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Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised April 30, 2021
Report Number R42706
Report Type Report
Authors William J. Mallett, Specialist in Transportation Policy
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Federal assistance to public transportation is provided primarily through the public transportation\r program administered by the Department of Transportation\'s Federal Transit Administration\r (FTA). The federal public transportation program was authorized through FY2014 as part of the\r Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112-141) and extended\r through May 31, 2015, as part of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-\r 159). MAP-21 made significant modifications to the public transportation program. This report\r provides an introduction to the program as authorized by MAP-21.\r Major federal involvement in public transportation dates to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of\r 1964 (P.L. 88-365). Prior to the mid-1960s there was very little public funding of public\r transportation. With much lower ridership than existed at the end of World War II and mounting\r debts, however, many private transit companies were reorganized as public entities. Federal\r funding was initially used to recapitalize transit systems. Today, the focus of the federal program\r is still on the capital side, but the program has evolved to support operational expenses in some\r circumstances, as well as safety oversight, planning, and research.