Show 1 Front Approves Some Pay Transit Wasatch BLODGETT transit bill to be the special was not sa-i the no-fare transit Samuel Taylor was approved by the Legislature last year for presentation to Funding through sales tax is the most popular method among county commissioners and the but the no-fare concept has been THE BILL provides that the governing body of a transit district Transit would have the subject to the approval of each county council of through the regional to determine the rates and charges for services A with a possibility of special rates for particular groups is the major difference from Sam Taylor's which is strictly ANOTHER method of funding property tax was also a possibility but hasn't been as popular and wouldn't derive as much Chairman of the council's Transportation Karl Macfarlane said was anxious to compose something acceptable because if it doesn't pass the special election this a lot of time would be lost before transit could be properly HE EXPLAINED he was cautious not to give the voters too wide of a with the possible results of a vote without an adequate majority in any is presently available is not sufficient to do the and we are looking for something that will be If we do not have something acceptable by this fall we may lose a year's he TRANSIT being funded this year through money allocated by the Legislature from liquor profits and 80 percent federal This money is not adequate to provide for continual expansion and The Legislature has approved the same funding for another Sales tax is the only method of funding that continues without Legislative approval each Liquor profit funding and property tax would have to meet with Legislative approval each year and would not provide as much revenue as sales THE 1973 Utah State Legislature appropriated to Davis County to assist in improving public tran This money represents 81 percent of the first-year cost of operating and purchasing the UTA The U.S. Department of Transportation has monies available to help defray 80 percent of the cost of purchasing assets of private bus companies and to buy new buses and transit |