TO GROW, USE ESP

The key component in launching a rural transportation service is money. New systems or system expansions are an expensive proposition, from vehicles and facilities to planning and actual start-up. These prohibitive costs ground many proposed rural transportation services. To help defray the cost, and encourage rural transit growth, The Federal Transiit Administration has created the Entrepreneurial Services hallenge Grant Program (ESP). The article discusses the ways the program works.

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• Authors:
  • Adelman, M
• Publication Date: 1992-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 12-13
• Serial:
  • CTR, Community Transportation Reporter
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Community Transportation Association
  • ISSN: 0895-4437

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal aid; Federal assistance programs; Federal government; Financing; Public transit; Rural areas; Rural transit
• Identifier Terms: Rural Transit Assistance Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Federal programs; Transit services
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00622743
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1992 12:00AM