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APPENDIX B
Project Names and Descriptions
in As-Built Analysis
This appendix provides a key of the abbreviated names for the projects identified in this analy-
sis and offers a short description of each project. The project descriptions and graphics below
provide a brief snapshot of the variety of projects contained in the capital cost databases used in
this analysis.
B.1. Data Sources for Project Descriptions
While the detailed capital costs are from FTA cost databases, the following descriptions were
developed from the following data sources:
· FTA's Light Rail Transit Capital Cost Study Update, 2003 (36)
· FTA's Annual Report on New Starts, various years (20062009), Alphabetical List of Projects
by Development Phase and State, Full Funding Grant Agreements, Appendix A: New Starts
Project Profiles
· Project information and fact sheets from project sponsors
· Transit agency/project sponsor websites
· Internet sources
Table 16. Data on projects included in as-built cost analysis.
Approx.
Abbreviated Length Midyear of Delivery
Name Full Project Name (mi) Expend. Mode Method
Sacram. I Sacramento Stage I 20.6 1985 Light DBB
Pittsburgh I Pittsburgh Light Rail Stage I 24.5 1984 Light DBB
Portland Seg1 Portland MAX Segment I 15.0 1984 Light DBB
LA Blue Los Angeles Long Beach Blue Line 22.6 1987 Light DBB
San Jose N San Jose North Corridor 20.8 1985 Light DBB
Hud-Berg I Hudson-Bergen MOS-I 8.7 1999 Light DB
Hud-Berg II Hudson-Bergen MOS-II 6.1 2000 Light DB
Hiawatha Hiawatha Corridor 11.6 2001 Light DB
Portland Int Portland Interstate MAX 5.8 2002 Light DB
San Diego San Diego Mission Valley East 5.5 2003 Light DBB
St. Louis St. Louis St. Clair County Extension 17.4 1999 Light DBB
Salt Lake Salt Lake North-South Corridor 15.0 1998 Light DBB
South NJ Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System 34.0 2002 Light DB
Portland W Portland Westside/Hillsboro MAX 18.0 1996 Light DBB
Sacram. So Sacramento South Corridor 6.3 2002 Light DBB
Sacram. Fol Sacramento Folsom Corridor 11.4 2002 Light DBB
LA Gold Pasa Pasadena Gold Line 13.7 2002 Light DB
Denver SW Denver Southwest Corridor 8.5 1999 Light DBB
Pittsburgh II Pittsburgh Light Rail Stage II 5.5 2002 Light DBB
LA Gold East Los Angeles Eastside Gold Line 5.9 2006 Light DB
Phoenix Phoenix Central/East Valley Light Rail Line 19.6 2008 Light DB
Portland So Portland South Corridor 6.5 2005 Light CM/GC
Seattle Cen Seattle Central Link Light Rail Project 13.9 2006 Light DBB
Pittsburgh N Pittsburgh Northshore Light Rail Connector 1.2 2008 Light DBB
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