EVALUATING REVENUE SOURCES FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT: A NEW FRONTIER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNERS

The report identifies alternative sources of revenue for the support of public transportation and suggests a comprehensive framework within which these alternative revenue sources may be evaluated. Particular attention is devoted to those sources of revenue (gasoline taxes, parking surcharges, congestion tolls, etc.) which positively impact on regional environmental and transportation planning objectives at the same time that they provide new revenue for transit support. The report draws on a limited number of existing studies to identify (1) the potential range of future revenue deficits facing U.S. transit operations; (2) the sources, amounts, and distribution of existing revenues going to support transit in the largest U.S. metropolitan areas; (3) alternative financing mechanisms available; (4) evaluation criteria which have previously been employed to select revenue sources for transit support; and (5) new criteria which could be employed to provide a more complete evaluation.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  School of Architecture and Urban Planning
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90024

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Shinn, R
  • Conn, W D
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Cost engineering; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Finance; Financing; Metropolitan areas; Parking facilities; Pay parking; Policy; Public transit; Revenues; Subsidies; Taxation; Taxes; Toll bridges; Toll roads; Toll tunnels; Tolls; Transportation; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial management; Parking costs; Transportation management
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Finance; Policy; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CAL-UT(7)-T-39 Res. Rpt., UMTA-CA-11-0009-75-5
• Contract Numbers: CA-11-0009
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 1 2003 12:00AM