TEA-21 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century Moving Americans into the 21st Century
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TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS
Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Enhancements 1% Setaside	0	$20.85M	$24.47M	$26.50M	$28.54M	$30.56M	$32.61M

Program Purpose

Transit enhancement projects must enhance mass transportation service or use and be physically or functionally related to transit facilities. [3007]

Funding Features

Establishes a one-percent set-aside for transit enhancements only in urbanized areas of more than 200,000 population.

These funds must be used for activities defined as transit enhancements.

If funds available for transit enhancements are not obligated for an enhancement project within three years following the fiscal year in which the funds are apportioned, the funds will be reapportioned under the urban area formula program.

Under a related provision, projects providing bicycle access to mass transportation funded with the enhancement set aside shall be funded at a 95% Federal share.

Eligibility

The nine eligible project categories in the transit enhancement program are:

• Historic preservation, rehabilitation, and operation of historic mass transportation buildings, structures, and facilities (including historic bus and railroad facilities

• Bus shelters

• Landscaping and other scenic beautification, including tables, benches, trash receptacles, and street lights

• Public art

• Pedestrian access and walkways

• Bicycle access, including bicycle storage facilities and installing equipment for transporting bicycles on mass transportation vehicles

• Transit connections to parks within the recipient’s transit service area

• Signage

• Enhanced access for persons with disabilities to mass transportation.

All items above have been previously eligible under the FTA program except for operating costs of historic facilities (item 1).

September 14, 1998