1984 SURVEY OF STATE INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
This survey explores the direct and indirect state funding of public transportation; the sharing of transit operating costs among users, federal, state and local governments, and the methods states use to allocate founding. States now provide approximately $3 billion annually for public transportation, an increase of about $1 billion over the past two years. The survey identifies funding for urbanized and nonurbanized areas, specialized transportation, intercity buses, and for planning, research and administration. Four additional states began direct financial assistance for transit, bringing the total to 40. The report provides a breakdown by state of the share of operating costs covered by users, federal, state and local governments. There is also a state-by-state description of the basis for allocating funding for operating projects, capital projects, specialized transit and ridesharing. The most significant technical assistance projects are also listed by states. As many metropolitan areas search for stable sources of revenue for transit programs, the survey examines which states permit substate entities to levy regional or local texes for transit and the success of such levys in local referendum. The options for transfer of various UMTA funding programs is also described.
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Corporate Authors:
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 - Publication Date: 1984-9
Media Info
- Features: Tables;
- Pagination: 62 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Finance; Financing; Local government; Paratransit services; Public transit; Ridesharing; Rural areas; State government; Subsidies; Taxation; Urban areas
- Old TRIS Terms: Allocations
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00389397
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM