Mary Ridgeway Federal Highway Administration Missouri Division

1. Reauthorization of TEA-21 2004 Mary Ridgeway Federal Highway Administration Missouri Division TEAM Meeting Richmond Heights, MO October 8, 2004

2. AGENDA Past T-Bills What is SAFETEA Program Highlights Extension Acts Senate Version House Version Byrd Test The future?

3. Past T-bills • ISTEA -- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 • TEA – 21 --Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century • TEA 21 Restoration Act

4. SAFETEA Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act

5. Key Messages • Built upon Safer, Simpler, Smarter theme • Improves highway safety and helps grow the Nation’s economy without costly new taxes • Helps ensure transportation projects are completed on time and within budget, while protecting the environment • Retains overall program structure while increasing flexibility by eliminating most discretionary programs

6. Key Messages More Than a Spending Plan • Key blueprint for investment • Comprehensive safety initiative to save more lives • Create jobs and sustain economic growth • Reduce congestion and minimize project delays • Continuing commitment to infrastructure investment • Empower local decision makers by increasing funding flexibility • Increase environmental stewardship and protections • Increase transit efficiency for a more seamless transportation network

7. Simplify Federal Transportation Programs Preserving funding flexibility to allow the broadest application of funds to transportation solutions, as identified by States and local communities.

8. Make the Federal Transportation Programs Smarter • Strengthen the stewardship of Federal funds without treading on State prerogatives or creating red tape by: • Strengthening the Department's suspension and debarment policies to prevent contractors from continuing to defraud the government • Allowing States to share in monetary recoveries from Federal fraud cases.

9. Expand State and Local Discretion Provide local transportation leaders with simpler, more flexible transportation funding options best suited to meet their needs by streamlining program requirements.

10. DETAILS

11. PlanningProcesses • Metropolitan Long Range Plan and TIP combined into a single Transportation Plan (TP) • Former TIP projects now included in TP • Update cycle changed from 3 to 5 years • Expands list of interest groupsexpected to comment on the TP • Priority will be given to planning practices and processes that support homeland security planning, performance based planning, safety planning, operations planning, freight planning, and integration of environment and planning • Adds air quality planning

12. Highway Safety Improvement Program • Stand alone program funded at $7.5 billion over 6 years • Replaces STP setaside • Emphasizes a proactive approach to safety • Sections 152 and 130 activities remain eligible under new “core” program • Program components include strategic and performance based goals, safety data improvements, and a process to assess results of safety projects. • Provides funding flexibility for States that develop and implement a strategic highway safety plan.

13. Highway Safety Improvement Program • Emphasizes intersection improvements, pavement and shoulder widening, warning devices such as rumble strips, skid resistance • Adds safety conscious planning • Uses identical formula as currently used for STIP • Establishes the National Blue Ribbon Commission on Highway Safetyd at

14. Transferof Funds • Transfer of Highway & Transit Funds • Transfer of Highway Funds for Transit • Transfer of Transit Funds for Highway • Transfer of Highway Funds to Other Federal Agencies • Transfer of Funds Among States or to the FHWA

15. Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) • Eligibility • New eligibility for scrappage programs • Makes clear that diesel retro-fit programs are eligible • Enhanced coordination with air quality agencies • Revised apportionment formula to reflect new NAAQS • Authorizations increased to $8.9 billion over 6-year period

16. Transportation System Management & Operations (TSM&O) • Accelerate deployment of 21st Century technology (ITS) • Support creation of institutional arrangements necessary for effective Operations • Investigate and develop the next generation of operational capabilities • Increase transportation community’s use of effective operational strategies and techniques

17. Transportation System Management & Operations • No separate funding provided • Regional operations collaboration and coordination activities eligible for Surface Transportation Program funds • TSM&O planning and regional operations collaboration and coordination activities eligible for State Planning and Research Funding • Includes TSM&O as a specific research area

18. Bicycle Transportation and Pedestrian Walkways • Maintains existing broad eligibility of pedestrian and bicycle facilities and programs • Clarifies eligibility, e.g. allows use fees on trails • Continues funding for national clearinghouse for education and technical support • Includes pedestrian and bicyclist safety in the list of eligible safety improvement projects in the new Highway Safety Improvement Program.

19. Bridge Related Provisions • Eliminates the discretionary program • Excludes bridges funded under Title 23 from being considered “water resources projects” under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act • Adds eligibility for systematic preventive maintenance • Removes requirement that a bridge must be "significantly important."

20. Senate Version SAFETEA of 2004 • On May 19, 2004, the Senate passed the enrolled version of H.R. 3550 which is the bill that is being conferenced. • July 22, 2004, Vice Chairman Young asked House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Thomas, to present the numbers for the House offer that Chairman Thomas said the President will sign -- $299 billion CA and $284 billion Guaranteed Spending. • Provides $301 billion of guaranteed funding for 2004-2009 with $244.6 billion for highways, highway safety and motor carrier safety

21. Senate Version (cont.) • May 20, 2004, the Senate named 21 members to a House-Senate conference on a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. • Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, will chair the conference

22. HouseVersion TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY FOR USERS or TEA-LU • April 2, 2004, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3550 by a vote of 357 to 65. • Provides $279.5 billion of guaranteed funding for 2004-2009 with $228 billion for highways, highway safety and motor carrier safety

23. House Version (cont.) • On June 3, 2004 the House appointed 52 conferees • 31 Republicans and 20 Democrats representing the following committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Government Reform Judiciary Resources Rules Science Ways and Means

24. Extension Acts 2004 • STEA04 Part V • STEA04 Part IV • STEA04 Part III • STEA04 PartII • STEA04 2003 • STEA03

25. Extension Acts 2004 STEA04 Part V • President signed on Sept 30 • Extends for another 8 months • Redirects Ethanol excise tax

26. The Byrd Test Feature of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund Origins in the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 Requires a comparison of the outstanding authorizations from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the resources anticipated to be available. If the anticipated resources are not sufficient, the Byrd Test is triggered.

27. How’s the Byrd Test Calculated? The current calculation for FY 2004 is: Estimated receipts for FYs 2005-2006 $61,731,000,000 Less: Estimated unfunded authorizations-end of FY 2004 $62,459,565,628 Byrd Test headroom -$728,565,628

28. WEBSITES Reauthorization of TEA-21 http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reauthorization/index.htm FHWA Home Page http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ Missouri Division Home Page http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/modiv/index.htm

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