THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF BART

The Working Paper outlines the theoretical framework for evaluating the economic and fiscal impacts of the construction and operation of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. Impacts described in the Working Paper include direct construction expenditures, operating expenditures, impacts on the economy because of changes in transportation services, fiscal burden and impacts on the use of bonded debt in the San Francisco Bay Region.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Prepared by McDonald and Grefe, Inc., San Francisco, Calif.
• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  Hotel Claremont
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94705

  McDonald and Grefe, Incorporated

  303 Sacramento Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94111

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  451 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20410
• Authors:
  • GREFE, R
  • McDonald, A N
  • McLeod, D
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Economic analysis; Finance; Financial capital; Financing; Government funding; Level of service; Operating costs; Rapid transit; Socioeconomic factors
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Services
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147385
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-BIP-WP-25-7-76 Work Paper
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30176
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 15 1981 12:00AM