Transit: FTA Modifies Policies on ‘Small Starts’ Reviews
The Federal Transit Administration has made changes in its guidelines covering applications for new projects, including “Small Starts,” whose capital costs are less than $250 million and federal funding is less than $75 million. Provisions in FTA’s final guidance, published on Aug. 8 in the Federal Register, include allowing Small Starts to be divided into multiple “Very Small Starts” of less than $50 million each. Those projects would undergo a simplified FTA evaluation.