Vermont Statutes Title 19. Highways, § 10j. Intermodal and multimodal transportation facilities; project planning criteria

(1) usage potential (i.e., how many people will be boarding and alighting at this location);

(2) need for transfer facilities (i.e., how many will be transferring between vehicles or modes, and need to wait for connections);

(3) modal connections (i.e., do modes actually connect at this location, what are the frequencies, and how many people will be making the connection);

(4) opportunities for savings resulting from combining facilities (e.g., if railroad and bus stations are in the same building, does that save capital or operating dollars);

(5) relationship of proposed costs to usage/revenue (annualized capital and operating costs per boarding);

(6) relationship to 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 (1970 Acts and Resolves No. 250, as amended), 22 V.S.A. chapter 14 (historic preservation), 24 V.S.A. chapter 76A (historic downtown development) and the planning goals of 24 V.S.A. § 4302;

(7) whether the proposed project addresses needs identified in policy or service plans for other modes (i.e., intercity bus, passenger rail, aviation);

(8) long-term viability from an operations and maintenance perspective; and

(9) self-sustainability of project funding (i.e., what, if any, level of ongoing subsidy will be needed).