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United States: Projects recommended for FTA’s Small Starts Program in FY 2019 [free access]
February 1, 2019Small Starts projects is a category of projects eligible under the Capital Investment Grants (CIG), a programme providing funding for new and extended rapid rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), commuter rail, streetcar, ferries and corridor-based BRT projects. Small Starts projects comprise upcoming and existing fixed guideway systems and corridor based BRT projects having an estimated total capital cost less than USD300 million and are seeking investments under USD100 million under Section 5309 CIG program funds.
For fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has recommended a total of 36 such projects which entail a total investment exceeding USD4.12 billion. The table given below provides information about such projects.
Table: Small Starts projects recommended for FY 2019
|
State |
City |
Project |
Capital cost (USD million) |
Financing cost (USD million) |
Total capital cost (USD million) |
Total CIG request (USD million) |
CIG share of capital cost (%) |
|
Arizona |
Flagstaff |
Transit Spine BRT* |
32.90 |
0 |
32.90 |
--- |
--- |
|
Arizona |
Tempe |
Tempe Streetcar |
176.60 |
9.40 |
186 |
75 |
40.30 |
|
California |
Los Angeles |
Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar* |
295.40 |
0 |
295.40 |
100 |
33.90 |
|
California |
Sacramento |
Downtown Riverfront Streetcar Project |
208.50 |
0 |
208.50 |
100 |
48 |
|
California |
San Bernardino |
Redlands Passenger Rail Project |
274.30 |
1.90 |
276.20 |
80 |
29 |
|
California |
San Rafael |
SMART Regional Rail - San Rafael to Larkspur Extension |
55.40 |
0 |
55.40 |
22.50 |
40.60 |
|
Florida |
Jacksonville |
First Coast Flyer Bus Rapid Transit Southwest Corridor |
33.20 |
0 |
33.20 |
23.20 |
70 |
|
Florida |
Jacksonville |
JTA First Coast Flyer BRT East Corridor |
33.90 |
0 |
33.90 |
16.90 |
50 |
|
Florida |
Orlando |
SunRail Connector to the Orlando International Airport* |
175-225 |
0 |
175-225 |
--- |
--- |
|
Florida |
Orlando |
SunRail Phase II North^ |
68.70 |
0 |
68.70 |
34.30 |
49.90 |
|
Florida |
St. Petersburg |
Central Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project |
41.40 |
0 |
41.40 |
20.40 |
49.20 |
|
Indiana |
Indianapolis |
IndyGo Purple Rapid Transit Line |
139.50 |
0 |
139.50 |
69.70 |
49.90 |
|
Indianapolis |
Indianapolis |
IN Indianapolis, IndyGo Red Line Rapid Transit |
96.30 |
0 |
96.30 |
75 |
77.80 |
|
Louisiana |
Baton Rouge |
TramLinkBR* |
167.50 |
2.30 |
169.80 |
84 |
49.50 |
|
Michigan |
Grand Rapids |
Laker Line BRT |
72.80 |
0 |
72.80 |
56.20 |
77.20 |
|
Michigan |
Lansing |
Capital Area Transportation Authority Bus Rapid Transit Project |
141.80 |
0 |
141.80 |
97.80 |
69 |
|
Minnesota |
Minneapolis |
METRO Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit |
150.70 |
0 |
150.70 |
$74.10 |
49.20 |
|
Missouri |
Kansas City |
Kansas City Streetcar Expansion |
263 |
0 |
263 |
100 |
38 |
|
Missouri |
Kansas City |
Prospect MAX |
55.80 |
0 |
55.80 |
29.90 |
53.60 |
|
North Carolina |
Chapel Hill |
North-South BRT* |
96.80-105.90 |
--- |
96.80-105.90 |
77.40-84.70 |
--- |
|
New Mexico |
Albuquerque |
Rapid Transit Project |
133.70 |
0 |
133.70 |
75 |
56.10 |
|
Nevada |
Reno |
Virginia Street Bus RAPID Transit Extension |
80.80 |
0 |
80.80 |
40.40 |
50 |
|
New York |
Albany |
River Corridor Bus Rapid Transit |
40.90 |
0 |
40.90 |
32.70 |
80 |
|
New York |
Albany |
NY Albany, Washington-Western Bus Rapid Transit |
108.80 |
0 |
108.80 |
87.10 |
80 |
|
New York |
New York City |
Woodhaven Boulevard Select Bus Service |
225.70 |
0 |
225.70 |
97.10 |
43 |
|
Oregon |
Portland |
Division Transit Project |
168.50 |
6.20 |
174.70 |
87.30 |
50 |
|
Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh |
Downtown-Uptown-Oakland-East End BRT |
195.50 |
0 |
195.50 |
97.80 |
50 |
|
Texas |
El Paso |
Montana RTS Corridor |
47 |
0 |
47 |
28.20 |
60 |
|
Virginia |
Alexandria |
West End Transitway* |
119-140 |
--- |
119-140 |
--- |
--- |
|
Washington |
Everett |
Swift II BRT |
73.60 |
0 |
73.60 |
43.20 |
58.70 |
|
Washington |
Seattle |
Madison Street BRT |
120 |
0 |
120 |
59.90 |
49.90 |
|
Washington |
Seattle |
Roosevelt RapidRide Project |
77.20 |
0 |
77.20 |
38.60 |
50 |
|
Washington |
Seattle |
Seattle Center City Connector |
177 |
0 |
177 |
75 |
42.40 |
|
Washington |
Spokane |
Spokane Central City Line |
72 |
0 |
72 |
53.40 |
74.20 |
|
Washington |
Tacoma |
Tacoma Link Extension |
214.60 |
0 |
214.60 |
75 |
34.90 |
|
Wisconsin |
Milwaukee |
Milwaukee East-West BRT |
53.50 |
0 |
53.50 |
37.40 |
70 |
|
Washington |
Everett |
Swift II BRT |
73.60 |
0 |
73.60 |
43.20 |
58.70 |
|
Washington |
Seattle |
Madison Street BRT |
120 |
0 |
120 |
59.90 |
49.90 |
|
Washington |
Seattle |
Roosevelt RapidRide Project |
77.20 |
0 |
77.20 |
38.60 |
50 |
|
Washington |
Seattle |
Seattle Center City Connector |
177 |
0 |
177 |
75 |
42.40 |
Notes: *-The recommended projects have entered project development under MAP-21 and Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The projects do not require to be assigned a rating on entering into project development stage.
^-FTA has been unable to develop ratings the project.
Source: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
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