The DVRPC Region

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.

DVRPC CMAQ COMPETITION??