Hosted by FDOT District 5
July 13, 2011
Purpose and Objective
 Collectively understand the opportunities available
 Discuss and strategize priorities and approach as a region
 Strengthen our partnership and support each other to
maximize our competitive ability to successfully garner
funds for our region
FDOT D5; MetroPlan Orlando, Space Coast TPO, Volusia TPO,
Ocala/Marion County TPO, Lake~Sumter MPO; LYNX,
VOTRAN, Space Coast Area Transit, Sumter County Transit,
Lake Xpress, Counties of Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange,
Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia; East Central Florida
Regional Planning Council; and all Cities in D5.
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Meeting Agenda
 USDOT, HUD and EPA Partnership
 Overview of FY 2011 Discretionary Program
Opportunities
 Strategies for Regional Success
 Group Discussion
 Next Steps
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USDOT, HUD and EPA Partnership – June 16, 2009
Purpose: Improve access to affordable housing, more
transportation options, and lower transportation costs
while protecting the environment in communities
nationwide.
How: Through a set of guiding livability principles and a
partnership agreement that will guide the agencies'
efforts in this partnership.
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FY 2011 Discretionary Program Opportunities
Funding
Availability
NOFA
Publication
Target
Application
Deadline
State of Good Repair (SGR) Initiative (Bus)
$750,000,000
6/24/2011
7/29/2011
Livability Expansion Initiative
$175,000,000
6/27/2011
7/29/2011
6/24/2011
8/23/2011
$527,000,000
7/1/2011
10/31/2011
To be
announced
To be
announced
Agency
FTA
Initiative
FTA
Alternatives Analysis
$25,000,000
Bus & Bus Facilities
$150,000,000
Sustainability Initiative
FTA
$101,400,000
Clean Fuels Program
$51,500,000
TIGGER
$49,900,000
DOT
TIGER
HUD
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning
Grant Program
$67,000,000
Other Programs
$50,640,500
FTA
(Note: Pre-App due 10/3/2011)
Paul S. Sarbanes Transit In Parks
$26,765,500
3/10/2011
5/9/2011
Tribal Transit
$15,075,000
7/25/2011
9/26/2011
Over the Road Bus
$8,800,000
7/11/2011
9/12/2011
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State of Good Repair Initiative
…intended to contribute to the improvement of the condition of transit capital assets by providing
financial assistance for recapitalization of buses and bus facilities.
Match requirement: 20%
Funding Available: $750 million; no minimum or maximum
Evaluation Criteria:
1. Planning and prioritization at the local/regional
level:
a. Project is consistent with the transit priorities
identified in the long range plan and/or
contingency/illustrative projects.
b. Local support is demonstrated by availability of local
match and letters of support for project.
c. In an area with more than one transit operator, the
proposal demonstrates coordination with, and support
of, other transit operators, or other related projects
within the proposer’s Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO)
2. The project is ready to implement
3. Technical, legal, and financial capacity to
implement the particular project proposed
Eligible activities:
Purchase, replacement, or rehabilitation of,
buses and vans and related equipment
(including Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS)
Fare equipment
 Communication devices that are FCC
mandatory narrow-banding compliant)
Replacement or the modernization of bus
maintenance and revenue service (passenger)
facilities;
Replacement or modernization of intermodal
facilities
The development and implementation of
transit asset management systems
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State of Good Repair Initiative (con’t)
…intended to contribute to the improvement of the condition of transit capital assets by providing
financial assistance for recapitalization of buses and bus facilities.
Eligibility to apply:
States and local governments; subrecipients such as public
agencies, private companies engaged in public
transportation and private non-profit organizations.
FTA Prioritization:
Rehab or replace intermodal facilities
Develop and implement Transit Asset Management
System
Emerging or advanced technologies
Age and condition of buses, facilities and equipment
Demonstrated backlog of deferred maintenance
Geographic diversity
Previous Project Awards – Local
Broward County – Transit Asset Management $1,000,000
City of Gainesville Regional Transit System – Phase I
Maintenance Facility - $10,666,846
Jacksonville Transportation Authority –
Repairs/refurbishments to Skyway Bus Hubs - $2,384,244
Manatee County Government – Transit
Administration/Fleet Maintenance Facility - $15,948,237
St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners –
Vehicle Replacement - $4,550,000
Previous Project Awards – National
CA – City and County of San Francisco –Islais Creek
Motor Coach Operations and Maintenance Facility $35,000,000
CO – City of Loveland – Vehicle Replacement and
Retrofit of Hydraulic Hybrid Technology - $103,360
NM – City of Santa Fe – Sheridan Transit Hub
Renovation - $240,000
NY – Metropolitan Transportation Authority – Bus
Radios and Control Center Project ($27.7 million) and CNG
Vehicle Replacements ($33.8 million)
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Livability Expansion Initiative – Bus/Bus Facilities
…makes funds available to public transportation providers to finance
capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and
related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities.
Match requirement: 20%
Funding Available: $150 million; no minimum or maximum
Evaluation Criteria:
a. Demonstrated Need for Resources
b. Planning and Prioritization at
Local/Regional Level
c. Linkage to Livability Principles
d. Linkage to Environmental Sustainability
e. Leveraging of public and private
investments
f. The project is ready to implement
Eligible activities:
Purchase and rehabilitation of buses
and vans, bus-related equipment
(including ITS, fare equipment,
communication devices)
Construction and rehabilitation of
bus-related facilities (including
administrative, maintenance, transfer,
and intermodal facilities, including
facilities consistent with FTA’s Joint
Development and Bike/Pedestrian
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policies)
Livability Expansion Initiative – Bus/Bus Facilities (con’t)
…makes funds available to public transportation providers to finance
capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and
related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities.
Eligibility to apply:
Direct recipients of funds provided under the Section 5307
Urbanized Area Formula program (‘‘Direct Recipients’’), as
well as States and Indian tribes. Proposals for funding
eligible projects in rural (nonurbanized) areas must be
submitted as part of a consolidated State application with
the exception of nonurbanized projects to Indian tribes.
Tribes, States, and Direct Recipients may also submit
consolidated proposals for projects in urbanized areas.
FTA Prioritization:
Advance local economic development
Improve mobility for all citizens
Partnerships for integration of transportation and land
use decisions
Support existing communities / community revitalization
Environmental benefits
Ready to implement
Geographic diversity
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Livability Expansion Initiative –Alternatives Analysis
…to assist potential sponsors of New Starts and Small Starts projects in the
evaluation of all reasonable modal and multimodal alternatives and general
alignment options to address transportation needs in a defined travel
corridor.
Match requirement: 20%
Funding Available: $25 million; no minimum or maximum
Evaluation Criteria:
1. Demonstrated Need for Resources.
2. Technical Capacity to successfully undertake
an analysis of alternatives (previous experience
on the applicant’s or partner organizations’
part in completing an alternatives analysis or
corridor study).
3. Potential Impact on Decision-Making.
Eligible activities:
AA that is documented in the Unified Planning
Work Program (UPWP) of the MPO for the area.
Must begin the AA within 12 months of grant
approval.
Projects that improve and expand the information
available to decision-makers considering major
transit improvements.
All areas of technical work that can better develop
information about the costs and benefits of potential
major transit improvements, including those that
might seek New Starts or Small Starts funding.
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Livability Expansion Initiative –Alternatives Analysis (con’t)
…to assist potential sponsors of New Starts and Small Starts projects in the
evaluation of all reasonable modal and multimodal alternatives and general
alignment options to address transportation needs in a defined travel
corridor.
Eligibility to apply:
States, authorities of the States, metropolitan
planning organizations, and local governmental
authorities.
Previous Project Awards – Local
Gainesville Regional Transit System - Bus Rapid
Transit - $425,000
LYNX - Osceola County Corridor US 192 - $800,000
City of Tallahassee – StarMetro - Future Transit System
Development - $400,000
FTA Prioritization:
Previous Project Awards – National
Proposals that are supported, financially or otherwise, by
non-transportation public agencies that are pursuing similar
objectives and are aligning their community development
activities to increase the efficiency of Federal investments.
Technical work that would advance the study of alternatives
that foster the six livability principles that serve as the
foundation for the DOT–HUD–EPA Partnership for Sustainable
Communities.
Project sponsors that are coordinating the development of
transit projects with relevant public housing agencies, or
relevant public agencies with energy or environmental
missions.
District of Columbia DOT - DC Streetcar Alignment and
Vehicle Propulsion Technology - $1,000,000
Washington Sound Transit - Sound Transit North
Corridor - $2,000,000
City of Minneapolis - Nicollet-Central Urban Circulator
$900,000
Transit Authority of the City of Omaha - Omaha
Downtown/Midtown - $700,000
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Sustainability Initiative – Transit Investments for
Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER)
…for capital investments that will reduce the energy consumption and/or
greenhouse gas emissions of public transportation systems.
Match requirement: 10% match expected, can request up to 100% Federal, but will
be ranked lower
Funding Available: $49.9 million; $1 million minimum / $15 million maximum
Evaluation Criteria:
a. Evaluation Criteria for Energy Consumption Reduction
Projects: FTA will evaluate proposals on total energy
consumption savings projected to result from the project, and
projected energy savings of the project as a percentage of the
total energy usage of the public transit agency.
b. Evaluation Criterion for Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reduction Projects: FTA will evaluate proposals based on the
total amount of greenhouse gas reductions projected to result
from the project.
c. Evaluation Criteria for All Projects:
(1) Project Innovation of National significance
(2) National Applicability
(3) Project Readiness
(4) Project Management
(5) Return on Investment
(6) Geographic Diversity
Eligible activities:
(1) The expense must be an eligible capital
expense as defined under 49 U.S.C.
5302(a)(1); and
(2) The project will assist in the reduction
of the energy consumption of a public
transportation system and/or the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of a
public transportation system.
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Sustainability Initiative – Transit Investments for
Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) (con’t)
…for capital investments that will reduce the energy consumption and/or
greenhouse gas emissions of public transportation systems.
Eligibility to apply:
Public transportation agencies, Federally recognized
Tribes or State DOTs may apply. A public
transportation agency may apply for one or multiple
projects in one proposal. Additionally, a State DOT
may submit a consolidated proposal for multiple
projects from one or more transit agencies in order
to meet the $1,000,000 threshold.
FTA Prioritization:
Innovative technologies of national
significance
Previous Project Awards – Local
FL – City of Tallahassee – Deployment of zero
emission electric buses at StarMetro - $5,241,003
Previous Project Awards – National
CA – Foothil Transit – Fast-Charge electric transit bus
project line 291 - $10,170,000
IL – Illinois DOT – Modifying locomotives to include an
automatic shut-down/start-up system to reduce emissions $341,694
MN – Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit – Project
reduces greenhouse gas emissions via geothermal heating
versus gas combustion - $1,200,000
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Sustainability Initiative – Clean Fuels Grant Program, Augmented
With Discretionary Bus and Bus Facilities Program
…to assist nonattainment and maintenance areas in achieving or maintaining the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards for ozone and CO, and to support emerging clean fuel and advanced
propulsion technologies for transit buses and markets for those technologies.
Match requirement:
(1) Vehicles— 10% for the net incremental cost of the clean fuels component of the vehicle
(2) Facilities—10% percent of the cost of the CAA elements of the facility (3) 10% for the total cost of a biodiesel bus
(4) 10% for the net capital cost of factory installed hybrid electric propulsion systems and any equipment related
Funding Available: $51.5 million
Evaluation Criteria:
(1) Planning and prioritization at local/regional level
(2) The project is ready to implement
(3) The applicants demonstrate the technical, legal,
and financial capacity to carry out the project
(4) Demonstrated Need
(5) The applicant demonstrates the benefits of the
proposed project in reducing transportation related
pollutants
(6) The proposed project supports emerging clean
fuels technologies or advanced technologies for transit
buses
(7) Geographic Diversity
(8) Budget Information
Eligible activities:
(1) Purchasing or leasing clean fuel buses,
including buses that employ a lightweight
composite primary structure and vans for use in
revenue service
(2) Constructing or leasing clean fuel bus
facilities or electrical recharging facilities and
related equipment
(3) Projects relating to clean fuel, biodiesel,
hybrid electric, or zero emissions technology
buses that exhibit equivalent or superior
emissions reductions to existing clean fuel or
hybrid electric technologies
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Sustainability Initiative – Clean Fuels Grant Program, Augmented
With Discretionary Bus and Bus Facilities Program (con’t)
…to assist nonattainment and maintenance areas in achieving or maintaining the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards for ozone and CO, and to support emerging clean fuel and advanced
propulsion technologies for transit buses and markets for those technologies.
Eligibility to apply:
Designated recipients in maintenance or nonattainment areas for ozone or CO, which are entities
designated to receive Federal urbanized formula
funds, direct recipients, tribes, and State
Departments of Transportation in attainment areas.
FTA Prioritization:
Projects that assist nonattainment and maintenance
areas in achieving or maintaining the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone and
carbon monoxide and support emerging clean fuel
and advanced propulsion technologies for transit
buses and markets for those technologies.
Previous Project Awards – Local
FL – Jacksonville Transportation
Authority – Hybrid Bus Replacement $4,000,000
Previous Project Awards – National
NY – NY Metropolitan Transportation
Authority – CNG Fueling Facility - $5,810,000
GA – Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
Authority – Retrofit of Buses with Lithium-ion
Batteries - $840,000
AZ – Navajo Transit System – Electric Buses $2,000,000
IA – City of Ames – Purchase of Bio-Diesel
Articulated Buses - $1,256,940
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National Infrastructure Investments – Transportation
Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)
…for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and are to be
awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on
the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
Match requirement: 20%
Funding Available: $527 million; $10 million minimum / $200 million maximum
(for rural areas, minimum $1 million)
Evaluation Criteria (Primary & Secondary):
Primary:
1) Long-Term Outcomes
(i) State of Good Repair
(ii) Economic Competitiveness
(iii) Livability
(iv) Environmental Sustainability
(v) Safety
(2) Job Creation & Near-Term Economic Activity.
Secondary:
(1) Innovation
(2) Partnership
Eligible activities:
Include, but are not limited to:
(1) Highway or bridge projects eligible
under title 23, United States Code;
(2) Public transportation projects
eligible under chapter 53 of title 49,
United States Code;
(3) Passenger and freight rail
transportation projects
(4) Port infrastructure investments 16
National Infrastructure Investments – Transportation
Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)
…for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and are to be
awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on
the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.
Eligibility to apply:
State, local, and tribal governments, including U.S.
territories, tribal governments, transit agencies, port
authorities, metropolitan planning organizations
(MPOs), other political subdivisions of State or local
governments, and multi-State or multijurisdictional
groups applying through a single lead applicant
DOT Prioritization:
Significant impact on the Nation, metropolitan area or region
State of Good Repair / Economic competitiveness
Livability / Environmental sustainability
Safety / Job creation / Near-term economic activity
Innovation / Partnership
Ready to implement: grant award must be obligated by
9/30/2013
Equitable geographic distribution: no more that 25% to single
state; no less than $140 million to rural areas
Previous Project Awards – Local
Port of Miami Rail Access FL
$22,767,000
Parramore BRT, Orlando FL $10,000,000
Port Manatee Marine Highway FL (rural)
$9,000,000
Previous Project Awards – Nat’l
Atlanta Streetcar GA $47,667,777
Memorial Bridge Replacement
(Portsmouth, NH & Kittery, ME) NH, ME
$20,000,000
East Bay Pedestrian and Bicycle Network
CA $10,200,000
State University Drive Complete Streets
Project (Peach County) GA $1,491,49017
Strategies for Regional Success
Group Discussion
Collectively understand the opportunities available
Discuss and strategize priorities and approach as a region
Strengthen our partnership and support each other to
maximize our competitive ability to successfully garner funds
for our region
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Next Steps
Thank you for your participation!
FDOT District Five Contact Information:
Brenda Young, M.S., E.I.
Modal Planning Manager
Florida Department of Transportation, District 5
133 South Semoran Blvd ♦ Orlando, Florida 32807
P: (407) 482-7852
Email: brenda.young@dot.state.fl.us
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