April 9, 2013
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Stability and solvency through FY14
 MAP-21 enacted following 10 extensions of SAFETEA-LU
 Passed Congress with strong bipartisan votes
 Authorized program through FY14
 Average annual funding at FY12 levels
 Extended Highway Trust Fund (HTF) taxes
 Made transfers to keep HTF solvent through FY14
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Investment and reform under MAP-21
 Strengthened America’s highway & public transit systems
 Created jobs and supported economic growth
 Supported DOT’s aggressive safety agenda
 Simplified and focused the Federal program
 Accelerated project delivery and promoted innovation
 Established a performance-based Federal program
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Program structure
MAP-21
Prior Law (SAFETEA-LU)
National Highway Performance Program
(NHPP)
NHS, IM, & Bridge (portion)
Surface Transportation Program (STP)
STP & Bridge (portion)
Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality
Improvement Program (CMAQ)
CMAQ
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) HSIP (incl. High Risk Rural
Roads)
Railway-Highway Grade Crossing
(takedown from HSIP)
Railway-Highway Grade
Crossing
Metropolitan Planning
Metropolitan Planning
Transportation Alternatives (set-aside from
NHPP, STP, HSIP, CMAQ, Metro Planning)
TE, Recreational Trails, &
Safe Routes to School
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$37.7 billion/year in formula funding
Surface
Transportation
Program
($10.0)
HSIP ($2.2)
Railway-Highway Crossing ($0.2)
CMAQ ($2.2)
TAP ($0.8)
Metro Planning ($0.3)
National Highway
Performance
Program ($21.8)
Note: Amounts in $ billions; program amounts do not add exactly to
total due to rounding
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National Highway Preservation Program
What’s in the law?
• Consolidation of NHS, IM, Bridge Programs
• NHS expanded to include all principal arterials,
STRAHNET, intermodal connectors
• Requirement for asset management plan
• States set targets for condition, performance
• Min. Interstate & bridge condition standards
Implementation
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FY13 funds
apportioned
NHPP
guidance
Updated
NHS maps
Asset mgmt.
rule
Condition
measures
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Surface Transportation Program
What’s in the law?
• Continued flexible funding for Fed-aid highways
Implementation

plus safety and bridges on any public road
• Eligibilities encompass some former programs
• Off-system bridge set-aside

FY13 funds
apportioned
STP
guidance
• 50% of funds suballocated based on population
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Highway Safety Improvement Program
What’s in the law?
Implementation
• +$1B / year vs. prior funding levels
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• States must now regularly update SHSP
• Takedown for railway-highway grade crossings
• No rural road set-aside unless safety worsens
• DOT to establish measures and States to set
targets for fatalities and serious injuries
• Stronger link between HSIP, NHTSA programs
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FY13 funds
apportioned
HSIP guidance
High Risk
Rural Road
guidance
HSIP rule
Safety perf.
measures
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Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality
What’s in the law?
• Continuation of current program with changes
• Performance plans for large TMAs
• States with PM 2.5 areas must address PM 2.5
• Some authority to use $ for transit operations
• $ may be used on facilities for electric or natural
Implementation
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FY13 funds
apportioned
CMAQ interim
guidance
CMAQ perf.
measures
gas-fueled vehicles
• Required study assessing CMAQ outcomes
Outcomes
assessment
study
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Transportation Alternatives Program
What’s in the law?
• Most eligibilities from former programs
Implementation
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(TE, rec trails, Safe Routes to Schools)
• Rec trails set-aside (unless State opts out)
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FY13 funds
apportioned
TAP interim
guidance
• $ / yr approx. equal TE under SAFETEA-LU
• Funding suballocated similar to under STP
• Competitive grants to eligible entities
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Federal Lands & Tribal Transportation
What’s in the law?
 Federal Lands Transportation Program
Implementation
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(new partners that compete for funding)
 Federal Lands Access Program
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(Tripartite committee: FHWA, State, local)
 Tribal Transportation Program
(new distribution formula among Tribes)
 Tribal High Priority Projects Program
(subject to General Fund appropriation)
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
FLTP
guidance
Access Program
guidance
TTP
guidance
FY13 funds
allocated (except
Tribal HPPs)
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TIFIA program
What’s in the law?
 Lending capacity expanded:
up to $17 B in credit assistance over 2 years
Implementation
TIFIA
 FY13
NOFA
 Applications accepted throughout the year
 Support for ≤ 49% of eligible project costs
 Master credit agreement for programs of projects,
phased single projects
 ≤ 10% set-aside for rural projects; for these
projects, increased eligibility, lower interest rates
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Freight provisions
What’s in the law?
 National Freight Policy and strategic plan
 National Freight Network (NFN)
 Freight C&P reports
Implementation
for
 Process
establishing NFN
guidance
 Interim
on State freight
committees, plans
 Encouragement of State freight advisory
committees and freight plans
 DOT may increase Federal share for freight
projects in some circumstances
on
 Guidance
Federal share
 Notice
establishing
freight advisory
committee
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Research, Technology Deployment,
Training & Education
Annual $
Highway Research & Development
$115.0 M
Technology & Innovation Deployment
$62.5 M
Training & Education
$24.0 M
ITS Program
$100.0 M
University Transportation Centers
$72.5 M
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
$26.0 M
SHRP 2 implementation (4% set-aside from SPR)
TBD
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Performance management
What’s in the law?
Implementation
 MAP-21 identifies national goal areas
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 DOT establishes measures, with input
 States set targets, then MPOs set targets
 State & metro plans describe how program &
Q&As on
performance
management
Performance
measure rule
project selection will help achieve targets
 States report to DOT on progress toward targets
 Reports typically lead to corrective actions
(not sanctions)
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Transportation planning
What’s in the law?
Implementation
 MPOs still at 50K pop.; TMAs still at 200K pop.
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 Transition to performance-based process
 MPOs to establish performance targets
Q&As on Metro
and Statewide
Planning
Planning rule
 TIP updates at least every 4 years
 MPO in a TMA selects all non-NHS projects
 Long range plans report on conditions and
performance relative to measures, targets
 RPOs (if in place) must be consulted
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Accelerating project delivery
 Ability for States to assume specific CE designations in
FHWA NEPA regulations
 Use of construction manager/general contractor (CMGC)
 Accelerated completion of complex projects (4 years)
when State requests technical assistance
 Increased Federal share for some innovative techniques
 Streamlining of environmental review process
 Expanded authority for categorical exclusions
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Rulemaking
 Rulemaking activities include:
 Consultation with stakeholders
 Drafting of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
 Completion of an Economic Assessment that looks at the impact
of the proposed rule on States, MPOs and other stakeholders
 Coordination of rulemakings
 90 day minimum comment period required after NPRM is
published
 Publication of final rule in Federal Register including an
effective date
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Implementation is well underway!
 MAP-21 summary and fact sheets available online
 Guidance posted online for most programs by the
October 1, 2012, deadline
 NPRMs on CEs for projects in the Operational ROW or
receiving limited Federal assistance
 More guidance and rulemaking activity to come,
with related outreach
 Watch FHWA’s MAP-21 web site
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21
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