PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS.

SEC. 3030. PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS. (a) Final Design and Construction.— The following projects are authorized for final design and construction for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code: (1) Atlanta—Athens Commuter Rail. (2) Atlanta—Griffin Commuter Rail. (3) Atlanta—North Line Extension. (4) Austin—NW/North Central/SE—Airport LRT. (5) Baltimore—Central LRT Extension to Glen Bumie. (6) Boston—Massport Airport Intermodal Transit Connector. (7) Boston—North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to Beverly. (8) Charlotte—South Corridor Transitway. (9) Chicago—Navy Pier-McCormick Place Busway. (10) Chicago—North Central Upgrade Commuter Rail. (11) Chicago—Ravenswood Line Extension. (12) Chicago—Southwest Extension. (13) Chicago—West Line Expansion. (14) Cleveland—Akron-Canton Commuter Rail. (15) Cleveland—Berea Metroline Extension. (16) Cleveland—Blue Line Extension. (17) Cleveland—Euclid Corridor Extension. (18) Cleveland—1–90 Corridor to Ashtabula County. (19) Cleveland—Waterfront Line Extension. (20) Dallas—North Central Extension. (21) Dallas—Ft. Worth RAILTRAN (Phase II). (22) Denver—East Corridor (Airport). (23) Denver—Southeast LRT (1–25 between 6th & Lincoln). (24) Denver—Southwest LRT. (25) Denver—West Corridor LRT. (26) East St. Louis-St. Clair County—Mid-America Airport Corridor. (27) Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Miami Tri-County Commuter Rail. (28) Galveston—Trolley Extension. (29) Hartford—Griffin Line. (30) Hollis—Ketchikan Ferry. (31) Houston—Regional Bus Plan—Phase I. (32) Kansas City—1–35 Commuter Rail. (33) Kansas City—Southtown Corridor. (34) Kenosha-Racine—Milwaukee Rail Extension. (35) Las Vegas Corridor. (36) Little Rock—River Rail. (37) Los Angeles—Metrolink San Bernadino Line. (38) Los Angeles—MOS–3. (39) Los Angeles—Metrolink (Union Station-Fullerton). (40) Louisville—Jefferson County Corridor. 112 STAT. 374 (41) MARC—Commuter Rail Improvements. (42) Maryland Light Rail Double Track. (43) Memphis—Medical Center Extension. (44) Miami—East-West Multimodal Corridor. (45) Miami—North 27th Avenue Corridor. (46) Miami—South Busway Extension. (47) Milwaukee—East-West Corridor. (48) Monterey County Commuter Rail. (49) Nashua, NH—Lowell, MA Commuter Rail. (50) Nashville—Commuter Rail. (51) New Orleans—Canal Streetcar. (52) New York—8th Avenue Subway Connector. (53) New York—Brooklyn—Staten Island Ferry. (54) New York—Long Island Railroad East Side Access. (55) New York—Staten Island Ferry—Whitehall Intermodal Terminal. (56) New York Susquehanna and Western Commuter Rail. (57) New Jersey Urban Core. (58) Norfolk—Virginia Beach Corridor. (59) Orange County—Fullerton—Irvine Corridor. (60) Orlando—1–4 Central Florida Light Rail System. (61) Philadelphia—Schuykill Valley Metro. (62) Phoenix—Fixed Guideway. (63) Colorado—Roaring Fork Valley Rail. (64) Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System. (65) Pittsburgh—MLK Busway Extension. (66) Portland—South-North Corridor. (67) Portland—Westside-Hillsboro Corridor. (68) Raleigh-Durham—Regional Transit Plan. (69) Sacramento—Folsom Extension. (70) Sacramento—Placer County Corridor. (71) Sacramento—South Corridor. (72) Salt Lake City—Light Rail (Airport to University of Utah). (73) Salt Lake City—Ogden-Provo Commuter Rail. (74) Salt Lake City—South LRT. (75) San Diego—Mid-Coast LRT Corridor. (76) San Diego—Mission Valley East Corridor. (77) San Diego—Oceanside—Escondido Corridor. (78) San Francisco—BART to San Francisco International Airport Extension. (79) San Francisco—Bayshore Corridor. (80) San Jose—Tasman Corridor Light Rail. (81) San Juan—Tren Urbano. (82) San Juan—Tren Urbano Extension to Minellas. (83) Santa Cruz—Fixed Guideway. (84) Seattle—Southworth High Speed Ferry. (85) Seattle—Sound Move Corridor. (86) South Boston—Piers Transitway. (87) St. Louis—Cross County Corridor. (88) Stockton—Altamont Commuter Rail. (89) Tampa Bay—Regional Rail. (90) Twin Cities—Northstar Corridor (Downtown Minneapolis-Anoka County-St. Cloud). (91) Twin Cities—Transitways Corridors. (92) Washington—Richmond Rail Corridor Improvements. (93) Washington, D.C.—Dulles Corridor Extension. 112 STAT. 375 (94) Washington, D.C.—Largo Extension. (95) West Trenton Line (West Trenton-Newark). (96) Westlake—Commuter Rail Link. (97) Pittsburgh North Shore-Central Business District Corridor. (98) Pittsburgh—Stage II Light Rail. (99) Boston—North-South Rail Link. (100) Spokane—South Valley Corridor Light Rail. (101) Miami—Palmetto Metrorail. (102) Morgantown—Personal Rapid Transit. (103) Santa Monica—Busway. (104) Northwest New Jersey—Northeast Rail Corridor. (105) Southeastern North Carolina Corridor. (106) Chicago—Douglas Branch. (107) San Joaquin—Regional Transit Corridor. (108) Albuquerque—High Capacity Corridor. (b) Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering.— The following projects are authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code: (1) Atlanta—Georgia 400 Multimodal Corridor. (2) Atlanta—MARTA Extension (S. De Kalb-Lindbergh). (3) Atlanta—MARTA 1–285 Transit Corridor. (4) Atlanta—MARTA Marietta-Lawrenceville Corridor. (5) Atlanta—MARTA South De Kalb Comprehensive Transit Program. (6) Baltimore—Metropolitan Rail Corridor. (7) Baltimore—People Mover. (8) Bergen County Cross—County Light Rail. (9) Birmingham Transit Corridor. (10) Boston—Urban Ring. (11) Charleston—Monobeam. (12) Chicago—Comiskey Park Station. (13) Chicago—Inner Circumferential Commuter Rail. (14) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail. (15) Dallas—DART LRT Extensions. (16) Dallas—Las Colinas Corridor. (17) Dayton—Regional Riverfront Corridor. (18) El Paso—International Fixed Guideway (El Paso-Juarez). (19) Fremont—South Bay Corridor. (20) Houston—Advanced Transit Program. (21) Jacksonville—Fixed Guideway Corridor. (22) Knoxville—Electric Transit. (23) Lorain—Cleveland Commuter Rail. (24) Los Angeles—MOS–4 East Side Extension (II). (25) Los Angeles—MOS–4 San Fernando Valley East-West. (26) Los Angeles—LOSSAN (Del Mar-San Diego). (27) Maine High Speed Ferry Service. (28) Maryland Route 5 Corridor. (29) Memphis—Regional Rail Plan. (30) Miami—Kendall Corridor. (31) Miami—Northeast Corridor. (32) New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor. (33) New Orleans—Airport—CBD Commuter Rail. (34) New Orleans—Desire Streetcar. 112 STAT. 376 (35) New York—Astoria—East Elmhurst Extension. (36) New York—Broadway—Lafayette & Bleecker Street Transfer. (37) New York—Brooklyn—Manhattan Access. (38) New York—Lower Manhattan Access. (39) New York—Manhattan East Side Link. (40) New York—Midtown West Intermodal Terminal. (41) New York—Nassau Hub. (42) New York—North Shore Railroad. (43) New York—Queens West Light Rail Link. (44) New York—St. George’s Ferry Intermodal Terminal. (45) Newburgh—LRT System. (46) North Front Range Corridor. (47) Northeast Indianapolis Corridor. (48) Oakland Airport—BART Connector. (49) Providence—Pawtucket Corridor. (50) Philadelphia—Broad Street Line Extension. (51) Philadelphia—Cross County Metro. (52) Philadelphia—Lower Marion Township. (53) Pinellas County—Mobility Initiative Project. (54) Redlands—San Bernardino Transportation Corridor. (55) Riverside—Perris Rail Passenger Service. (56) Salt Lake City—Draper Light Rail Extension. (57) Salt Lake City—West Jordan Light Rail Extension. (58) San Francisco—CalTrain Extension to Hollister. (59) Scranton—Laurel Line Intermodal Corridor. (60) SEATAC—Personal Rapid Transit. (61) Toledo—CBD to Zoo. (62) Union Township Station (Raritan Valley Line). (63) Washington County Corridor (Hastings-St. Paul). (64) Washington, D.C—George town-Ft. Lincoln. (65) Williamsburg—Newport News-Hampton LRT. (66) Cincinnati/N. Kentucky—Northeast Corridor. (67) Northeast Ohio—commuter rail. (68) California—North Bay Commuter Rail. (c) Project Authorizations.— (1) In general.— Of the total amount made available by or authorized under section 5338(b) of title 49, United States Code, to carry out section 5309(m)(1)(B) for fiscal years 1998 through 2003: (A) $3,000,000,000 shall be available for the following projects: (i) Birmingham Transit Corridor, $87,500,000. (ii) San Diego-Mission Valley East Corridor, $325,000,000. (iii) Denver-Southeast LRT (I–25 between 6th and Lincoln), $10,000,000. (iv) Colorado—Roaring Fork Valley Rail,$40,000,000. (v) Hartford—Griffin Line, $33,000,000. (vi) Bridgeport—Intermodal Corridor, $34,000,000. (vii) New London—Waterfront Access, $10,000,000. (viii) Old Saybrook—Hartford Rail Extension, $10,000,000. (ix) Stamford—Fixed Guideway Connector, $18,000,000. 112 STAT. 377 (x) Orlando—I–4 Central Florida Light Rail System, $100,000,000. (xi) Miami—Palmetto Metrorail, $8,000,000. (xii) Tampa Bay—Regional Rail, $2,000,000. (xiii) Fort Lauderdale—West Palm Beach—Miami Tri-County Commuter Rail, $20,000,000. (xiv) Miami—East-West Multimodal Corridor, $20,000,000. (xv) Chicago—CTA Douglas Branch, $315,000,000. (xvi) Indianapolis Region Commuter Rail, $10,000,000. (xvii) Sioux City—Light Rail, $10,000,000. (xviii) MARC—Commuter Rail Improvements, $185,000,000. (xix) Baltimore—Light Rail Double Track, $120,000,000. (xx) Boston—North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension to Beverly, $50,000,000. (xxi) Twin Cities—Transitways Corridors, $120,000,000. (xxii) Twin Cities—Northstar Corridor (Downtown Minneapolis—Anoka County—St. Cloud), $6,000,000. (xxiii) I–35 Commuter Rail, $30,000,000. (xxiv) Las Vegas Corridor, $155,000,000. (xxv) New Jersey—Bergen County Cross County Light Rail, $5,000,000. (xxvi) New Jersey—Trans Hudson Midtown Corridor, $5,000,000. (xxvii) Santa Fe—Eldorado Rail Link, $10,000,000. (xxviii) Albuquerque Alvarado Intermodal Center, $5,000,000. (xxix) Albuquerque Light Rail, $90,000,000. (xxx) New York—Long Island Railroad East Side Access, $353,000,000. (xxxi) New York—Second Avenue Subway, $5,000,000. (xxxii) New York—Whitehall Ferry Terminal, $40,000,000. (xxxiii) New York—St. George’s Ferry Intermodal Terminal, $20,000,000. (xxxiv) New York—Nassau Hub, $10,000,000. (xxxv) New Jersey—New York Midtown West Ferry Terminal, $16,300,000. (xxxvi) Cincinnati/Northem Kentucky Corridor, $65,000,000. (xxxvii) Portland South—North Corridor, $25,000,000. (xxxviii) Philadelphia—Schuylkill Valley Metro, $75,000,000. (xxxix) Allegheny County Stage II Light Rail, $100,200,000. (xl) Philadelphia—Pittsburgh High Speed Rail, $10,000,000. (xli) Cumberland/Dauphin County Corridor 1 Commuter Rail, $20,000,000. (xlii) Pittsburgh North Shore—Central Business District, $20,000,000. 112 STAT. 378 (xliii) Providence—Boston Commuter, $10,000,000. (xliv) Rhode Island Integrated Intermodal Transportation, $25,000,000. (xlv) Dallas—North Centra Extension, $188,000,000. (xlvi) Dallas—Southeast Corridor, $20,000,000. (xlvii) Dallas—Northwest Corridor, $12,000,000. (xlviii) Washington, D.C., Dulles Corridor Extension, $86,000,000. (xlix) Seattle—Tacoma Commuter Rail, $40,000,000. (l) San Joaquin Regional Intermodal Corridor, $14,000,000. (li) Railtran Corridor Light Rail, $12,000,000. (B) The remainder shall be available for projects listed in subsections (a) and (b). (2) Additional funds.— (A) In general.— The total amount authorized in section 5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1999 through 2003 shall be available for projects listed in subsections (a) and (b). (B) Priority for salt lake city Olympics.— (i) In general.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 5338(h)(5), $640,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games for the following projects: (I) North/South Light Rail. (II) Airport to University of Utah Light Rail. (III) Intermodal Facilities. (IV) Park and Ride Lots. (V) Bus Acquisition. (ii) Government share.— The Government share of the costs of projects assisted under this subparagraph shall not exceed 80 percent. For purposes of determining the nongovernmental share for projects authorized under this subparagraph, highway, aviation, and transit projects shall be considered to be a program of projects. (iii) Use of funds.— Funds provided under this subparagraph shall be available for planning and capital assistance. (3) High priority project.— The Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project shall be given priority consideration by the Secretary for funds made available under paragraph (1)(B). In addition, that project is authorized for construction with funds available under section 5338(h)(5) of title 49, United States Code. (d) Effect of Authorization.— (1) In general.— (A) Subsection (a) projects.— Projects authorized by subsection (a) for final design and construction are also authorized for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering. (B) Subsection (b) projects.— Effective October 1, 2000, projects authorized by subsection (b) for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering are also authorized for final design and construction. 112 STAT. 379 (2) Fixed guideway authorization.— The project authorized by subsection (a)(3) includes an additional 28 rapid rail cars and project scope changes from amounts authorized by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. (3) Intermodal center authorizations.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each of the following projects are eligible for funding under section 5309(m)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code: (A) Huntington, West Virginia Intermodal Facility project. (B) Huntsville Intermodal Center project. (e) New Jersey Urban Core Project.— (1) Allocations.— Section 3031(a) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Allocations.— “(A) Rail connection between penn station newark and broad street station, newark.— Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary shall set aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000, per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the rail connection between Penn Station, Newark and Broad Street Station, Newark. “(B) Newark-newark international airport-elizabeth transit link.— Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary, after making the set aside under subparagraph (A), shall set aside 10 percent, but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link, including construction of the auxiliary New Jersey Transit station, described in subsection (d). “(C) Light rail connection and alignment within and serving the city of Elizabeth.— Of the amounts made available for the New Jersey Urban Core Project under section 5309(m)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal years 1998 through 2003, the Secretary, after making the set-aside under subparagraphs (A) and (B), shall set aside 10 percent but not more than $5,000,000 per fiscal year for preliminary engineering, design, and construction of the light rail connection and alignment within and serving the city of Elizabeth as described in subsection (d).” . (2) Conforming amendments.— Section 3031(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended— (A) by striking “section 3(i) of the Federal Transit Act (relating to criteria for new starts)” and inserting “section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code,”; and (B) by striking “; except” and all that follows through “such element”. 112 STAT. 380 (3) Elements of new jersey urban core project.— Section 3031(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122) is amended— (A) by inserting after “Secaucus Transfer” the following: “(including relocation and construction of the Bergen County and Pascack Valley Rail Lines and the relocation of the Main/Bergen Connection with construction of a rail station and associated components to and at the contiguous New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex)”; (B) by striking “, Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link” and inserting “(including a connection from the Vince Lombardi Station to Saddlebrook and Edgewater), restoration of commuter rail service along the Northern Branch Line of the West Shore Line, Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Transit Link (including construction of an auxiliary New Jersey Light Rail Transit station directly connected to and integrated with the Amtrak Northeast Corridor Station at Newark International Airport, providing access from the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link to the Newark International Airport)”; and (C) by inserting after “New York Penn Station Concourse,” the following: “the restoration of commuter rail service in Lakewood to Freehold to Matawan or Jamesburg, New Jersey, as described in section 3035(p) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2131), a light rail extension of the Newark-Newark International Airport-Elizabeth Light Rail Transit Link from Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the towns of Cranford, Westfield, Fanwood, and Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, and any appropriate light rail connections and alignments within the city of Elizabeth to be determined by the city of Elizabeth and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (and which shall include connecting midtown Elizabeth to Route 1 Park and Ride, the Elizabeth Car House Museum, Division Street, Singer Place, Ferry Terminal, Jersey Gardens Mall, Elizabeth Port to Lot D at Newark Airport) and any appropriate fixed guideway system in Passaic County,”. (f) Los Angeles MOS–3 Project.— (1) In general.— For purposes of this section, the Los Angeles MOS–3 project referenced in subsection (a)(38) may include any fixed guideway project or projects selected by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for development in the transportation corridors to be served by the 3 extensions of MOS–3 of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail project, as described in section 3034(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. (2) Alternatives.— In considering fixed guideway alternatives and selecting any revised preferred alternative in the East Side or Mid City corridors of MOS-3, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall— (A) fully evaluate the potential impact of the alternatives on the integrity of the neighborhoods in the corridor involved; (B) address the capacity of the alternatives to serve transit dependent riders; 112 STAT. 381 (C) identify and address any disproportionately high and adverse effects on minority and low income populations, in accordance with the Executive Order on Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice (EO 12898; February 11, 1994); and (D) otherwise comply with all applicable Federal and State planning and environmental requirements. (g) Baltimore-Washington Transportation Improvements Program.— Section 3035(nn) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2134) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting “, and alternatives for double tracking and related improvements” after “Penn Station extensions”; (B) by inserting “shall provide for double tracking and related improvements and” after “under this paragraph”; and (C) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “Funds for projects under this paragraph shall be provided at an 80 percent Government share. In applying the local share evaluation criteria in section 5309, of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall compare the aggregate expenditure of State and local funds, including Federal highway funds provided by the State of Maryland, for all phases of the Central Corridor Light Rail project.”; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the first sentence, by inserting “, including capacity and efficiency improvements through construction of a Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance and storage facilities, and other capacity related improvements, and the Silver Spring Intermodal Center” before the period; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting “provide for construction of the Penn-Camden Connection, MARC maintenance and storage facilities, and other capacity related improvements, and the Silver Spring Intermodal Center, and shall” after “shall”.