TRANSIT CONTRACTING SERVICES STUDY (TRANSIT PRIVATIZATION) PHASE I. FINAL REPORT

The Transit Contracting Services Study is a detailed examination of the Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. (NFT Metro) operations and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) support functions that could reasonably be performed by private enterprise contractors at lower costs than present NFT Metro and NFTA costs without sacrifice of quality or efficiency, and in compliance with Federal and State rules, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to transit operation and the maintenance of eligibility to receive grant funds. Purposes of the study include: compliance with Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) policy regarding private sector participation, as promulgated in the Federal Register (51 FR 3306) on January 24, 1986 and further refined by UMTA Circulars C7010.1 and C7005.1, issued December 5, 1986; implementing the Federal policy to establish procedures and evaluation criteria for NFTA/NFT Metro compliance with the privatization policy with respect to transportation services, maintenance services, and support services; and pursuing the procedures to the extent necessary to determine the functions that will be accomplished in the new facility, and therefore the spce needed, for a replacement of NFT Metro's aging Cold Spring Shop facility. It is not directed to all aspects of the UMTA policy which covers private sector participation, only to contracting of services.

• Corporate Authors:

  Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

  181 Ellicott Street, P.O. Box 5008
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14205

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compliance; Contracting; Policy; Privatization; Public transit; Regional transportation; Transit vehicle operations
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit services
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496825
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-NY-08-0119-90-1
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-NY-08-1119
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM