CONSTRAINED MATCHING PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE IN MINNESOTA (ABRIDGMENT)

As public transportation subsidy costs increase, federal, state, and local decision makers become more concerned about the effectiveness, fairness, and efficiency of subsidy-allocation procedures. This paper describes a new allocation approach, developed for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, that matches each local subsidy dollar with two state dollars, up to a policy maximum percentage of the total operating costs. Based on a review of the experience in several states and recent proposals for the federal program, we discuss four general subsidy-allocation criteria - equity, efficiency incentives, administrative practicality, and managerial dynamics. Advantages and disadvantages of the constrained matching approach and four other methods are then presented. We also describe the application of the new approach. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Miller, Gerald K
  • Kirby, Ronald F
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 49-52
• Monograph Title: Transit planning and management
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 797
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Equity; Maximization; Operating costs; Percent; Performance evaluations; Public transit; State departments of transportation; Subsidies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Fund allocations
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Old TRIS Terms: Maxima
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341781
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032113
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM