The Evolution of Federal Transit Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12178396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sy Adler (Portland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-99 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Policy History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0898-0306 • E-ISSN: 1528-4190 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0898030600006618 |
| OpenAlex | W2136718720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
The first major piece of national transit legislation was enacted in 1964. By 1969 the Urban Mass Transportation Administration was the subject of a highly critical analysis by staff investigators for a Congressional Appropriations Committee, and in the early 1970s industry analysts sharply critiqued the rationality of urban transit policy in general. In 1981 the Comptroller General of the U.S. reported to Congress that the demand for transit subsidies was approaching crisis proportions. The U.S. government has come to play a greater role in the transit industry than do most European counterparts, provides more passenger subsidy per ride than any other country, and, though transit is everywhere subsidized, the U.S. federal government subsidizes a greater share of industry costs than most other national governments. This article examines the circumstances under which this particular industry-government relationship developed. As part of this industrial policy discussion, the article also looks at the culture of discourse that was present during the early intervention period and that has been characteristic of the transit policy community since that time
Administration (probate law · Business · Economic policy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Industrial policy · International trade · Intervention (counseling · Legislation · Political science · Public economics · Public transport · Rationality · Subsidy · Transit (satellite · Law · Public Administration · Transport and Economic Policies · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Urban Transport and Accessibility
The Study of Policy Formation
The Transformation of the Pacific Electric Railway
The Politics of Industrial Change
Government and Industry
New Policies, New Politics
The Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation
The Federal Role in Urban Mass Transportation
Metropolitan Transportation Politics and the New York Region
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |