THE STATUS OF THE NATION'S LOCAL MASS TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE AND CONDITIONS. REPORT TO CONGRESS. BIENNIAL

This biennial report was written as a response to a requirement included in Section 310 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982. It describes the status and performance of transit systems in the U.S. The goal is to provide factual information to assist the Congress in assessing the effectiveness and utility of the Federal assistance provided for mass transit. Because of the extensive amounts of analytical and statistical material included, it is also a useful overview document for elected officials and state and local policy makers. The report includes material on the role and structure of the mass transit industry; major demographic trends affecting the market for transit; how transit costs are being financed; the industry's performance as measured on the basis of efficiency, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness; and issues in transit capital investment decisionmaking. The report also includes a section documenting service, both as an unsubsidized market competitor and as a contractor providing subsidized service more efficiently. The primary data on transit costs and service is drawn from the annual Section 15 data provided by transit operators to UMTA. The first biennial Report to Congress is also available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The NTIS order number is PB85-217941 and the NTIS price code is A09.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This Report to Congress was prepared by the UMTA Staff.
• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1987-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 227 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal aid; Performance evaluations; Public transit; Statistics
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 15; Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472786
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-UBP-10-87-2, HS-039 846
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-UBP-10
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM