[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12217-12219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4873]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Exempt Discretionary Program Grants (Section 5309) for Urban
Circulator Systems
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
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ACTION: Urban Circulator Systems Announcement of Project Selections.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects funded with
unallocated Section 5309 discretionary program funds for the Urban
Circulator program in support of DOT's Livability Initiative, which was
announced in the Urban Circulator Systems Program notice of funding
availability on December 8, 2009. The Urban Circulator program makes
funds available to assist State and local governmental authorities in
constructing new fixed guideway and corridor-based bus capital projects
including the acquisition of real property, the initial acquisition of
rolling stock for the systems, the acquisition of rights-of-way, and
relocation. Through the Urban Circulator Program grants, FTA will
invest in five projects that provide a transportation option that
connects urban destinations and fosters the redevelopment of urban
spaces into walkable mixed use, high density environments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact
the appropriate FTA Regional office (Appendix A) for specific
information regarding applying for the funds. For general program
information on the Urban Circulator program, contact Sherry Riklin,
Office of Planning and Environment, at (202) 366-2053, e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of $130,000,000 was available for
FTA's Urban Circulator Systems Program. A total of 65 applicants
requested $1.1 billion, resulting in high competition for funds.
Project proposals were evaluated based on the criteria detailed in the
December 8, 2009, Notice of Funding Availability. The projects selected
and shown in Table 1 will provide mobility choices, improve economic
competitiveness, support existing communities, create partnerships and
enhance the value of communities and neighborhoods.
Grantees selected for competitive discretionary funding should work
with their FTA regional office to secure FTA approval to advance the
project through project development. FTA's approval to advance the
Urban Circulator projects through project development and grant award
is based on compliance with planning, environmental, and project
management requirements which apply to all Federal-aid transit
projects, including inclusion of the project in a financially
constrained metropolitan long-range transportation plan and
metropolitan/state transportation improvement program (TIP/STIP) and
completion of the appropriate environmental review required by the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Funds will be obligated to
selected projects after a determination by FTA that the grantee has the
technical, legal, and financial capacity to construct the proposed
project consistent with Federal Transit Law at 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53.
The grantee must comply with all applicable Federal statutes,
regulations, executive orders, FTA circulars, and other Federal
administrative requirements in carrying out the project supported by
the FTA grant. A discretionary project identification number has been
assigned to each project for tracking purposes and must be used in the
TEAM application.
These grants will be administered and managed by the FTA regional
offices. With the issuance of this Federal Register notice, FTA extends
pre-award authority for acquisition of real property, utility
relocation, demolition, construction, equipment, construction
materials, and procurement of vehicles upon completion of the NEPA
process. The NEPA process is complete when FTA issues an environmental
Record of Decision (ROD), a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI),
or makes a Categorical Exclusion (CE) determination. Selectees are
encouraged to advance the project expeditiously with a goal of having
the funds obligated within eighteen months of this announcement and no
later than September 30, 2012, when these allocated funds will lapse. A
discretionary project identification number has been assigned to each
project for tracking purposes and must be used in the TEAM application.
Pre-award authority is granted as of July 8, 2010.
Post-award reporting requirements include submission of the
Financial Federal Report and Milestone reports in TEAM as appropriate
(see FTA.C.5010.1D). Recipients of exempt discretionary grants for
urban circulators shall be required to submit information that
describes the impact of the urban circulator on transit ridership and
economic development after two years of operation.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 28th day of February, 2011.
Peter Rogoff,
Administrator.
Table I--Urban Circulator Project Selections
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Amount
Project/sponsor Project ID allocated
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Chicago Central Area, Transitway: E-W Corridor D2010-URBC-06001 $24,650,000
BRT (Urban Circulator), Chicago Department of
Transportation, Chicago Illinois.
St. Louis Loop Trolley Project (Urban D2010-URBC-07001 24,990,000
Circulator), City of St. Louis, Missouri.
Charlotte Streetcar Starter Project (Urban D2010-URBC-07002 24,990,000
Circulator), City of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Cincinnati Streetcar Project (Urban D2010-URBC-07003 24,990,000
Circulator), City of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Olive/St. Paul Street Loop (Urban Circulator), D2010-URBC-03001 ($2,458,956) 4,900,000
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART), D2010-URBC-05001 ($2,441,044)
Dallas Texas.
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Total...................................... ............................................... 104,520,000
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Appendix A
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FTA Regional and Metropolitan Offices
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Mary Beth Mello, Regional Robert C. Patrick, Regional
Administrator, Region 1--Boston, Administrator, Region 6--Ft.
Kendall Square, 55 Broadway, Suite Worth, 819 Taylor Street, Room
920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel.
Tel. 617-494-2055. 817-978-0550.
States served: Connecticut, Maine, States served: Arkansas, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.
Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional
Administrator, Region 2--New York, Administrator, Region 7--Kansas
One Bowling Green, Room 429, New City, MO, 901 Locust Street, Room
York, NY 10004-1415, Tel. 212-668- 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel.
2170. 816-329-3920.
States served: New Jersey, New York States served: Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, and Nebraska.
New York Metropolitan Office,
Region 2--New York, One Bowling
Green, Room 428, New York, NY
10004-1415, Tel. 212-668-2202.
Letitia Thompson, Regional Terry Rosapep, Regional
Administrator, Region 3-- Administrator, Region 8--Denver,
Philadelphia, 1760 Market Street, 12300 West Dakota Ave., Suite 310,
Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103- Lakewood, CO 80228-2583, Tel. 720-
4124, Tel. 215-656-7100. 963-3300.
States served: Delaware, Maryland, States served: Colorado, Montana,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Virginia, and District of and, Wyoming.
Columbia.
Philadelphia Metropolitan Office,
Region 3--Philadelphia, 1760
Market Street, Suite 500,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, Tel.
215-656-7070.
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan
Office, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
510, Washington, DC 20006, Tel.
202-219-3562.
Yvette Taylor, Regional Leslie T. Rogers, Regional
Administrator, Region 4--Atlanta, Administrator, Region 9--San
230 Peachtree Street, NW Suite Francisco, 201 Mission Street,
800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404- Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105-
865-5600. 1926, Tel. 415-744-3133.
States served: Alabama, Florida, States served: American Samoa,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii,
North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Nevada, and the Northern Mariana,
Carolina, Tennessee, and the Islands.
Virgin Islands.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Office,
Region 9--Los Angeles, 888 S.
Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los
Angeles, CA 90017-1850, Tel. 213-
202-3952.
Marisol Simon, Regional Rick Krochalis, Regional
Administrator, Region 5--Chicago, Administrator, Region 10--Seattle,
200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Jackson Federal Building, 915
Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312-353- Second Avenue, Suite 3142,
2789. Seattle, WA 98174-1002, Tel. 206-
220-7954.
States served: Illinois, Indiana, States served: Alaska, Idaho,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Oregon, and Washington.
Wisconsin.
Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region
5--Chicago, 200 West Adams Street,
Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel.
312-353-2789.
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