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[W <br />Spring 2015 <br />- Fa112015 <br />Winer 2015 - <br />Spring 2o16 <br />0 <br />u <br />a nor:" <br />Spring 2o16 <br />- Fall 2o16 <br />1\172 <br />W <br />AN <br />Alternative Evaluation Process <br />Tier I — Pass/Fail Annivsis <br />• What gins in: all modes and alignments under consideration <br />• How they are evaluated: high-level qualitative assessment to identify if <br />any modes or align m tints have fatal flaws <br />• What c€ mes oust: a sntaIler set of modes and alignments for more detailed <br />definition and evaluation <br />Tier 2 — I?etaiied Evaluation <br />• 'What goes in. paired modesand alignments that survived Tier <br />• How they are evaluated: aganinst the project purposeand needs and goals <br />and objectives. Uses detailed quantitative and qualitative criteria. <br />• 'What cornus out: one or two preferred alternatives for further refinement <br />Tier 3 — Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) <br />• <br />What goes in. the preferred altematives from TieO <br />• <br />How they are eval uated: detailed evaluation criteria that are similarto FTA <br />evaluation criteria <br />• What comes out. the Locally Preferred Alternative - the alternative that best <br />meets the project purpose and needs <br />