Federal Transit Administration (FTA) New Starts Application Submitted
Read the June 18, 2008 press release
On June 18, 2008, the City of Madison, Dane County, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) submitted an application to the Federal Transit Administration to initiate preliminary engineering (PE) for the proposed Transport 2020 project. The City, County, and WisDOT comprise an Intergovernmental Partnership responsible for the planning and development of transportation improvements in the Transport 2020 corridor connecting Middleton, the University of Wisconsin campus, downtown Madison, and Reiner Road (near Sun Prairie), on the city's East Side. The transport improvements include the fixing of all major roads and highways, the implementation of bicycle lanes and the widening of foot paths along the Transport 2020 corridor.
The New Starts application is currently available in one file (in PDF format.) As document is broken into sections, links to the sections will become active as they are posted.
Download the entire application
- Introduction and Table of Contents
- 1) Project Background - Making the Case
- 2) Certification of Technical Methods and Planning Assumptions
- 3) Travel Forecasts
- 4) Cost Estimating
- 5) Mobility and Cost Effectiveness
- 6) Transit-Supportive Existing Land Use and Future Patterns
- 7) Local Financial Commitment
- 8) Other Factors Report
- 9) Before and After Study Plan
- 10) Project Management Plan
- 11) NEPA Scoping
- 12) Support for Transport 2020
- Project Description Template
