A STUDY OF REVENUE MECHANISMS FOR FINANCING URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION

The report covers the analysis of two revenue mechanisms for financing urban mass transportation, a transit fuel tax and an additional gasoline tax imposed in urban areas. The report includes analysis of the magnitude of revenues that could be raised, tax rates required to raise these revenues, tax incidence, potential impact on transit usage, and mechanisms for tax collection.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Finance; Financing; Gasoline; Government funding; Public transit; Subsidies; Taxation; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial sources
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081950
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 6 1981 12:00AM