Legal Aspects of Transit and Intermodal Transportation Programs. Topic 20-01. Legal Issues in Transit Mega Projects--Case Studies

This TCRP Legal Research Digest includes lessons learned (successful and unsuccessful) from transit agencies that have overseen federally funded complex mega projects, such as insights from reviewing third-party contracts and intergovernmental agreements, FTA guindance, pertinent legal decisions, and other valuable references. The final report can be found here as TCRP Legal Research Digest 60.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5014

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $75000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-05, Topic 20-01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chisholm-Smith, Gwen

• Performing Organizations:

  Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell

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• Principal Investigators:

  Silverman, Suzanne

• Start Date: 20201202
• Expected Completion Date: 20220930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Case studies; Construction projects; Contracts; Court decisions; Intermodal transportation; Legal factors; Lessons learned; Megaprojects; Public transit; Transit operating agencies
• Subject Areas: Construction; Law; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01744479
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-05, Topic 20-01
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 30 2020 11:13AM