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Proposals must support the FTA Strategic Plan, available on the FTA Home Page of the Internet (http://www.fta.dot.gov.) If a preliminary proposal is judged to meet program need and funding availability, FTA will invite a formal proposal submission or cooperative agreement application. Criteria for preliminary approval include: (1) compatibility with FTA Strategic Plan; (2) availability of funding; (3) nonfederal funding match; (4) importance of proposal to the fiscal year program activity; (5) potential for impact on the state-of-the-art from the viewpoint of innovation in transit technology, services and operations; (6) technical feasibility and potential for successful introduction into use in the transit industry; (7) background, experience, and demonstrated capabilities of applicant; (8 geographic distribution of existing projects; and (9) other pertinent matters, such as questions of environmental impact and labor impact.

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