CHANGING DIRECTIONS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Although federal urban transit operating subsidies have relieved cities of some fiscal burden, they have also masked the gravity of transit's economic decline. The elimination of such subsidies is likely to force authorities to face fiscal realities and to attempt to reform local transportation. With shifts in urban population densities and travel patterns, public transit systems have continued to function despite reducing demand and without consideration of customer needs. With a gradual decline into insolvency existing transport systems are being questioned and transport arrangements re-assessed resulting in innovative ideas concerning transit organisation and financing. The author examines such developments in transit management and in particular, the growing role and involvement of the private sector. (TRRL)

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  Alexandrine Press

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• Authors:
  • Orski, C K
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 157-166
• Serial:
  • BUILT ENVIRONMENT
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Alexandrine Press
  • ISSN: 0263-7960

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Demand; Economic factors; Economics; Finance; Financing; Level of service; Operating costs; Private enterprise; Public transit; Subsidies; Transportation; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 285: Demand (econ); 263: Economics of transport; 244: Financing; 653: Level of service; 221: Operating costs; 744: Public transport; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379270
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM