TRANSIT FINANCING--AN OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TRANSIT FINANCING PICTURE IN TERMS OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING LEVELS, FARE STRUCTURES AND LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES

Total transit operating deficits are increasing. This paper presents an overview of the national transit financing picture for Mayors and other local officials, and discusses how cities are utilizing these available sources, how they are developing their transit fare structures, and what some cities are accomplishing in terms of innovative financing alternatives. The final section presents some conclusions on various new local funding sources, and raises policy questions on the roles state and federal governments should play in financing public transportation systems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Milwaukee Regional Meeting, September 20-21, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Conference of Mayors

  1620 Eye Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deficits; Fares; Federal government; Financing; Government funding; Local government; Public transit; State government; Subsidies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341713
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-P-30-80-34
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-90011
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM