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Report No. |
Title |
| Date April 26, 1983 |
Report No. B-211567 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING
D.C. 20548 OFFICE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMtC DEVELOPMENT DIVtSION April 26, 1983 B-21 1567 Mr. Robert H. McManus Associate Administrator for Grants Management Administration Urban Mass Transportation Department of Transportation Dear Mr. McManus: Subject: UMTA could take steps to reduce costs development of light rail projects: 121319 in the Lar... |
| Date March 25, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-67 |
Title
BYTHE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation DOT Needs Better Assurance That Transit Systems Are Maintaining Buses
Atthough the Department of Transportation has provided substantial funds to support bus purchases by local transit systems, it has not systematically monitored how well buses are maintained. As a result, DOT has little assurance that its sizable investm... |
| Date March 17, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-17 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Spreading Commuter Work Hours Could Reduce Transit Costs
Meeting the demands of peak service commuting is expensive, requiring the purchase and maintenance of buses and railcars and employment of more transit workers than are needed outside of rush hours. Spreading workarrivatsand departures more evenly over a longer pe... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-34 |
Title
BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Value Engineering Has The Potential To Reduce Mass Transit Construction
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) could achieve substantial savings by applying value engineering to the design of federally funded rail and bus construction projects. Value engineering, a cost-control program, assures that a proje... |
| Date April 20, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-22 |
Title
REPORTBY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITED STATES
Better Administration Of Capital Grants Could Reduce Unnecessary Expenditures On Mass Transit Projects
Because it has not adequately monitored rant@, the Federal Government spent at least P8 million at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with minimum benefits and may incur an additional $6-million unnecessary cost, More timely action... |
| Date Jan. 20, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-17 |
Title
- I ,k T UNITED S;AT~~~ENER4L.ACCOUNTlNG OFF!CE
WASHINGTCXI. Q.l;. 20548 COMMUNlW OIYMCh4cN-r AN0 CCONOMIC OlvIsION B-205902 JANUARY 20,1982 _ The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Drew Lewis of Transportation
117320 Secretary: UMTA's Research and Development Program Should Pay Closer Attention to Transit Industry Needs (CEO-82-17) Subject: We have reviewed'the Urban Mass Transportation Administrat... |
| Date Oct. 1, 1981 |
Report No. 116601 |
Title
Transit's Growing Financial Crisis
JAMES R. BONNELL T Y Mr. Bonnell is a seni&-evaluator in the U S . General Accounting
Ofice's Washington Regional Ofice and was the project manager for GAO's transit subsidy review. H e joined GAO in 1965 and has been assigned to transportation-related work since 1978. he received a B.S. in accounting and a masters degree in public administration from the Pennsyl... |
| Date July 1, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-79 |
Title
? u BY THECCMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Transportation Contingency Plans For Future Gas Shortages l/Vill Not Meet Commuter Needs
The disruption caused by gasoline shortages of the 1970s and the resulting problems commuters experienced pointed out the need to prepare for future shortages. The Department of Transportation has encouraged the development of transportation... |
| Date June 5, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-105 |
Title
General Accounting Office
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration’s involvement In Bus Specifications And Testing
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), Department of Transportation, views its role in the bus procurement process primarily as a source of funding for State and local transit authorities. Although UMTA issued specifications for the advanced design bus; it never co... |
| Date Nov. 10, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-81-11 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ‘W PROCURLMCNT ACQUISITION AND SYSTIMS DIVISION NOVEMBER lo,1980 B-200786 1 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Neil E. Goldschmidt of Transportation Secretary: Bay Transportation Authority's ( Massachusetts Termination of Contract for Light Rail Vehicles tiPSAD-81-11) Subject: This is to inform you of certain events associated with... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-10 |
Title
Not to bo releared outside the Qeneraf RtSTRlCTRb Aeoountfrcg Office except on the bacir of specific approval by the Ottice of Congrass:onal Rclatiom. l 1,’ (J ., rL2-k RELEASED 1 ','-/l,ii UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 October
HUMAN REsOURCES D’IVISION 2, 1980 B-146842 1/ The Honorable John M. Ashbrook Ranking Minority Member Committee on Education and Labor H... |
| Date Oct. 2, 1980 |
Report No. HRD-81-11 |
Title
-. 1 1 8, I ‘,. j” 881 I, ‘I .’ (Lj - ““h” ,,.. &N4 ml UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, October 2, 1980 D.C. 20548 ~E&lSED WJhlAN ~ESOURCBS DIVISION B-146842 The Honorable Robert E. Bauman House of Representatives ,Dear Mr. Bauman: llllllllllllll
I i 3889 Subject: to Determine Whether the Davis-Bacon ct Has an Inflationary Impact and Increases Costs on METRO Constr... |
| Date Aug. 19, 1980 |
Report No. CED-80-98 |
Title
j q$J -7 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Better Justifications Needed For Automated People Mover Demonstration Projects
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration has established a program to demonstrate whether automated people mover systems are workable solutions to downtown transit problems. These systems are driverless vehicles operating on fixed guideway... |
| Date June 5, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-49 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PfWCUREMM ACOUISiTION AND SYSlZh4S DIVISION B-197932 JUNE 5,198O The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Neil E. Goldschmidt of Transportation 111 llIIIIllIlllll
112452 Secretary: Status of +he Rapid Transit/System r-Development of Metropolitan Dade County, Florida -3 (PSAD-80-49): Subject: We have reviewed the development status of the f... |
| Date April 9, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-34 |
Title
NI lldtm * BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Metropolitan Atlanta’s Rapid Transit System: Problems And Progress
Progress and performance politan Atlanta’s rapid GAO found --ineffective contract, is good on Metrotransit system, but administration of therailcar and recproper --inadequate contract provisions ordkeeping procedures for warranty management, and --... |
| Date Oct. 9, 1979 |
Report No. PAD-79-47 |
Title
1 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Analysis Of The Allocation Formula For Federal Mass Transit Subsidies
The Federal Government grants funds to urban areas to subsidize mass transit operating expnses. These funds are allocated among areas on the basis of a congressionally determined formula. This report develops criteria by which alternativit, factors that might b... |
| Date Oct. 4, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-126 |
Title
. . .b m llwm BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL . Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES 3 Stronger Federal Direction Needed To Promote Better Use Of Present Urban Transportation Systems
In 1975, the Federal Highway Administration and the Urban Mass Transportation Administration jointly issued regulations requiring UTban areas to develop short-range transportation plans aimed at making better use of pre... |
| Date Aug. 27, 1979 |
Report No. PAD-79-12 |
Title
STUDYBVTHE STAFFOFTHE u a This study compares energy and transporta tlon problems of Northeastern States wrth nationwide or reglonal statlstlcs and studies Energy and transportation were selected because Federal Government policy and flnancmg plays a leadlng role In these mat ters / The five problems most often mentioned by State officials In the Northeast were highway deterioration, high and risi... |
| Date June 19, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-98 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION . ..-.- -- _ --- B-148736 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. Cecil D. Andrus of the Interior Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
CM109666 Secretary: 109668 We have completed our f rsview of the National Park Service's urban national r&%ea-tion grea pogram We directed our review primafi... |
| Date June 5, 1979 |
Report No. CED-79-82 |
Title
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LM109533 REPORTBY THE lllllllllllllllllllllllll Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Communication And Management Problems Hinder The Planning Process For Major Mass Transit Projects
This report discusses the policies and procedures the Urban Mass Transportation Administration uses to identify a cost-effective mass transit project. The planning procedures require that when such a proje... |
| Date Jan. 16, 1979 |
Report No. 091951 |
Title
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| Date Aug. 21, 1978 |
Report No. 091950 |
Title
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| Date March 25, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-37 |
Title
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LM101783 Department of Transportation Until late 1974: the Urban Mass Transportation Admrmstration was generally unresponsive to the transit needs of elderly and handicapped persons. During 1975 and 1976 improvements have been made. Many representatives of elderly and handicapped persons believe that the Urban Mass Transportation Act requires all urban transi... |
| Date March 18, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-49 |
Title
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3 = _ T TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
~M101782 ~~lllllnlll~lllnllllllllnl~llllllll Why Urban System Funds Were L Seldom Used For Mass Transit
Federal Highway and Urban Mass Transportation Administrations Department of Transportation
In 1973 the Congress opened the Highway Trust Fund for urban mass transit projects, such as purchasing buses and rail passenger car... |
| Date Dec. 2, 1976 |
Report No. PSAD-77-16 |
Title
.. . -- -- --~___-- _- _ _ . . . . _-_- _... -- _._.__ - To the. Cha itman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Housirg , and Transportation and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs Chairman, Committee on the Bis’:rict of Columbi> House of Repres,cntatives t in your litter of December 2, 1975, you requested --a iegal’opinion >n the binding nature of the agreements between the Washington Metropolitan Area ... |
| Date Aug. 11, 1976 |
Report No. 089549 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION AUE 1 1 1976 63 Mr. Norbert T. Tlemann Federal Highway r Admlnlstrator, 1 Admlnlstratlon Department of Transportation Dear Mr. Tlemann: During our survey of the I use of Federal-aid Urban System funds for mass translq, we noted some matters tn the States' allocations of funds the urbanized are... |
| Date Aug. 3, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-131 |
Title
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LM090769 -. .. . -* . -. B-i64441 The Listrict ex~ccts oPliv?ry of the t.hrl.r? hi~~l~-sneed ‘1I-II.? ferryboats in Seotcmcer I Cctotier , and Ilovcii-,bc;t 1476, Larkspur terminal is to be operational in Jc!l:i 1576 tiith cos2letion of the entire docking; system scheoul(Lcj f.or JaIlnuzry 1977. A t... |
| Date July 19, 1976 |
Report No. HRD-76-126 |
Title
REPORT OF THE COM1IPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
,:-.. ... : . - '-":'' a ....... RELEASED Program To Certify The Agreements To Protect Employees Affected By Grants Made Under The Urban Mass Transportation Act Of 1964
Department of Labor
A review of the employee protective provisions of agreements certified by the Department showed that they provided protection as intended by the act. GAO'... |
| Date May 20, 1976 |
Report No. 089591 |
Title
UMTED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION f Mr. Robert E. Patricelli Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration Department of Transportation Dear Mr. Patricelli: $1 We have been making a survey of the Urban Mass Transit Formula Grant Program authorized by section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended,... |
| Date Nov. 18, 1975 |
Report No. 094634 |
Title
, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. EST. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ---- 1975 18, ---- STATEMENT OF R. W. GUTMANN, DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT AND SYSTEMS ACQUISIT&ON DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSING, *AND TRANSPORTATION AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES... |
| Date July 2, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-391 |
Title
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l.ett~: the ;;ian*y cc tiie proSleFl eiiqizz ar935 we had to It with an alone in oi >our specification. UnfortunaCely, we are forced to do thrs t-eppatedly because specifications wi,ici, w... |
| Date April 1, 1974 |
Report No. B-159695 |
Title
E'i UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION APR 1 1974 B-159695 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. of the Navy ’ 7y 47327
LM095930 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Secretary: The Navy in New Orleans plans to expand its free shuttle swi~ce which transports Navy and other Department of Defense (DOD) commuters between the N... |
| Date Jan. 12, 1972 |
Report No. 092458 |
Title
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CIVIL DIVISION a ?ED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICED.C. 20548 /~~~ ~~WASHINGTON, Dear.Mr. Villarreal: Urban Mass Transportation Administration's We have reviewed the 1 WService Development Progra~ This program is made up of a .44BO Beries of Federal grants to finance projects for developing new bus service between low-income-areas and potential employment locations which were considered inacce... |
| Date Nov. 19, 1971 |
Report No. B-174182 |
Title
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| Date June 30, 1971 |
Report No. B-169491 |
Title
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LM095612 Dear Mr. Secretary: The General Accounting Office has reviewed the policies, procedures, and practices of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (IJMTA) for determining the net project cost for capital grants authorized under section 3 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601... |
