Outlay rates and the politics of capital versus operating subsidies in federal transit finance

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1618, 1998, Pages 78-86

  Li, Jianling ^a,b   Taylor, Brian D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION; URBAN PLANNING;

FLOAT-DRIVEN FEDERAL TRANSIT SUBSIDY POLICY;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032160976     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1618-09     Document Type: Article

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