Although overshadowed by more discussions in the railway and highway expansion financing, Milwaukee County bus system, the EESC has had a longstanding and region of the US transport policy issue vexing. And even if temporarily ran out of sight, that the problem is intended to be visible again.
Years from the date on which this one building in the County, as well as many of the major questions. In fact, the maintenance costs, and work will begin in the year 2002, the Federal Government for business assistance and aid, combined with the stagnant, growing loss of fuel began Versailles 1999-2000 annual gaps in Milwaukee County transit system budget.
Lack of local resources, fill in the gap in capability and intent of radical cuts on the service, the county officials opted for the young coconut as a temporary solution. Putting off an annual bus purchases, they are able to shift progressively incorporated into the system to the operating budget, fill a gap in the implementation of its budget for the year the annual allocation of capital in the region throughout the paikalliskassojen (usually used in new buses).
This strategy, coupled with a tap into State-of-the-year book-allowed only moderate with MCTS real estate tax payment increases and reduction of 16% at the bus over the past decade.
The strategy was still untenable. Finally, you need to replace it with the transit system buses, which are the typical lifespan is 12-14 years. In addition, in the context of the reservations will not be able to bring forever.
Thus, in 2008, the public policy forum estimated that within a few years of the annual budget deficit of MCTS face nearly 20 million dollars. In order to eliminate the deficit through reductions in service would require the other 30% cut, which ultimately limits the number of key service almost exclusively to central city Milwaukee routes.
Three years later, the nightmare scenario has not occurred, to a large extent due to their receipt of the MCTS ' 25 million dollars of federal stimulus dollars in 2009. That the happiness of the Federal dollars, plus the Additional time allowed for the MCTS Buy Unexpected influx of new line while retaining the 125 18 million dollar operating budget of the federal capital dollars.
The good news is that the probable evolution has been delayed until at least the lamentable service cuts through 2015, following the County Executive for a few years to act on a permanent solution to the threat.
But no error is still the key problem. To replenish their fleet to meet the specific needs of the MCTS in 400 buses, constantly using the formula paikalliskassojen yet that the intended blow a hole in the operational system. New-out or a new set of federal support for the second day of reckoning is approaching.
And even before the days of the annual budget shortfalls to MCTS face 3 million dollars, and possibly more depending on the transit of the treatment the next State budget. That could lead to the service, including, but not limited to continuous erosion, even before the big hit comes a few years down the road.
This set of circumstances has led to many elected officials and community leaders call for a new source of funding dedicated to transit. Many of the County sales tax on behalf of a half-cent, which would fill a structural hole, reset the service levels, and replace the County to the annual volume of 17 million dollars of real estate tax. This approach, however, the Governor and the legislature would require, which now seems unlikely that approval.
The local setting, which is currently available is the registration fee of the vehicle or the countywide "wheel tax." County Board Finance Committee approved a $ 20 fee for 2009, which would produce around 11 million dollars annually to complement the financing of the real estate tax, but was rejected by the full Board.
Another option would be to rent, as described previously, Mitchell International Airport, the private operator, and the use of leasing payments is dedicated to the prejudice of revenue for transit. This possibility does not, however, would require several years only preparatory work and the approval of the Federal Government, but it also may be a viable credit market back to before the semblance of the pre-condition in the recession.
The next County Executive Policy Imperative and there are options and to develop lähiajan and long-term solutions that are effective and achievable.
To find a way to improve revenue without due cause takes unfair advantage of, or the määräsatamina fixed cost, it is difficult to imagine how the county officials can avoid serious cuts to transit service for much longer. The selection of which may be necessary, but it is one of the effects of the bus, for participation in invitations to tender and that the political decision-makers, employers and taxpayers must be carefully deliberated.
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