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Appendix D - International Experiences with Local and Regional Public Transportation Funding
Pages 62-63

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... Unfortunately, it defines and characterizes local and regional funding sources inawaythatwill be not be particularly useful to the TCRP H-34 project, e.g.: • Small discrete revenue streams, including such things as bridge and tunnel tolls, parking taxes and fees, and congestion charges; • Mandated fare recovery ratios (the rationale for which is to constrain demand for public funding) ; • Funding contracts, largely between "sponsoring governments" and service providers, i.e., purchased services; • Formulas or revenue sharing that, for the most part, refer to redistribution of taxes collected at the federal level and allocated to regions, and from regions to municipalities; and • Direct special taxes for public transportation either levied by the authority or levied for exclusive use on transit services.
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... : – The ATM was established in 1995 by provincial legislation with responsibility for planning, coordination, integration, and promotion of transit services, and efficiency on the region's road network; – Local funding sources include a gas tax of Can1.5 cents per liter, a Can$30 annual automobile license fee, and revenues from municipalities' purchase of commuter rail service; and – In addition, the province contributes the equivalent of 100 percent of the debt service on the commuter rail system. • Vancouver -- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA/TransLink)
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