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a. General Philosophy. FTA assists in building two categories of bus facilities: 1. facilities that support transit operations, such as maintenance garages and administrative buildings, and 2. facilities that provide passenger amenities and extend into the urban environment, such as bus terminals, stations, shelters, and park-and- ride lots. FTA supports projects that are transit-related; an applicant will need to justify costs that are only indirectly related to transit. FTA participates in those portions of a project most physically and functionally connected to transit. Generally speaking, FTA does not participate in costs outside the "transit footprint" of a development project. FTA does participate in joint development projects as discussed in Chapter III, paragraph 41. TEA-21 provides that joint development projects are eligible capital costs for all of the FTA grant programs. A grant applicant interested in applying Urbanized Area Formula Program funds to a joint development project should refer to FTA Circular 9300.1A, "FTA Capital Program: Grant Application Instructions," Appendix B, for amplification concerning joint development projects. With regard to intermodal facilities, FTA will participate on a pro rata basis, based on the public transit use or portion of the project. FTA assistance for parking is generally limited to parking for transit passengers or ride- sharing. FTA funds may not be used to support parking for shoppers or sports events unrelated to transit usage. To ensure that Federal funds appropriated for transit purposes are used as Congress intended, FTA may require a grantee to reserve FTA-assisted parking areas for transit users. Incidental use of parking areas, however, may be acceptable. An example of acceptable incidental use would be weekend use by shoppers of a parking area normally restricted for transit users during the week.