URBAN BUS POLICY ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS REPORT

Because the State of Connecticut has become owner and operator of the State's largest regional bus systems and subsidizer of all such operations, financial constraints on State programs and more restrictive Federal government posture have forced a review of the State's role in funding and operating transit. This study investigates options available to policy-makers in order that a comprehensive local urban bus policy may be formulated. Evaluation of management and operating structures was to determine which mechanisms will provide the most effective possible service at the most reasonable cost while meeting established objectives. The second analysis assigns financial responsibility for each of the sponsors and beneficiaries of transit service. The third analysis distributes resources to each area to ensure some desired level of service. Available resources are then distributed to each transit service area; distribution of resources and responsibility among the participants in management is discussed next. Finally the source and method of revenue generation are covered. Alternative taxing mechanisms that local and state government may use are applied to transit financing.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • UMTA Project Numbers CT-09-8005, CT-09-8006 and CT-09-8007.
• Corporate Authors:

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, P.O. Drawer A
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Bus transit; Finance; Financing; Local government; Policy making; State government; Subsidies; Taxation
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Bus services
• Subject Areas: Finance; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372196
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM