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The imminent withdrawal of federal funding for operating assistance to public transportation agencies creates a crisis in funding. Total system deficits will rise to more than $100 million per state in a number of states in 2 or 3 years. Funding sources, cost containment strategies, and the relative political consequences of these strategies are reviewed, and questions of how much fares can be raised and how much services can be cut are examined. A composite approach to dealing with potential revenue shortfalls is presented that may provide sufficient relief in the short run.

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1983

Transportation Research Record

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Cost control; Deficits; Elasticity (Economics); Fares; Federal government; Finance; Financing; Politics; Service discontinuance; Subsidies

Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

Sep 28 1984 12:00AM

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• FACTORS INFLUENCING TRANSIT USE IN EUROPEAN AND U.S. CITIES
• INFORMATION-RELATED NEEDS IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY (ABRIDGMENT)
• LOW COST PLANNING TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING RURAL TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
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• PERCEPTIONS OF WHO BENEFITS FROM PUBLIC TRANSIT (ABRIDGMENT)
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• PROVIDING INNOVATIVE RURAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES UNDER SEVERE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
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