Title: FEDERAL OPERATING ASSISTANCE FOR URBAN MASS TRANSIT: ASSESSING A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE
Abstract: Reviewed are developments in the U.S. urban transit industry during the period of federal government operating assistance (1975 to 1984). The financial and operating performance of the nation's transit industry during this period is compared with that during the prior decade (1965 to 1974), when only local and a few state governments provided operating assistance. In addition, estimates are reported of how the $7.6 billion in federal operating assistance disbursed during this period has been utilized by U.S. transit operators. Case studies of transit operators serving 13 urban areas in the United States are also used to explore variation in transit system operating and financial performance during the period of the federal assistance program. Drawing on the findings from these analyses, the paper concludes with an evaluation of the program's continued desirability as a major element of federal urban transportation policy, and two specific proposals for its reform are introduced.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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