Performance Impacts of Operating Subsidies in the Paratransit Sector
Performance Impacts of Operating Subsidies in the Paratransit Sector
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辅助公交部门运营补贴对绩效的影响
DOI：
10.3141/1571-10
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发表时间：
1997
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
K. Sinha
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作者：
M. Karlaftis;K. Sinha
近年来的大量研究得出结论，政府补贴的数额与随后的交通绩效和生产率水平之间存在明显的联系。这些研究使用了固定时刻表/固定路线运输系统的数据，基本上忽略了辅助运输系统对运营补贴提供的不同反应的可能性。研究了运营补贴对辅助运输系统性能的影响。结果表明，不同来源的补贴(联邦、州和地方)对不同类型的副运输系统的绩效有不同的方向和程度的影响。私营系统能够以提高其业绩的方式吸收和利用补贴，但公共系统的业绩通常随着补贴的提供而下降。最后，大幅降低联邦运营补贴的水平，这是政府正在走向的一个方向，将对辅助医疗系统的表现产生重大负面影响。
A multitude of studies in recent years have concluded that there are clear links between the amount of government subsidies and subsequent levels of transit performance and productivity. These studies have used data from fixed-schedule/fixed-route transit systems, largely ignoring the possibility of a different reaction of paratransit systems to the provision of operating subsidies. The effect of operating subsidies on the performance of paratransit systems is examined. The results indicate that subsidies from different sources (federal or state and local) have different directions and magnitudes of effects on the performance of different types of paratransit systems. Privately operated systems have been able to absorb and utilize subsidies in such a manner that has increased their performance, but the performance of publicly operated systems has generally decreased with the provision of subsidies. Finally, a drastic reduction in the levels of federal operating subsidies, a direction toward which the government is heading, will significantly and negatively affect the performance of paratransit systems.