The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 is a
United States federal law
The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as va ...
that extended the
Urban Mass Transportation Act to cover
operating cost
Operating costs or operational costs, are the expenses which are related to the operation of a business, or to the operation of a device, component, piece of equipment or facility. They are the cost of resources used by an organization just to main ...
s as well as construction costs. This act was the culmination of a major lobbying effort by the transit industry and urban interests to secure federal operating assistance for transit.
See also
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Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (, USC Title 49, Chapter 5 provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (now t ...
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Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970
The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 () added to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 by authorizing an additional $12 billion of the same type of matching funds.
Earlier legislative attempts at establishing a federal transit funding pr ...
References
Urban Transportation Planning In the United States: An Historical Overview: Fifth EditionUrban Transportation Planning In the United States: An Historical Overview: Fifth Edition
External links
National Mass Transportation Assistance Act details
as enacted in the US Statutes at Large
1974 in law
93rd United States Congress
United States federal transportation legislation
United States railroad regulation
1974 in rail transport
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