4 years Begin Service

2023 – 2028

+ + = + =

Range of delivery dates depends upon size, complexity, and securing of local funding

Project Development Process

• Initiate NEPA process
• Engage Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Regional

Office on both Purpose and Need and Class of Action

• FTA recommends no less than 30-35 percent engineering

and design completed during NEPA process

• Monies expended once approved into Project Development

are eligible as local match

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Project Development 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 3 years Begin Service

2021 – 2025

Project Development 2 years Engineering 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 4 years Begin Service

2023 – 2028

+ + = + =

Range of delivery dates depends upon size, complexity, and securing of local funding

Completion of Project Development

• Complete NEPA and publish NEPA finding in the

Federal Register

• Adopt the LPA into the MPO’s Long Range

Transportation Plan

• Prepare information for FTA to rate and evaluate the

project in order to enter into Engineering

• Complete within two years if a New Start project - no

two year limitation if a Small Start

• Lock in section 5309 share with formal request to

enter into Engineering

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Begin Service

2021 – 2025

Engineering 2 – 4 years Grant Agreement

(Begin Construction)

2 – 4 years Begin Service

2023 – 2028

+ = =

Range of delivery dates depends upon size, complexity, and securing of local funding

After Completion of NEPA

• New Starts projects enter into Engineering phase
• Submit information on Governance Agreement
• Demonstrate Technical Capacity
• Submit project Financial Plan
• Submit Project Management Plan
• All third party agreements identified
• Prepare Fleet Management Plan
• Small Starts remain in Project Development but

supply and complete all of the above during PD

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Rating and Evaluation

• New Starts
• Prior to Entry into Engineering
• Prior to inclusion in the President’s Annual Budget
• Prior to executing Full Funding Grant Agreement
• Small Starts
• Prior to inclusion in the President’s Annual Budget
• Prior to executing Small Starts Grant Agreement

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Annual Project Funding Process

Presidents’ Budget Submitted to Congress

First Tuesday of February

House/Senate Appropriations Committees Report THUD Bill

Spring/Summer

House/Senate Pass THUD Bill

Fall/Early Winter

President’s Signs THUD Appropriations Bill

Fall/Early Winter

FTA Evaluates and Rates Projects

November/December

Submit Project Information

August/September

Capital Investment Grants

• Authorized at $2.3B annually through FY 20
• FY 17 Budget - $3.5 B
• 31 projects
• 10 Small Starts
• 4 Core Capacity
• 10 New Start FFGAs
• 7 Proposed FFGAs
• Senate - $2.33 B

Lessons Learned

• CONSENSUS, CONSENSUS, CONSENSUS
• Use early Stakeholder Engagement to Identify Issues
• Build Project Support and Identify Project Champions from multiple

sectors

• Public Engagement
• Take time to receive public feedback on options/alternatives
• Build network of support from all sectors - public, private, non-profits
• Social Media
• Easy to use website, communicate through social media and engage

with public/advocates

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Where Policy and Project Development Intersect

Jeffrey F. Boothe Boothe Transit Consulting LLC 1875 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 429-2020 (703) 625-9600

jeff.boothe@boothetransit.com www.boothetransit.com

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