FUNDING METHODS FOR URBAN RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS IN JAPAN

Research was conducted to inform transportation professionals worldwide about passenger railroad funding methods being practiced in Japan. The data presented were obtained largely through a literautre survey and discussions with transport-related officials in Tokyo. The most common forms of rail transit funding were various types of loans, bonds, subsidies, and beneficiary charges. Other methods included public investments, fare increases, a national railroad improvement fund, and internal cross subsidization. Japan, unlike the United States, does not contribute any portion of its gas tax revenues to transit. As a result, cities in the United States may want to look in more detail at how Japan manages to construct and improve urban rail transit without relying on gas tax revenues. The most complete and up-to-date information on Japan's passenger railroad funding methods available in English is provided.

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• Authors:
  • Bell, Derek Dylan
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 9-16
• Monograph Title: Public transit: current research in planning, marketing, operations, and technology
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1402
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bonds; Cross subsidization; Fares; Finance; Financing; Guides to the literature; Interviewing; Investments; Literature reviews; Loans; Rail transit; Subsidies; Urban transit; User charges
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: National railroad improvement fund
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00641358
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 5 1994 12:00AM