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092458 1 (1972-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwjp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNI1ED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING FiFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION Dear.Mr. Villarreal: We have reviewed the1Urban Mass Transportation Administration's .U4BO Service Development Program This program is made up of a heries of Federal grants to finance projects for developing new bus service between low-income Areas and potential employment locations which were considered inacccssible or inconvenient by public trans- portation. The grants were made under section 6(a) of the Urban Mass Transportatior Act of 1964, as amended, which authorizes urban mass transportation research, development and demonstration projects. Through June 30, 1971, 22 program grants totaling about $14.7 million were made, usually to provide 90 percent of estimated project costs. The first service development project was funded in Los Angeles, California in May 1966. The primary purpose of the project was to test whether improved public transportation would sigpificantly increase job opportunities for the disadvantaged inner-city poor. Ten new bus routes were initiated at various times during the term of the project which ended in July 1971. Most of the new routes operated on regular schedules over fixed routings to serve the gon- eral public living both in and out of low-income areas. The routes provided transportation to employment, shopping, medical and recrea- tional centers. The other routes operated flexibly within the low- income areas on schedules designed to meet different work shift needs of employees. This service was available only to residents of Lhe low-income areas. Four of the regularly-scheduled routes devel- oped sufficient patronage to be continued after the development period. The remaining routes were discontinued because of lack of patrcnage. . Most other projects approved between 1966 and 1971 were similar in nature to the Los Angeles project and were directrd primarily Loward increasing employment opportunities for the inner-city poor. Usually, the service was provided by local transit operators using normal bus operation, equipment, and personnel. For example, a project was funded in St. Louis, Missouri for regularly-scheduled bus service between the city's low income area and an outlying industrial complex. The service was provided by the local bus company using regular transit equipment and included 15 weekday trips from the city to the industrial area and 13 return trips. Weekend service was substantially less. We

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