The question is examined whether financing should include government assistance of some kind and the ways are discussed in which urban public transportation can give mobility to those that need it and divert motorists from expensive, overcrowded highways. The mechanics of providing subsidies is reviewed and certain specific questions are discussed. The limits to which urban public transit may be subsidized are discussed. Transit is an operating organization and must be administered in the same manner as a private utility if costs are to be held down and the service standards kept high.
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