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NTOC Member Briefing

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act –

A Legacy for UsersDr. Anthony Kane

September 14, 2005

AASHTO’s SAFETEA-LU Highlights 2

•Funding & Finance and Oversight

•Transit

•Highways

•Research

•Highway Safety

• Environmental Streamlining

•Freight

•ITS & Operations

Advancing transportation priorities

AASHTO’s SAFETEA-LU Highlights

SAFETEA-LURepresents Historic Legislation

• Three dimensions:

Record level funding

Major policy changes

Future courses of action


Guarantees and Firewalls

Provisions Comments

Maintain Funding GuaranteesPreserved, including general

fund spending for public transportation

Fix RABAFloor on Trust Fund balances limits exposure to reductions

from negative RABA


Funding Levels

Provisions SAFETEA-LU

Overall$295B Contract Authority

$286.5B Guaranteed

Highways (FHWA) $241B Authorized

Transit (FTA) $52.6B Authorized


Highway Funding Levels

Program Amount (B)Percent of Title I Authorizations

Core Programs $196.9 84%

Earmarks $19.4 9.7%

New Programs $0.7 0.37%

• Earmarks: HPPs, Projects of National and Regional Significance, TIPs, other named projects

• New Programs: Safe Routes to Schools, Highways for LIFE, Truck Parking Facilities, Freight Intermodal Distribution Pilot


Funding Levels (CA): Core Programs HWYS.

Program Amount (B)Percent of Title I Authorizations

Increase over TEA-21

IM $29.8 13% 25%

NHS $36.2 15% 27%

STP $39.2 17% 17%

CMAQ $10.2 4% 26%

Bridge $25.6 11% 25%

HSIP $5.1 2% -

Equity Bonus $50.9 22% 45%

Total $196.9 84% 32%


Innovative Finance

Policy/ Program Comments

Continue TIFIA with changes

Threshold lowered to $50M

Expands project eligibility to freight projects

Expand SIBs to all states

Expands and allows for creation of multi-state SIBs

Tolling

New express lanes demo program; value pricing;

Interstate construction and reconstruction pilots

Private Activity Bonds $15B authorized


Financial Flexibility

Provisions Comments

High Priority Project Flexibility

States will be able to use funds flexibly among HPP projects in a given year

Funds for Inactive Projects

Balances remaining on old demo projects available for obligation on other projects

for three fiscal years


Highway Stewardship and Oversight

Provisions Comments

Oversight Program

Requires annual review of State DOT financial management and project delivery systems

Requires development of minimum standards for project cost estimation

States must determine adequacy of sub-recipient accounting controls and project delivery systems


Stewardship and Oversight cont’d

Provisions Comments

Value EngineeringRequired for Federal-aid projects over $25M, bridge projects over

$20M or more.

Major Project Requirements

States must submit for approval project management and annual

financial plans for all projects with total cost of $500 M or more.

States must prepare and make available annual financial plans for all projects with total cost of

$100M or more


Policy and Revenue Commissions

Section Name

1909National Surface

Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

2020 Presidential Commission on Alcohol Impaired Driving

1141 Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement Advising Commission

1142National Surface

Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission


Projected Balance: Highway Account

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-18.5

-26.8

-34.5

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Data from US Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2005 Study


Transit

Provisions Comments

Funding$10.3B for transit

by FY 2009

Preserve guaranteesGeneral fund and trust fund monies

Retain 20% matching rate on projects

Includes New Starts

Increased funding for transit in rural areas

85% increase in 5311 program

Transit Cooperative Research Program

$9 million/year

AASHTO’s SAFETEA-LU Highlights 15

Highway Engineering and Administration – SAFETEA-LU

TOPICS Summary / Comments/ Issues

Design-BuildSection 1503

Restrictions removed

Bridge PreservationSection 1114

Now eligible

Commercialization of Rest Areas

Section 1310, 1412

Partial success with Interstate Oasis Program and Idling

Reduction Facilities

Interstate Oasis Program Supports Commercialization off

the Interstate


Highway Engineering and Administration – SAFETEA-LU

TOPICS Summary / Comments/ Issues

Temporary Traffic ControlSection 1110

Additional regulations forthcoming

Buy AmericaSections 1903, 1928

Existing provisions restated and expanded

Highways for LIFESection 1502

$75 million available

Motorcyclist Advisory CouncilSection 1914

To advise FHWA on motorcyclist issues


Research

Provisions Comments

SP&R FundingNo program changes,

Funding increase

Surface Transportation

Research

Average annual funding up 40%. Designations and earmarks exceed funding

F-SHRP$205M 4 yr, $450M requested

Not a take-down

Environment and Planning

Cooperative Research

$17M/yr 4 yrsCompetitive


Research cont’d

Provisions Comments

Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP)

Received same as TEA-21, half of request

Training and EducationAverage annual funding

up 57%

LTAPIncreased to $11 million

per year

University Transportation

Research

Average annual funding up 163%, 52 Universities

ITS, Congestion, Freight Significant New Programs


Highway Safety

Policy Recommendation Comments

Highway Safety Improvement

Program

Infrastructure safety to increase to $1.3 billion/year by FY ’09

Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan

Operational CHSP by Oct. 2007; minimal sanctions

Funding Flexibility 10% flexibility

Separate safety and security planning

factorsEnacted

Transparency5% worst roads to be released to

media


Highway Safety (cont’d)

Provisions Comments

Rural Road Safety $90 million/year

Safe Routes to School$183 million/year by

FY ‘09

SanctionsOld Ones Codified,

No “Real” New Ones

Consolidate Section 402 Safety Grants

Grows to $235 million/year by 2009.

Streamlined application process


Highway Safety (cont’d)

Provisions Comments

Safety Belts Incentive programs

Data $500k per year per State

TSIMS (Safety Information Management System)

$2 million

Work Zone Safety Training and Clearinghouse

Funding for non-profit organizations


Environmental Streamlining

Provisions Comments

Streamlined ProcessMandatory for EIS; Optional

for EA and CE

Funding to Resource Agencies

Additional flexibility

Delegation of CEs Available to all States

Full NEPA Delegation Pilot for AK, CA, OH, OK, TX


Environmental Streamlining (cont’d)

Provisions Comments

Section 4(f) Changesde minimis exemption;

regs on “prudence”

Interstate Exemption from Sections 4(f)

Enacted

Statute of Limitations 180-day deadline

ITS CE’s for Projects


Transportation/Air Quality Conformity

Provisions Comments

Update Cycle for Plans Extended from 3 to 4 years

Update Cycle for TIPs and STIPs

Extended from 2 to 4 years

Aligns Time Horizon for Conformity with the SIP

No less than 10 yearsAir Agency Consultation

Grace Period Before Conformity Lapse

12-month grace period

TCM Substitution Allowed w/o SIP amendment

CMAQ EligibilityCost Effectiveness

Diesel Retrofit

ITS and Operations

And Freight

Presented by

Jeff Lindley, FHWA

September17, 2005Gaylord Opryland HotelNashville, Tennessee

Register at www.transportation.org

Detailed briefings scheduled at AASHTO’s

Annual Meeting

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