DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRANSIT TAX BURDEN IN FIVE US METROPOLITAN AREAS

As transit subsidies increased twelve-fold in the United States between 1970 and 1980, metropolitan areas responded in very different ways to the challenge of financing burgeoning transit costs. The variety of approaches to transit finance has led to variation in the income-redistributive impacts of taxation. This paper reports on the results of dis-aggregate analysis of transit tax incidence in Chicago, Portland, northern New Jersey, San Antonio, and Phoenix. In cases where alternative tax shifting assumptions can be made, a range of tax burden distributions is calculated. Causes of variation in redistributive impact are discussed. The analysis concludes by comparing the regressivity of financing transit through higher fares with the regressivity of taxes needed to support subsidies. (A) (TRRL)

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  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Institute of Urban and Regional Research
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242
• Authors:
  • Pucher, J
  • Hirschman, I
• Publication Date: 1982-3

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3-28
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fares; Finance; Financing; Local government; Physical distribution; Policy; Public transit; Subsidies; Tariffs; Taxation; Taxes; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• ITRD Terms: 9016: Distribution (gen); 244: Financing; 744: Public transport; 241: Tariff; 268: Tax; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00367764
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1982 12:00AM