Transit Funding: Coping With Cuts

The recent financial crisis and the resulting recession have forced over four-fifths of the transit systems in the United States to either reduce services or increase fares due to a sharp decline in government revenue both at the local and state level. According to a survey by Rosenbloom (2010), services during non-peak periods have been reduced by around 60, services during rush hour by 55 and reduction in the number of transit routes by over 42. In fact, the survey goes on to demonstrate that such changes have been implemented in over 60 of the transit systems.