This report concerns the rationale and procedural steps necessary to develop workable goals for urban public transportation. Without such direction, little guidance is given to the decision-maker as to what markets to concentrate on and how to measure system-wide performance. The report addresses the task of determining goals and policies as well as the issues involved in preparing a goal/policy statement for public transportation in an urban community. The information developed should serve as a guide for planners responsible for coordinating goal/policy development activities in an urban community. This report also addresses critical institutional issues that transportation planners and decision-makers must face when attempting to provide new or improved public transportation services. Various federal, state, and local regulatory and institutional patterns have been developed for the provision of urban public transportation services. A thorough understanding of these issues is necessary in order in involve both public and private operators in the provision of public transportation services. A heavy emphasis on existing labour provisions in the supply of public transportation services and the opportunities for new private and minority firms to begin public transportation services has been developed as an integral part of this report. The report provides information for which policy decisions can be made regarding appropriate organizational arrangements for providing public transportation services. A central concept stressed is that, with a market-oriented public transportation system management approach, the organizational structure must be tailored to the needs of the local area's needs political environment. (Author/publisher)
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