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Title:

FINANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Accession Number:

00387956

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0360859X

Abstract:

The author questions the wisdom of going to capital-grant-only funding in a period of tight finance because of the incentive this is going to create to overcapitalize transit systems. He notes that dedicated taxes mostly sales taxes and property taxes, are being used for transit on an increasing scale around the country, but the problem is that these sources are growing too slow to match transit needs. He also discusses recent examples of restructuring of state and federal programs taking New York and Minnesota as example. Finally, the author discusses problems in the use of complicated data for allocation formulas, and argues that paratransit should be part of any formula of this type.

Supplemental Notes:

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. This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 199, Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation. Papers presented at a Conference on the Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation, September 26-29, 1982, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Monograph Accession #:

00387949

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Kirby, Ronald F

Pagination:

pp 54-59

Publication Date:

1983

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 199
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References (9) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Federal programs

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

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

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Sep 28 1984 12:00AM

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