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1 1 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation report (State Survey report) is to collect information on all state funding provided to transit agencies.
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2 Data reported to the State Survey report is often inconsistent with the NTD, a source that also provides some level of detail on state funding. FTA collects data on state funding levels only from transit agencies that receive federal funds and attributes funding to each state based on the geographic location of the reporting agency's headquarters.
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3 the quality of data, and how state DOTs are using the current report. In addition to surveying state DOTs, the research team sent a second survey to approximately 35 additional contacts to whom AASHTO has distributed the report in past years to receive input on the use of the report.
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4 Figure 1. Time Needed to Complete Submission of States' Data 2.2.2 Data Availability and Quality Most states report that they have confidence in funding information as requested.
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5 discretionary or non-discretionary distribution of funds. Respondents report the lowest level of confidence in data on the source of funds by program.
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6 Table 2. Report Medium Report Medium Number of Responses Percentage of Responses PDF available on-line via email 13 87% Hard copy report 10 67% Data files with all information as reported 6 40% Total Number of Respondents 15 2.2.5 Use of National Summary Information States most commonly refer to summary information on state sources of funding, comparisons of state and federal funding by state, funding levels per capita and funding trends.
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7 Table 4. State-Level Data Used State-Level Data Available in Report Number of Respondents that Use Data Percentage Source of state funds for each program (fuel tax, sales tax, etc.)
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