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Recently passed federal legislation has initiated assistance to small urban and rural public transit operations. A role for the states in distributing this assistance in a fair and equitable way is mandated. This paper presents a method for allocating a state's share of appropriated funds for planning, capital expenses, and operating assistance. Emphasis is placed on the distribution of operating assistance, in which small urban and regional systems are considered separately. Within each of these two categories, efficiency and need are balanced in allocating available funds to individual properties. The suggested procedure is applied to data from the state of Iowa, and the potential for its implementation in other states is assessed. (Author)

This paper appeared in TRB Unpublished Report No. 19, Fourth National Conference on Rural Public Transportation: Proceedings.

Final Rpt.

DOT-UT-80040

p. 19-25

1980-4

Transportation Research Board Unpublished Report

Figures (2) ; References (8) ; Tables (1)

Equity; Federal aid; Laws; Physical distribution; Public transit; Rural areas; Small cities; State aid

Fund allocations

Administration and Management; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

May 31 1983 12:00AM

• ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR COORDINATION (ABRIDGMENT)
• BROKERING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN NONURBANIZED AND RURAL AREAS
• CONTRACTING WITH PRIVATE INTERCITY CARRIERS
• COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: POTENTIAL COSTS AND BENEFITS
• DEVELOPING A TRANSPORTATION BROKERAGE: LESSONS FROM NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRANSIT, INCORPORATED
• ESTABLISHING A CONTRACTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR DELIVERY OF PARATRANSIT SERVICES
• FOURTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: PROCEEDINGS
• MARKETING RURAL TRANSIT
• PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE SECTION 147 RURAL TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
• PUBLIC TRANSIT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN IOWA
• RESOLVING THE SOCIAL SERVICE INSURANCE DILEMMA
• RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, AND THE IMPACT OF DEREGULATION
• SERVICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL OPTIONS IN RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: LESSON LEARNED FROM SECTION 147 DEMONSTRATIONS
• SUMMARY OF COORDINATION EFFORTS IN THE SECTION 147 RURAL TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
• TRANSITION FROM SPECIALIZED TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• USE OF DISCOUNTED TRANSPORTATION TICKETS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED IN WEST VIRGINIA