[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17981-17983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6724]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Urban Partnership-Related Federal Register Notices

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation (``OST''), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of list of urban partnership-related Federal Register 
notices.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (the ``Department'') is 
pleased to provide you the following list of solicitations issued by 
the Department in connection with its Urban Partnership Program 
announced in December 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please address questions regarding 
this notice to David B. Horner, Esq., Chief Counsel, Federal Transit 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a list of solicitations 
issued by the Department in connection with its Urban Partnership 
Program announced in December 2006.
    The Urban Partnership Program reflects the Department's effort to 
develop, in the words of U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, 
``21st Century Solutions to 21st Century Challenges'' facing the 
Nation's transportation network. One such challenge is the severe and 
worsening problem of metropolitan traffic congestion. Through the Urban 
Partnership Program, the Department is offering a combination of 
grants, technical expertise, regulatory relief and credit support to 
jurisdictions which are prepared to experiment with four strategies 
believed to be effective, on a combined basis, in reducing metropolitan 
traffic congestion: (i) Value pricing, (ii) bus transit, (iii) 
telecommuting and flextime, and (iv) intelligent transportation 
technology.
    Representatives of metropolitan areas interested in becoming Urban 
Partners must submit an application to the Department that meets the 
requirements detailed in the Department's December 8, 2006, Federal 
Register Notice (``Applications for Urban Partnership Agreements 
(``UPAs'') as Part of Congestion Initiative''). Designation as an Urban 
Partner does not, by itself, qualify a party for any grant or funding 
amount. However, Urban Partners will receive priority consideration 
under the other departmental discretionary funding programs referenced 
below, to the extent that program terms provide or allow.
    Applicants must apply separately to each of the programs from which 
they seek funding and must meet each program's specific statutory 
requirements. Applicants are encouraged to identify in each application 
those other Urban Partnership-related program solicitations, if any, to 
which they have applied. All application materials are due to the 
Department by April 30, 2007, apart from applications to the Federal 
Transit Administration's Alternatives Analysis and Bus & Bus Facilities 
Programs, which are due by May 22, 2007.

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          Date published                   Citation           Title  (description)                Link
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12/08/2006........................  71 FR 71231..........  Applications for Urban      http://
                                                            Partnership Agreements      www.fightgridlocknow.gov/
                                                            (``UPAs'') as Part of        docs/
                                                            Congestion Initiative       upafrnotice20061208.pdf.
                                                            (The purpose of this
                                                            Notice is to solicit
                                                            proposals by metropolitan
                                                            areas to enter into UPAs
                                                            with the Department in
                                                            order to demonstrate
                                                            strategies with a
                                                            combined track record of
                                                            effectiveness in reducing
                                                            traffic congestion.).
12/18/2006........................  71 FR 77084..........  Applications for Funding    http://
                                                            Under Intelligent           www.fightgridlocknow.gov/
                                                            Transportation Systems       docs/
                                                            Operational Testing to      itscongestionnotice20061
                                                            Mitigate Congestion         218.pdf.
                                                            Program (This notice
                                                            invites State and local
                                                            governments and other
                                                            public authorities to
                                                            apply to participate in a
                                                            cooperative effort to
                                                            deploy and evaluate the
                                                            application of advanced
                                                            technologies to reduce
                                                            congestion in an urban
                                                            area.).
12/22/2006........................  71 FR 77084..........  Value Pricing Pilot         http://
                                                            Program Participation,      www.fightgridlocknow.gov/
                                                            Fiscal Years 2007-2009       docs/
                                                            (This notice invites        vpppfrnotice20061222.pdf
                                                            State and local             .
                                                            governments and other
                                                            public authorities to
                                                            apply to participate in
                                                            the Value Pricing Pilot
                                                            (``VPP'') program and
                                                            presents guidelines for
                                                            program applications.).

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02/12/2007........................  72 FR 6663...........  Notice of Availability of   http://
                                                            Proposed Guidance on New    a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/
                                                            and Small Starts Policies   257/2422/01jan20071800/
                                                            and Procedures (The         edocket.access.gpo.gov/
                                                            purpose of this notice is   2007/pdf/E7-2249.pdf.
                                                            to solicit comments on
                                                            the policies and
                                                            procedures for the New
                                                            and Small Starts
                                                            programs. The proposed
                                                            improvements include the
                                                            consideration of
                                                            congestion management/
                                                            pricing strategies and
                                                            ``make-the-case''
                                                            documents as ``other
                                                            factors'' for project
                                                            justification.
                                                            Approximately $266
                                                            million in discretionary
                                                            funding is available for
                                                            new fixed guideway
                                                            capital projects,
                                                            including up to $200
                                                            million for corridor-
                                                            based bus projects, under
                                                            the New Starts/Small
                                                            Starts program in fiscal
                                                            year 2007 (net of
                                                            earmarks under SAFETEA-LU
                                                            and recommendations in
                                                            the President's Fiscal
                                                            Year 2007 Budget)).
03/22/2007........................  72 FR 13552..........  Solicitation of             http://
                                                            Applications for Certain    a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/
                                                            Federal-Aid Highway         257/2422/01jan20071800/
                                                            Funding Available in        edocket.access.gpo.gov/
                                                            Fiscal Year 2007 under      2007/pdf/E7-5161.pdf.
                                                            Federal Highway
                                                            Discretionary Grant
                                                            Programs (The purpose of
                                                            this notice is to solicit
                                                            applications for Federal
                                                            grant funding and to
                                                            issue supplemental notice
                                                            and information to
                                                            eligible grantees
                                                            concerning discretionary
                                                            grant funds available for
                                                            obligation in Fiscal Year
                                                            2007 under eight
                                                            discretionary grant
                                                            programs administered by
                                                            FHWA. It seeks
                                                            applications to the
                                                            programs that both meet
                                                            the programs' respective
                                                            statutory criteria and
                                                            emphasize the proposed
                                                            projects' highway safety
                                                            and congestion reduction
                                                            benefits.) This notice
                                                            applies to the following
                                                            programs:.
                                                            Ferry Boat
                                                            Discretionary Program (23
                                                            U.S.C. 147);
                                                             Innovative
                                                            Bridge Research and
                                                            Deployment Program (23
                                                            U.S.C. 503(b));
                                                             Interstate
                                                            Maintenance Discretionary
                                                            Program (23 U.S.C.
                                                            118(c));
                                                             Public Lands
                                                            Highway Discretionary
                                                            Program (23 U.S.C. 202-
                                                            204);
                                                            Highways for Life
                                                            Pilot Program (Sec.
                                                            1502 of Pub. L. 109-59);
                                                            Transportation
                                                            Community and System
                                                            Preservation Program
                                                            (Sec.   1117 of Pub. L.
                                                            109-59);
                                                            Truck Parking
                                                            Facilities Pilot Program
                                                            (Sec.   1305 Of Pub. L.
                                                            109-59); and
                                                            Delta Region
                                                            Transportation
                                                            Development Program (Sec.
                                                              1308 of Pub. L. 109-
                                                            59).
03/23/2007........................  72 FR 13973..........  Solicitation of             http://
                                                            Applications for Certain    a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/
                                                            Funding Available in        257/2422/01jan20071800/
                                                            Fiscal Year 2007 Under      edocket.access.gpo.gov/
                                                            the Federal Transit         2007/pdf/E7-4833.pdf.
                                                            Administration's Section
                                                            5309 Bus and Bus-Related
                                                            Facilities Discretionary
                                                            Grant Program To Support
                                                            Urban Partnerships (This
                                                            notice solicits
                                                            applications for a
                                                            significant portion of
                                                            funds not ``earmarked''
                                                            by law and otherwise
                                                            available in Fiscal Year
                                                            2007 under the Section
                                                            5309 Bus and Bus-Related
                                                            Facilities Discretionary
                                                            Grant Program to support
                                                            the objectives of the
                                                            Congestion Initiative.).

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03/23/2007........................  72 FR 13980..........  Alternatives Analysis       http://
                                                            Discretionary Program       a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/
                                                            (This notice solicits       257/2422/01jan20071800/
                                                            proposals to compete for    edocket.access.gpo.gov/
                                                            $12 million in Section      2007/pdf/E7-4830.pdf.
                                                            5339 funds to support
                                                            technical work conducted
                                                            within an alternatives
                                                            analysis, in which one of
                                                            the alternatives is a
                                                            major transit capital
                                                            investment. FTA will give
                                                            priority to proposals to
                                                            develop and apply methods
                                                            to estimate the time
                                                            savings experienced by
                                                            highway users that result
                                                            from transit
                                                            investments.).
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    Issued On: April 2, 2007.
Tyler Duvall,
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-6724 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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