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Thursday 5:00PM
February 6-7,
2013 | CM | 16.00 |
Funding and Programming Transportation Projects in CaliforniaTechnology Transfer Program at UC BerkeleyCosta Mesa, CA Funding state and local highway projects in California has become a complex process involving multiple inter-related federal, state, regional, and local planning and operating agencies as well as an alphabet soup of documents and funding programs. The process is further complicated by changing requirements and shifting political priorities. Without a map and a strategy for developing fundable projects, public agencies risk losing funding opportunities.
This course explains how the process works in the "real world" and provides planners, project managers and grant managers with guidelines for thinking strategically as they develop fiscal plans, programs, and project descriptions. Topics Include:
* how the federal and state funding process works in California, including rules and laws
* navigating the institutional frameworks which make funding decisions
* the specific roles of the MPO, the CTC, and Caltrans
* what conditions govern who gets funded and who does not
* current funding priorities in California
* TIPs, STIPs, RTIPs, ITIPs, ATP, TDA, STA, SHOPP, CMAQ, TEA
* steps to build an effective funding strategy
* how to match project description with eligibility criteria for key fund sources
* pending and recent legislation affecting project funding, including impacts of federal reauthorization of transportation
This course focuses on the dynamics of transportation funding as well as some practical "grantsmanship." Students come away from the class with a better understanding of how the process works in California, including who the players are, how to develop or match a project with a particular funding source(s), and what's on the horizon with regard to funding priorities.
This is not a course on how to prepare a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) or how to meet specific procedural requirements for a funding program (see the Federal Aid series).
This course is for transportation planners and project managers in state and local agencies, regional planning agencies, and transit operators. Managers, board members, and others involved with developing fundable plans and projects and understanding where the money for transportation comes from or how funding decisions get made will also benefit.
More Instructors: David Brewer Mr. Brewer is a retired Chief Deputy Director, with California Transportation Commission (CTC). He has broad experience with transportation funding and programming in California. He retired in December 2008 after 14 years on the staff of the California Transportation Commission (CTC), where he was responsible for developing Commission guidelines, policies, and project funding priorities. Prior to coming to the CTC, David was Chief of the Office of Transportation Programming at Caltrans for 6 years. He was also a manager in the Caltrans Division of Mass Transportation for 11 years, where he was responsible for statewide administration of the Transportation Development Act and Caltrans administration of federal transit programs. In all of these positions, David worked with regional transportation planning agency staff throughout the state in the development of program policies and project funding proposals. Pete Hathaway Mr. Hathaway is a retired Deputy Executive Director, with Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG). He is an experienced transportation planner and policy analyst. He has managed transportation planning and project delivery programs for Sacramento Area Council of Governments since July 2001. At SACOG, Mr. Hathaway develops transportation and air quality policies and oversees preparation of the regional transportation plan, and programs funds for implementation. Prior to joining SACOG, Mr. Hathaway worked for 16 years at the California Transportation Commission (CTC), four years at the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and seven years at the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). (0 Ratings)
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