Title: AN EVALUATION OF TEN YEARS OF FEDERAL POLICY IN URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION
Abstract: FEDERAL LEGISLATION DIRECTED AT OR BEARING UPON URBAN MASS TRANSIT DURING THE 1960'S HAS HAD LITTLE IMPACT, OWING TO MISPLACED EMPHASIS, UNCERTAINTY ABOUT OBJECTIVES, AND, IN THE ABSENCE OF A REAL NATIONAL COMMITMENT WITH STATED GOALS, SPORADIC AND INADEQUATE FUNDING. THESE THREE FAILINGS, AND PARTICULARLY THE LAST, ARE TREATED IN DETAIL. POLITICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM ARE DISCUSSED. TWO BASIC ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR MASS TRANSIT TO BE SET BACK ON ITS FEET. FIRST, CONGRESS MUST DECLARE FIRM AND WORKABLE OBJECTIVES, ALONG WITH MEANS OF EVALUATING PROGRESS ON A TIMETABLE. SEOND, GREATER FUNDING MUST BE VOTED, PERHAPS A LONG LINES OF THE FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS, WITH 90% GRANTS. TWO OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE: THAT UMTA BE GIVEN GREATER AUTHORITY OVER MASS TRANSIT, AND THAT MODEL PROGRAMS BE ESTABLISHED IN A NUMBER OF CITIES.
Publication Year: 1971
Publication Date: 1971-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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