FORT SMITH TAXI SUBSIDY PROGRAM SYNOPSIS FY 1985

This short paper presents a synopsis of events and efforts to establish a Taxi Subsidy Program during 1985 for eligible clientele including the transportation dependent in the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Fort Smith subsidy program presented in this paper received considerable assistance from Ms. Elaine Walker, (Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission) who established such a program for the City of Springdale, Arkansas in 1983. After researching the Springdale effort and studying the procedures and Evaluation Report, the Fort Smith Staff moved forward to actually develop a similar Taxi Subsidy Program for Fort Smith. Some of the major issues addressed during the course of developing the program are promotional efforts; administration of the program; costs; reimbursement; and reporting. The chief concerns of each issue plus the final resolve to each is presented. Included in this report is a fact sheet, submitted to the City Board of Directors, that is to be reviewed before the commission's formal presentation to the Board in August 1985.

• Corporate Authors:

  Arkhoma Regional Planning Commission

  523 Garrison Avenue, P.O. Box 2067
  Fort Smith, AR  United States  72902

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Marketing; Operating costs; Small cities; Subsidies; Taxicabs; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Geographic Terms: Arkansas
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455197
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-AR-09-8011-85
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-AR-09-8011
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM