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Transit operators urge state investment to unlock federal funds and preserve services
Summary
Transit providers and advocacy groups told the Finance Division I that state operating support is needed to leverage federal transit funds, stabilize ridership gains and avoid service cuts. Industry representatives sought $6.8 million in state operating support to match federal operating allocations; the Department of Transportation described
Transit providers, an advocacy group and Department of Transportation staff urged the Finance Division I to restore or increase state operating support so regional systems can access federal operating funding and sustain growing ridership.
Rad Nichols, executive director of Coast and chair of the New Hampshire Transit Association, described public transit's economic and social contributions: he cited an economic-impact analysis showing that every $1 invested in public transit generates more than $4 in state economic activity and stressed that state operating match leverages federal funds already allocated to New Hampshire. Nichols said state operating support…
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