Action
Amendment of notice.
Summary
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is amending its December 19, 1996 Notice describing the criteria it will use to evaluate candidate projects for discretionary New Starts funding under Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 5309. Specifically, the Notice is amended to reflect Departmental guidance issued on April 9, 1997 establishing a Department-wide standard for the value of travel time; correct an editorial error regarding the application of travel time savings to the criteria for mobility improvements; account for the lack of standardized national assumptions regarding the unit value of criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions; reflect a change in the definition of ``boarding points associated with the proposed new start'' for purposes of evaluating mobility improvements; and reflect a change in the definition of ``new start service area'' for purposes of evaluating operating efficiencies.