National Mass Transportation Assistance Act
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The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that extended the Urban Mass Transportation Act
to cover operating cost
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.
Urban Mass Transportation Act
Urban Mass Transportation Act may refer to:* Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964* Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970Now it is called Federal Transit Act...
to cover operating cost
Operating cost
Operating costs can be described as the expenses which are related to the operation of a business, or to the operation of a device, component, piece of equipment or facility.-Business operating costs:...
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
- Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 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 was created...
- Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970The 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....