Changes to: Fixed-Guideway Data & Rules for Splitting
Rural/Urban
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1 Overview New Surface Transportation Bill: MAP-21 New Fixed
Guideway Rules New Bus Rapid Transit Definition Rules for
Allocating Service Fixed Guideway Segment Update 1
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2 Fixed Guideway Pre-MAP-21 One big happy category Railroads,
Ferryboats, Trolleybus, Aerial Trams, Busways, and HOV (even some
HOT) All VRM and DRM used in 5307 Fixed Guideway Tier All VRM and
DRM on sections that are more than 7 years old was used in the
Fixed Guideway Modernization formula (a Section 5309 Program)
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3 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
Went into effect October 1, 2012 Authorizes programs through
September 30, 2014 5309 Fixed Guideway Mod replaced by new 5337
State of Good Repair formula grants New fixed guideway definition
that moves HOV lanes into their own category with separate funding
New definition of Bus Rapid Transit with full fixed guideway
treatment for BRT routes 3
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4 5337 SGR Formula Grants Formula-based funding for State of
Good Repair (SGR) Funding limited to fixed guideway investments
(essentially replaces 5309 Fixed Guideway program but is a very
different program) New formula comprises: (1) former Fixed Guideway
formula; (2) new service-based formula; (3) new formula for buses
on HOV lanes 4
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5 5337 Eligibility Meet UAFP criteria Urbanized Area over
200,000 in population Segments are 7 Federal Fiscal years old In
service on 9-30-2007 for 2013 data Still in service on 9-30-2014 No
credit for average monthly DRM if segment taken out of service
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6 New Fixed Guideway Rules 5337 formula Program now has two
funding tiers: Fixed Guideway Tier Rail, Ferryboats, Aerial Trams,
Trolleybuses, and Bus Rapid Transit guideway for exclusive use by
transit vehicles High Intensity Motorbus Tier HOV Bus service
operated on HOV lanes Grandfather policy for HOV to HOT conversion
remains in effect, based on HOV lanes in NTD as of 1/11/2007 Both
tiers use Dedicated Route Miles (DRM) and Vehicle Revenue Miles
(VRM) 6
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7 Fixed Guideway Rules (cont.) 5337 retains requirement for
guideway to have been in service for at least 7 years SGR Tier gets
97.15% of 5337 appropriation HIMB Tier gets 2.85% of appropriation
7 Years Old on Basis of First Day of Federal Fiscal Year FY14
funding begins October 1, 2014 Must have begun operation by
September 30, 2007 5307 Fixed Guideway Tier (30.2% of
appropriation) Same rules, new definitions 7
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8 Fixed Guideway Eligibility Lanes that are only exclusive for
a portion of the day (or week) are not classified as Fixed Guideway
(except BRT) but can qualify for 5337 High Intensity Motorbus tier
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9 Bus Rapid Transit USC section 5302(a)(2) New definition: bus
rapid transit system means a bus transit system (A) in which the
majority of each line operates in a separated right-of-way
dedicated for public transportation use during peak periods; and
(B) that includes features that emulate the services provided by
rail fixed guideway public transportation systems, including (i)
defined stations; (ii) traffic signal priority for public
transportation vehicles; (iii) short headway bidirectional services
for a substantial part of week days and weekend days; and (iv) any
other features the Secretary may determine are necessary to emulate
the services provided by rail fixed guideway... 9
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10 Las Vegas MAX: Example of typical BRT line Defined &
Branded Station Stations are accessible, provide schedule
information, and protection from weather Lanes are exclusively
dedicated to public transportation during peak periods Exclusive
guideway Branded vehicles run from 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM 10
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11 Majority of BRT line must be Separated Right-of-Way More
than half of route must be on exclusive guideway, the rest can be
in general traffic (all is counted as FG) 1 st Ave. NY exclusive FG
Kansas City exclusive FG overhead bus-only sign bus lane is shaded
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12 Exclusive Busways & Ramps are also Fixed Guideway But
only exclusive part of route counts as FG Pittsburgh Bus Ramp FG
Miami-Dade Busway exclusive FG Must be exclusive 24-7 (not during
peak periods as with BRT guideway) 12
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13 Federal Funding Allocation Form (FFA-10)
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14 Federal Funding Allocation (FFA-10) Rules Rules for
allocation of data among multiple UZAs and non urbanized areas
(non-UZA) VRM (passenger car revenue miles for rail modes) is a
direct measurement of the actual vehicle revenue miles and is used
as the factor for proportional allocation of VRH (passenger car
revenue hours for rail modes), PMT, UPT, and OE among the areas
Other methodology Use the e-file tab to describe the other
methodology and show your calculations
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15 New Federal Funding Allocation (FFA-10) Rules Under the
revised rules, the transit agency determines which UZA or non-UZA
that each mode primarily serves The transit agency may then:
Allocate all the data statistics for that mode to the UZAs or
non-UZAs primarily served, or Allocate the data statistics
proportionally to the UZAs and non-UZAs served using a reasonable
and consistent methodology (describe in e-file)
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16 New Federal Funding Allocation Rules This rule applies to
transit service that connects: Two or more large UZAs Two or more
small UZAs Any combination of one or more large UZAs, small UZAs,
or non-UZAs, as long as no 5311 funds benefit the service Data may
not be allocated to a UZA within the overall service area that is
not served by any route!
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17 New Federal Funding Allocation - Exceptions Exceptions to
the primarily served criterion involve 5311 funds (operating or
capital) that benefit the service: 1.You must report entirely to
non-UZA (UZA 0) any transit service that benefits from grants
provided by FTAs Section 5311 2.You must allocate service that
connects non-UZAs and UZAs (large or small) if the service benefits
from both 5307 and 5311 operating assistance; you must use the UZA
proportion of operating expenses funded by 5307 program (including
local matching funds), to allocate the statistics to the UZAs
3.Service that receives 5307 capital assistance and 5311 operating
assistance is allocated 100% to non-UZA (UZA 0)
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18 2013 segment submission process NTD S-20 form The 2015
apportionment will be based off of RY2013 data Fields to determine
5337 eligibility Segment Type Hours prohibited Mode 18
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19 How is the S-20 data used? Directional Route Miles Transfer
automatically to other forms Service Form S-10: Fiscal Year End
(FYE) DRM Federal Funding Allocation Statistics Form FFA-10: 5307
Formula: all DRM 5337 Formula: DRM 7 years old 19
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20 Reporting Segments Agencies report segments to FTA using the
NTD S-20 Form Fixed Guideway Segments High Intensity Motorbus One
form for each Mode and Type of Service combination Only use for bus
modes when a bus operates on fixed guideway or high intensity bus
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21 Reporting segments for bus modes All information on rail
S-20 form Added information on: Segment type (NEW categories in
2012) Peak level of service Safe operation Hours per week
prohibited and enforced 21
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22 New segment type categories New segment type categories for
bus modes A.Exclusive, physical separation B.Exclusive, visual
separation C.HOV, physical separation D.HOV, visual separation
E.HO/T lane F.Mixed traffic roadway used by a bus rapid transit
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23 Reporting segments for bus modes Segment Type168 hrs.1-167
hrs.0 hrs. A. Exclus./Phys.Fixed GuidewayHI Motorbusn/a B.
Exclus./Vis.Fixed GuidewayHI Motorbusn/a C. HOV/Phys.HI Motorbus
n/a D. HOV/Vis.HI Motorbus n/a E. HO/THI Motorbus n/a F. Mixed
traffic RBn/a Fixed Guideway All segment types (A F) for qualifying
bus rapid transit (RB) routes are Fixed Guideway 23 24-7
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24 Urban Formula Program Eligibility Length of segment (0.25
mile criteria) Congested travel corridor Level of service D or
worse Safe Operation Restricted use (and hours per week) Buses and
vanpools, carpools Enforced 24
