摘要: |
Transit agencies across the United States have been forced to become more creative in finding ways to decrease their costs or increase revenues from non-traditional sources as federal operating assistance has been reduced, revenues from local sales tax sources have decreased, and as local resistance to tax increases has grown. In the past, transit agencies have resorted to decreasing service or increasing fares as the primary way to deal with tight budgets. This report compiles the techniques that are being used at over 90 transit agencies provided over 400 examples of how they have taken advantage of their unique assets, created new partnerships, cooperated with other public or private entities redesigned their services, developed new marketing techniques, utilized technology, and reengineered their processes to reduce their costs or increase their revenues. Over 220 unduplicated ideas are presented in summary form that will allow any transit manager to determine if they would like to emulate similar techniques at their transit agency. |