Requirements That Impact the Acquisition of Capital-Intensive Long-Lead Items, Rights of Way, and Land for Transit

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest 6: Requirements That Impact the Acquisition of Capital-Intensive Long-Lead Items, Rights of Way, and Land for Transit examines legal requirements imposed on procurements by statute and regulations, discusses alternative legal concepts, and proposes alternative procurement and financial solutions.

The report is organized as follows:
(I) Introduction;
(II) Procurement Oversight in General;
(III) Requirements That Impact Equipment Acquisitions;
(IV) Creative Financing as a Means of Expediting Procurements;
(V) Requirements That Impact Right of Way and Land Acquisitions;
(VI) State and Local Law Impediments; and
(VII) Conclusions.