Sub-allocating FTA Section 5307 Funding Among Multiple Recipients in Metropolitan Areas (2014) / Chapter Skim
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21 7. San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority (SFMTA)
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22 formula to distribute a set-aside portion of funds for the 10% of Section 5307 funds eligible to be used for ADA operating costs. The formula for this sub-allocation was generally based on the FTA formula for allocating Section 5307 funds to UZAs, with an element of the rail operator portion allotted to bus operators, because bus operators generally shoulder a greater share of the ADA operations.
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23 • Complement other MTC funding programs for public transportation. Before submitting their projects for funding consideration, public transportation operators must obtain approval from their local governing body (e.g., board of directors)
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24 To prevent committing a significant portion of the programming to an operator in any one year, MTC has established project funding caps. As an example, revenue vehicle replacement could not exceed $20 million per year for buses or $30 million per year for rail cars or ferry vessels in the aggregate for both Section 5307 and 5309 fixed guideway programs during FY 2012–13 and FY 2013–14.
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25 Based on discussions with several public transportation operators in the San Francisco/Oakland UZA, it was learned that: • It is unlikely that projects with a score of less than 16 would be funded. Therefore, public transportation operators in the UZA cannot use Section 5307 funding for preventive maintenance or other eligible expenses.
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26 county were able to show that this distribution reflected, on average, the total passenger-miles operated within the UZA. Public Transportation Operator Perspectives The use of a population-based formula makes it easy to administer the sub-allocation.
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27 the capital planning process, which identifies needs for a three- to five-year horizon. With each FTA apportionment announcement, CDOT creates a draft Sub Area Apportionment, listing projects for each UZA and for the governor's area (UZAs below 200,000 and CDOT, which operates bus and rail public transportation service)
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28 Public Transportation Operator Perspectives Neither Martin County nor St. Lucie County reported any administrative challenges with this allocation.
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29 5. Taunton, Massachusetts–Rhode Island (Greater Attleboro RTA)
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30 on population and population/density alone, it should receive a larger percentage of the funding than the current proportional distribution. Such increases would result in decreases to the other designated recipients.
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31 to a locally developed formula. The memorandum is distributed to each of the designated recipients in the area and to the Waukesha Metro Transit System.
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32 apportionments are announced, SEWRPC staff use the most recently available public transportation ridership and service data, as reported by each public transportation operator to FTA's National Transit Database and WisDOT, to distribute the funds (Table 23)
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