ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACTS OF PRIVATE FINANCING TECHNIQUES FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION

The basic research question examines whether changes in local administrative practices and federal policies may be needed in order to encourage and facilitate greater use of private enterprise, investment and participation in the provision of urban transportation services. This research project has its origins in the concern that urban transit dependence on federal operating and capital subsidies may have caused local transportation agencies to adopt administrative structures and procedures designed primarily to suit federal grant requirements. Those structures and procedures may, therefore, not inhibit greater use of private sector resources in meeting transportation needs in urban areas. Moreover, federal policies may have neglected those aspects of transportation statutes which were intended to encourage private sector enterprise, investment and participation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Rice University

  Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Admin, P.O. Box 1892
  Houston, TX  United States  77251

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Windson, D
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal government; Financing; Institutional issues; Private enterprise; Public transit; Regulations; Subsidies; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Law; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387703
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOTRSPA/DMA-50/84/19Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DTRS5682-C-00024
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM