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Title: FUNDING METHODS FOR URBAN RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS IN JAPAN
Accession Number: 00641358
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Research was conducted to inform transportation professionals worldwide about passenger railroad funding methods being practiced in Japan. The data presented were obtained largely through a literautre survey and discussions with transport-related officials in Tokyo. The most common forms of rail transit funding were various types of loans, bonds, subsidies, and beneficiary charges. Other methods included public investments, fare increases, a national railroad improvement fund, and internal cross subsidization. Japan, unlike the United States, does not contribute any portion of its gas tax revenues to transit. As a result, cities in the United States may want to look in more detail at how Japan manages to construct and improve urban rail transit without relying on gas tax revenues. The most complete and up-to-date information on Japan's passenger railroad funding methods available in English is provided.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1402, Public Transit: Current Research in Planning, Marketing, Operations, and Technology. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Public transit: current research in planning, marketing, operations, and technology Monograph Accession #: 01403248
Language: English
Authors: Bell, Derek DylanPagination: p. 9-16
Publication Date: 1993
Serial: Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Public Transportation
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 5 1994 12:00AM
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