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Conditions and Performance
Status
of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit:
2002 Conditions and Performance Report
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Exhibit 6-23:
Federal Share of Public Funding for Transit, 1961-2000
Exhibit 6-23 is a chart that shows the Federal share of public funding for transit between 1961 and 2000. The vertical axis measures percentages from 0 to 50 in increments of 50 percent, and the horizontal axis measures the years from 1961 to 1999 in increments of 2 years. The line starts at 0 and rises to 9 percent in 1969, drops to 6 percent in 1970, then rises sharply to 35 percent by 1976. From there it rises more slowly to a peak of 42 percent in 1981 before dropping sharply to 22 percent by 1993. from there it rises to 27 percent in 1997 and settles at 25 percent in 2000.
Source: National Transit Database.
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