An Overview of State Mass Transit Assistance Programs: Financing and Distribution Mechanisms

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• Corporate Creators:
  Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation. Social Media Peer Exchange Planning Team
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • Resource allocation
  • Operating subsidies
  • State aid
  • State departments of transportation
  • transit assistance programs
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wisconsin
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  In FY 1987, thirty states provided a total of approximately $2.5 billion in state operating assistance to public transit. The level of state operating assistance ranges from $75,000 in the state of Montana to $941 million in New York state. This paper provides a basic summary of information about state public transit assistance programs including the level of support, the sources of funding, the allocation methods and distribution requirements for state assistance. The primary resource for the financial data included in this report was the most recent (August 1987) American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Survey of State Involvement in Public Transportation (draft). Additional data was gathered by means of a survey distributed to all states by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in August 1987. The survey was intended to identify the various requirements including local match, farebox recovery and performance requirements each state places on state transit aid recipients. The first section of this paper summarizes the financial data and a second section summarizes the distribution requirements.
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13359/dot_13359_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.54 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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