FINANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The author questions the wisdom of going to capital-grant-only funding in a period of tight finance because of the incentive this is going to create to overcapitalize transit systems. He notes that dedicated taxes mostly sales taxes and property taxes, are being used for transit on an increasing scale around the country, but the problem is that these sources are growing too slow to match transit needs. He also discusses recent examples of restructuring of state and federal programs taking New York and Minnesota as example. Finally, the author discusses problems in the use of complicated data for allocation formulas, and argues that paratransit should be part of any formula of this type.

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• Authors:
  • Kirby, Ronald F
• Conference:
  • Conference on the Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation, 1982, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 54-59
• Monograph Title: FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 199
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Federal assistance programs; Federal government; Finance; Financing; Grant aid; Paratransit services; Pricing; Public policy; Public transit; Restructuring; States
• Uncontrolled Terms: Federal programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Allocations; Dedicated taxes
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387956
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM