DID YOU KNOW? Local funding for transit
comes from user fees, contracts with human
service agencies and local taxes.
TRANSIT FUNDING
- Iowa devotes an amount equal to 4 percent of the fees for new registration collected on sales of motor vehicles and accessory equipment to support public transportation. Most of these funds are distributed by a formula, based on each system's performance during the previous year in terms of rides, miles and local funding support.
- The federal government, through the Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, offers a number of programs to support local public transportation. Most of these programs are funded through the Mass Transit Account.
- Local funding for transit comes from user fees, contracts with human service agencies and local taxes.
- 2022 Transit operational funding sources: Iowa's urban transit operations were funded 57 percent from local sources, 7 percent from state funds, and 36 percent from federal funds; regional transit operations were funded 46 percent from local funds, 14 percent from the state, and 40 percent from the federal government.
- Additional information about Iowa's public transit industry, including statistics from individual systems, can be found at the DOT's Transit website.