Mass Transit: FTA's New Starts Funding Criteria

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) new starts projects, focusing on: (1) the process and criteria that FTA uses to identify and recommend new starts projects; (2) which of the House of Representatives-passed Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act (BESTEA) new starts projects meet FTA's criteria for funding; and (3) the impact that funding additional projects would have on existing new starts projects.