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Cities press for steady transit funding as federal formulas and reclassifications bite
Summary
Transit directors told the committee that volatile federal formula allocations and recent FTA reclassifications have made year‑to‑year funding unpredictable, and asked the legislature to consider a steady state aid approach to support fixed‑route urban systems.
Representatives of fixed‑route transit systems in Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Bismarck‑Mandan urged the Government Finance Committee to develop a stable state funding approach to reduce year‑to‑year volatility created by shifting Federal Transit Administration formulas and population reclassifications.
Derek Pfeiffer of the North Dakota Department of Transportation summarized federal program rules and eligibility. "The Federal Transit Administration classifies transit providers into rural, small urban and large urban categories," Pfeiffer said, and he…
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