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Federal Funding Picture
• ISTEA Total Program- $155 Billion – FY1992-FY1997
• TEA-21 Total Program- $218 Billion– FY1998 – FY2003
– 40% increase
• SAFETEA LU Total Program- $286.4 Billion
– FY2004-FY2009
– 38% increase in guaranteed spending
PA Share
TEA 21
HIGHWAY:Average of $1.383 Billion
over FY98-03 (annual)
TRANSIT:Average of $1.476 Billion
over FY98-03 (annual)
SAFETEA LU
HIGHWAY:Average of $1.646 Billion over
FY05-09 (annual)19% Increase
TRANSIT:Average of $1.821 Billion over
FY05-09 (annual)23% Increase
Earmarks
• Nationwide - $24 Billion – 6,376 projects
• Pennsylvania Highway- $621.4 Million– 376 projects (statewide)
– $100 million in DVRPC Region
• Pennsylvania Transit - $79.2 Million– 43 projects (statewide)
– $33 million in DVRPC Region
Earmarks
• Funding is released over the 5 year period at rate of 20% per year.
• Some projects listed have already been completed, some listed multiple times.
• Typically provide less than 10% of cost.• Some earmarks displace program funds a state
would normally receive, resulting in less core funds than under TEA-21.
What’s NEW for Highway Funds?
• Emphasis on Safety– Core Program Addressing “SAFETY”– Highway Safety Improvement Program– Safe Routes to School Program– Requirements for a Strategic Highway Safety
Plan– Modern Round-About eligible to be 100%
federally funded, as a safety improvement– Law requiring crash data to be public
What’s NEW for Transit Funds?
– Guarantees $52.6 Billion (46% increase over TEA 21)
– 4 New Programs – Growing States and High Density States, New Freedom, Alternative Transportation in Parks
– JARC funds distributed by formula– Other federal funds can be used as match– Changes to New Starts Program
• Non Fixed Guideway Corridor based projects• “Small Starts” streamlined process for projects
seeking less than 75 million
www.dvrpc.org for SAFETEA LU Analysis
• Select:– “Transportation”– “Capital Programming”– “TIP”– “President Signs SAFETEA LU Legislation
COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAMS
• CMAQ - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
• TE - Transportation Enhancements• HTS/SRS - Hometown Streets and Safe
Routes to School• TCDI - Transportation and Community
Development Initiative• JARC – Job Access and Reverse Commute• Section 5310 and Section 5311
Changes to CMAQ Program in SAFETEA LU
• Expands eligibility to include advanced truck stop electrification, inter-operable emergency communications equipment, and transportation systems management and operations projects.
• Calls for priority to be given to diesel retrofit projects and other cost-effective strategies that improve air quality.