UNSUBSIDIZED TRANSIT SERVICES: POTENTIAL TO MEET PUBLIC NEEDS AND REDUCE SUBSIDY REQUIREMENTS

The private transportation industry, sensing a more favorable climate for competition, has become more aggressive in pursuing opportunities in the urban transportation market. Private sector involvement in transportation service assumes three forms: service contracting, unsubsidized services and privately sponsored services. The aim of this study is to focus on private involvement that requires little or no public subsidies. Part I considers independent bus services operated by private carriers. Part II examines privately sponsored services which do not require public subsidies (although they may involve private subsidies). Each type of private involvement is evaluated in terms of its potential to meet public transit needs and its implications for public financing.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/689
• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mobility Corporation

  1634 I Street, NW, Suite 500
  Washington, DC  United States  20006-4003

  Mundle and Associates, Incorporated

  1704 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19103

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Budget and Policy, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Commuting; Financing; Market share; Private enterprise; Public transit; Transit buses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit services; Turnkey systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Commuter buses
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471642
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM