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GAO-04-934R 1 (2004-08-20)

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  SGAO

       Accountability * Integrity  Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



         August 20, 2004

         The Honorable Richard C. Shelby
         Chairman
         The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes
         Ranking Member
         Committee on Banking,
         Housing, and Urban Affairs
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Don Young
         Chairman
         The Honorable James L. Oberstar
         Ranking Democratic Member
         Committee on Transportation
         and Infrastructure
         House of Representatives

         Subject: Job Access and Reverse Commute: Program Status and Potential Effects of
                  Proposed Legislative Changes

         The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorized the Job
         Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program to increase the transportation options
         of low-income workers. The act created JARC, in part because, as the act states, two-
         thirds of all new jobs were located in the suburbs, while three-fourths of welfare
         recipients lived in rural areas or central cities, and even in metropolitan areas with
         excellent public transportation systems, less than half of the jobs were accessible by
         transit. Under JARC, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides grants to
         transit agencies, local human service agencies, and others to fill gaps in
         transportation services for welfare recipients and other low-income individuals. Both
         houses of Congress have approved separate legislation to reauthorize surface
         transportation programs including JARC.

         TEA-21 also required us to provide regular updates on the status of JARC. As agreed
         with your offices, this letter addresses (1) changes in program funding since fiscal
         year 1999 and the possible effects of further changes proposed in bills to reauthorize
         JARC, (2) the possible effects of proposed legislative changes to program
         coordination requirements, and (3) FTA's 2003 evaluation of the program and plans
         for future evaluations.


GAO-04-934R Job Access and Reverse Commute

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