The Business of Moving People in Iowa, Problems & Solutions Iowa Public Transportation Association, September 1982

(1982) The Business of Moving People in Iowa, Problems & Solutions Iowa Public Transportation Association, September 1982. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

The IPTA Transit Plan for the 80's, published in December 1981, maps strategy for the state transit systems to meet the financial challenges of this decade. During the 1970's, Iowa's public transportation networks organized and improved themselves to show residents that "Transit Means Business." The question now facing those systems is whether transit can stay in business. In the early 1970's, only a handful of faltering transit systems existed in scattered urban areas through the state. Within 10 years, those systems survived their own financial demise, created a resurgence in ridership, and helped the state weather two energy crises. At the same time, the systems expanded showing citizens they had access to public transit regardless of where they lived--big town, small town, or rural area.