Federal Financial Policy Advisory

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro)

Mercator served as LA Metro’s specialized Federal Financial Policy Advisor to assist with alternative strategies for obtaining federal assistance to help finance LA Metro’s $18 billion 30/10 surface transportation capital program. We assessed various federal grant, credit, tax and regulatory incentives and worked closely with LA Metro in designing and presenting to the USDOT and congressional committee staff a suite of federal financing policies called the America Fast Forward (AFF) program.