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F-1 Industry Group Workshops A P P E N D I X F F.1 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Workshop September 10, 2021 The research team worked with AASHTO to conduct a virtual workshop to discuss the FederalAid Highway Program (FAHP) fund transfers with participants from the departments of transportation (DOTs)
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F-2 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs • What are specific project examples of the uses of FAHP funds that are transferred to FTA? The questions provided the participants with opportunities to describe their practices, policies, and experience with FAHP fund transfers.
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Industry Group Workshops F-3 • Overall, FAHP fund transfers represent a small fraction of the overall funding strategies and fund management practices of the DOTs. • Fund transfers are significantly influenced by the category of funds, restrictions on those funds, and the overall performance targets within the fund categories (e.g., safety, bridge)
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F-4 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs • FHWA performance targets for types of funding are considered during fund management strategies. The performance targets have not matured to the extent that there are lessons learned.
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Industry Group Workshops F-5 • How significant is the role of project cost increases related to transfers? • How significant are the FHWA performance criteria in the transfer experience?
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F-6 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs the funds were used to support a bus rapid transit New Start project and a project to upgrade a train station as part of a new rail service project. • Transit projects are eligible for FHWA and FTA funds.
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Industry Group Workshops F-7 F.3 Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Workshop As part of this research, the research team conducted outreach to MPOs to understand if and how they may be involved in fund transfers. The team started with a sample survey of three MPOs and then held two virtual meetings with 16 MPOs from 14 states.
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F-8 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs funds, are they able to obligate funds in a timely manner? Has this ever been an issue in your state?
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Industry Group Workshops F-9 MPO Not Aware of or Involved in State DOT Fund Transfers This situation tends to apply to the smaller and more rural MPO areas where the MPOs have no role or influence in fund transfers. The Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC)
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F-10 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs MPO Influence on Transfers from STBG, CMAQ, and TA Many MPOs receive suballocated- STBG funds, CMAQ funds (in some states) , and/or TA funds.
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Industry Group Workshops F-11 Fund Lapses and Transfers The research team asked the MPOs whether they are aware of transfers of federal funds to avoid fund lapses. The MPOs indicated that this is done by their states and that there have been instances where the states could not avoid funds lapsing (i.e., CMAQ)
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F-12 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs result of the MPO responsibilities and requirements to develop TIPs and LRTPs that reflect their region's priorities. Another example is in Chicago, where CMAP conducts a focused project selection process on CMAQ and TAP funds whereby regional local priorities must be reflected in projects and heavily influences project selection.
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Industry Group Workshops F-13 Rescissions and Relationship to Transfers The research team asked the MPOs if they are aware of fund transfers being made to avoid rescissions. The MPOs indicated that the state DOTs do everything possible to avoid rescission and that fund transfers have been used for this purpose.
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Abbreviations and acronyms used without denitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration GHSA Governors Highway Safety Association HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012)
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