ALLOCATING FEDERAL TRANSIT SUBSIDIES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES

The federal transit program needs to be improved to be more efficient and more equitable. Few program objectives have been achieved despite a massive infusion of subsidy funds into the transit industry. The potential effectiveness of various proposed revisions in the federal program is assessed. Alternative revisions include a multimodal transportation block grant, three types of transit block grants, a user-side subsidy fund, a productivity-based bonus fund, and a system of varying federal matching rates for different types of expenditures. Hypothetical alternatives, as well as past and current federal programs, are evaluated on the basis of 10 criteria. Overall, the combination of a multimodal block grant and a user-side subsidy fund is superior to other types of revisions.

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• Authors:
  • Pucher, John
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 14-23
• Monograph Title: State and local finance issues : roads and transit
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 967
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Federal aid; Federal government; Finance; Financing; Policy making; Public transit; Subsidies; User side subsidies
• Old TRIS Terms: Allocations; Block grants
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392957
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037247
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM