HOW TO AVOID THE IMPENDING DISASTER IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FINANCING
The imminent withdrawal of federal funding for operating assistance to public transportation agencies creates a crisis in funding. Total system deficits will rise to more than $100 million per state in a number of states in 2 or 3 years. Funding sources, cost containment strategies, and the relative political consequences of these strategies are reviewed, and questions of how much fares can be raised and how much services can be cut are examined. A composite approach to dealing with potential revenue shortfalls is presented that may provide sufficient relief in the short run.
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- Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Rural Public Transportation.
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Authors:
- Burkhardt, Jon E
- Publication Date: 1983
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- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 36-43
- Monograph Title: Public transportation and transit operations planning
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 936
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cost control; Deficits; Elasticity (Economics); Fares; Federal government; Finance; Financing; Politics; Service discontinuance; Subsidies
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;
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- Accession Number: 00387636
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309036526
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM