PROGRAMS OF THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
This paper discusses various programs at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Funding programs, reauthorized by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and directed toward state and transit operators, are first explained. Other major programs at the FTA, such as the Nonurbanized Formula Program, the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Program, and the Metropolitan and State Planning and Research Programs, are also described. In the 2nd half of the paper, the joint metropolitan and statewide transportation planning programs, and their relevance to the National Park Service, are discussed. The nature of the relationship between the FTA and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) is provided. The 7 planning factors listed in TEA-21 that the MPOs and the states are required by statute to consider in their transportation planning process are outlined.
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Corporate Authors:
Western Transportation Institute
Montana State University, Bozeman
P.O. Box 174250
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Authors:
- Stout, R W
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Conference:
- National Parks: Transportation Alternatives and Advanced Technology for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings.
- Location: Big Sky, Montana
- Date: 1999-6-3 to 1999-6-5
- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 36-39
- Monograph Title: NATIONAL PARKS: TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Government funding; Metropolitan planning organizations; National parks; Regional planning; State departments of transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
- Identifier Terms: National Park Service; U.S. Federal Transit Administration
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00810163
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: NTL, TRIS
- Created Date: May 22 2001 12:00AM