Transit Initiatives and Coordination with PPC Transit Initiatives and Coordination with PPC February 17, 2010.

Transit Transit Initiatives and Initiatives and Coordination Coordination

with PPC with PPC February 17, 2010February 17, 2010

First step toward applying for Federal First step toward applying for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) fundingTransit Administration (FTA) funding

Partnership:Partnership: Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning

Organization (MPO)Organization (MPO) Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation

Authority (TBARTA)Authority (TBARTA) Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

Alternatives AnalysisAlternatives Analysis

Transit Studies Will Transit Studies Will Become Become

Transit DecisionsTransit Decisions

FTA Funding ProcessFTA Funding Process

Source: Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, December 2009

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FTA Funding ProcessFTA Funding Process

Mobility Improvements

Environmental Benefits

Operating Efficiencies

Cost Effectiveness

LandUse

Economic Development

Project Justification

20% 20% 20% 20%10% 10%

Reflects a new FTA emphasis on “livability issues…[such as] environmental, community and economic development benefits provided by transit projects.”

-- FTA Press Release, 1/10/10

Transit-Oriented Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)Development (TOD)

Transit-Oriented Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)Development (TOD)

Other Transit Planning Other Transit Planning EffortsEfforts

Hillsborough County Alternatives Analysis and TOD Planning Effort

TBARTA Land Use Working Group

High Speed Rail

City of St. Petersburg TOD Presentation – March 2nd at the Municipal Services Building, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Pinellas County Transit Summit – March 22nd at the Hilton Carillon, 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Other Transit Planning Other Transit Planning EffortsEfforts

Next StepsNext Steps

Outline of proposed tasks and timeline for Outline of proposed tasks and timeline for amendments to the Countywide Plan and Rulesamendments to the Countywide Plan and Rules

Continued coordination with other transit Continued coordination with other transit planning effortsplanning efforts

Questions or comments?Questions or comments?