CITY OF PHOENIX
FINAL PROGRAM OF PROJECTS FOR THE
ANNUAL APPLICATION FOR
49 U.S.C. §5307, §5309, §5316, §5317, CONGESTION MITIGATION AND
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CMAQ),
AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (STP) FUNDED PROJECTS

Notice is hereby given that the City of Phoenix Public Transit Department held a public hearing on behalf of the Phoenix and Avondale urbanized area on April 28, 2008 at the Public Transit Department, 302 N. First Avenue, First floor, Phoenix Arizona.

The purpose of this hearing was to solicit and consider public comment on applications for capital projects for which financial assistance is being sought from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

The City of Phoenix will make the applications on behalf of the region as the designated recipient of federal transit funds for the urbanized area.  Funds will be passed through to the subrecipients via contracts.

This final program of projects reflects consideration given to the comments received at the public hearing.

1. Project Funding

2. Program of Projects

City of Phoenix:         Associated capital maintenance – operations; Design/construct upgrades – North and South; Project support services; Install bus stop passenger improvements – 40 sites; Purchase bus < 30 foot – 30 replacements; Purchase bus STD 40 foot – 35 replacements; Purchase bus STD 40 foot – 1 replacement;  Upgrade surveillance equipment at transit facilities. 

Design for heavy maintenance facility; Repayment of operating facility construction (West Ops); Paratransit facility design.

Repayment of pre-design for regional park-and-ride (I-17/Happy Valley Road).

Design for regional park-and-ride (I-17/Happy Valley Road); Intermodal facility construction.

JARC Program administration.

RPTA                          Associated capital maintenance – FR operations; Purchase bus STD 40 foot - 3 replacements; Purchase bus STD 40 foot – 7 replacements;  Purchase bus < 30 foot – 13 replacements (EVDAR); Purchase bus < 30 foot – 3 replace (SCAT); Purchase bus STD 40 foot – 13 expansion (Main St); Purchase bus STD 40 foot – 19 expansion (East/West/North Loop 101); Purchase bus ARTIC – 5 expansions (Red Mountain); Purchase bus STD 40 foot – 5 replacements; Purchase Vanpools vans – 30 replacement;   Purchase Vanpools vans – 11 expansion;  Repayment of advance design, right of way acquisition and construction for intermodal transfer facilities – 6;    Mobility Management – EV Alternative Paratransit Services;  Mobility Management – Travel Training Program; Operating assistance – EV alternative Paratransit Services.

Valley Metro Rail       Regional right-of-way acquisition; Regional transitway construction; Project administration; Regional utility relocation; Acquisition of LRT vehicles; Regional construction management; Regional fare collection equipment acquisition; Regional traction power construction; Regional train control/signal system construction; Regional communication systems construction; Regional start up costs; Before and after study; Public art; Regional rail development contract project management.

City of Tempe:           Associated capital maintenance; - FR operations.

                                    Repayment of construction of the East Valley Operations Facility.
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City of Scottsdale:     Construct regional park-and-ride (Loop 101/Shea).

                                    Repayment of intermodal facility construction.

City of Glendale:        Associated capital maintenance – operations; Purchase bus < 30 foot – 4 replacements (DAR); Purchase bus < 30 foot – 2  expansions (DAR).

Maricopa County:      Associated capital maintenance – operations; Purchase bus <30 foot – 13 replacements (DAR).

Purchase bus<30 foot – 7 replacements (STS); computer hardware; computer software; Operating assistance (JARC).

                                    Operating assistance (NEW FREEDOM).

City of Peoria:           Associated capital maintenance – operations; Purchase bus 30< foot – 4 replacements.

City of Surprise:        Associated capital maintenance – maintenance; Purchase bus 30< foot – 2 replacements (DAR).

                                    Operating Assistance (NEW FREEDOM).

City of Avondale:       Operating assistance (UZA area 347).

City of Mesa:             Pre-Design regional park-and-ride (US 60 & Country Club).

                                   
A public hearing was held by the City of Phoenix Public Transit Department on April 28, 2008 to afford an opportunity for interested persons or agencies to be heard with respect to the social, economic and environmental aspects of the projects.  Interested persons submitted orally, or in writing, comments or recommendations with respect to said projects that have become part of the public hearing record and will be retained by the City of Phoenix.