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CED-81-28 1 (1981-02-26)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Congress

OF THE UNITED STATES





Soaring Transit Subsidies

Must Be Controlled





Demand for transit operating subsidies is ap-
proaching crisis proportions. Transit systems
received $2.2 billion in Federal, State, and                    114464
local government operating subsidies in 1978--
the latest actual figure available. By 1985 more
than $6 billion per year may be needed.
This report tells why the demand for transit
operating subsidies is growing, what can be
done to control subsidy growth, and what im-
provements are needed in the Federal transit
operating assistance program.

Transit systems must control costs and increase
productivity if their subsidies are to be kept
within acceptable limits. Transit systems must
also adopt more realistic, efficient, and equi-
table fare policies. The Urban Mass Transpor-
tation Administration, which administers the
Federal program, should help transit systems
achieve these goals and should improve its ad-
ministration of the Federal operating assistance
program.









                                                                         CE D-91-28
    14CL-ou ,FEBRUARY 26.1,11

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