I have the answer, but first, other cities.
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That's right, 1 %.
The answer
That's right, 1 %.
How much does Missouri put in for St Louis transit?
How much does Missouri put in for St Louis transit?
brickandmortar wrote:Very sad indeed...What year are those budgets?
2004.
has the P-D ever looked at numbers like this for an article? I mean, it wouldn't take much writing at all - the charts tell the story.
its interesting to look at those numbers, because you can see that many of the local orgs get only a chunk of operating or capital cash, not both. The regional or state systems like NJ trasit are the ones who get both. See, Metro doesn't even need to get both, just help for one or the other would be fine.
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Sorry JM, but it's not a matter of getting both state and local funding. Rather, it's a matter of receiving any state support, when all other transit authorities across the nation with substantial systems receive state support.
Missouri contributes only about $1 million a year to Bi-State. However, each year, Bi-State pays about $900,000 back to Missouri in excise taxes on diesel fuel alone. Add in state income taxes on employees, inspection fees on fleet and equipment, and other costs, and Bi-State actually gives Missouri more money than the state gives it. Ridiculous!
Missouri contributes only about $1 million a year to Bi-State. However, each year, Bi-State pays about $900,000 back to Missouri in excise taxes on diesel fuel alone. Add in state income taxes on employees, inspection fees on fleet and equipment, and other costs, and Bi-State actually gives Missouri more money than the state gives it. Ridiculous!
I belive you didn't understand what i said southslider.
I was refering to getting either Capital or opretating help from the state, as other metropolitan system on the list above seem to do.
I was refering to getting either Capital or opretating help from the state, as other metropolitan system on the list above seem to do.
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Addressing JM's concern then, operating subsidy is needed from the state. Local governments have more then willing, via sales tax levies in the City, County and St. Clair, to provide the local match for construction.
Previously, the federal government provided operating subsidies, but that has now fallen increasingly on the states, with Missouri not responding. As such, locals, especially the City and County, for Missouri capital projects and operations, has increasingly funded everything.
Previously, the federal government provided operating subsidies, but that has now fallen increasingly on the states, with Missouri not responding. As such, locals, especially the City and County, for Missouri capital projects and operations, has increasingly funded everything.
I hope that a well-used and highly visible Cross County Metrolink line will prompt some of our state legislators to start asking why Missouri gives such a raw deal to public transit.
Yeah does Bi-State answer to the governor/state legislature? I am guessing that the legislature determines Bi-States funds, and either Bi-State allocates the funds, or the legislature does this? The state of Missouri has always shafted St. Louis. Maybe they should remember that the reason Missouri became a state was due to the city of St. Louis being such a trade hub. The city existed before the state became a state, they need to remember that.
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Metro chief: Region faces transportation ?crisis'
Buck Collier
Of the Suburban Journals
Oakville-Mehlville Journal
02/01/2006
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Buck Collier
Of the Suburban Journals
Oakville-Mehlville Journal
02/01/2006
Not only is the bi-state region's public transportation system facing a budget deficit projected to balloon from $5 million in the fiscal year that begins in July to $30 million in the next year,
Salci said local funding sources will have to generate the revenues needed to maintain and operate the system. While there might be support for another quarter-cent sales tax increase that would generate an estimated $50.5 million, he said that amount wouldn't solve the long-term financial problem facing Metro.
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