Uses of Fees or Alternatives to Fund Transit (2008)

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32 APPENDIX B Summary of Survey Responses Transit Agency Transit Impact Fees Comments Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington, DC No Md. Ann. Code Art. 66B § 10.01 (1998)—statewide enabling statute permitting counties and municipal corporations to enact laws for adequate public facilities and off-site improvements essential for development (no knowledge of ordinances enacted to date); and Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2317 to 15.2-2327 (2003 and 2006)— authorizes localities to assess and impose impact fees on new development for “road improvements” attribut- able to new development. Does not cover transit. Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System Bloomington, IL No “Bloomington NPTS not a taxing authority.” Transit Authority of River City Louisville, KY No Considered Tax Increment Financing Districts as a funding mechanism for light rail, but the study was suspended. Massachusetts Bay Trans- portation Authority Boston, MA No Section 114 of Chapter 125 of Acts of 2006 authorized infrastructure assessments for the Northpoint Devel- opment District. Metro Transit Madison, WI (MW) No Impact fee legislation adopted in Wisconsin but not transit related (S.66.0617). Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Atlanta, GA At least two tax allocation districts that allow revenues to be used for transit. Also, multiple community im- provement districts are able to utilize assessment revenue for various purposes, including transit. Transportation authorities and agencies that responded to the survey, but indicated no use of impact fees for transit funding included the following (by region): Northeast—Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA (NE); New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY (NE); Maryland Transit Administration, Baltimore, MD; Greater Portland Transit District, Portland, ME; Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Buffalo, NY. South—Knoxville Area Transit, Knoxville, TN; Asheville Transit System, Asheville, NC. West—Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO; Omnitrans, San Bernadino, CA; Transfort, Fort Collins, CO; Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority, Livermore, CA; Mountain Line, Missoula, MT; Albuquerque Transit De- partment, Albuquerque, NM; City of Phoenix Public Transit Department, Phoenix, AZ. Midwest—LaCrosse Municipal Transit Utility, LaCrosse, WI; Waukesha Metro Transit, Waukesha, WI; Star Tran, Lincoln, NE; Milwaukee County Transit System, Milwaukee, WI; Metro, Cincinnati, OH; Ohio Valley Regional Trans- portation Authority and Eastern Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Wheeling, OH; Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN; Gary Public Transportation Corporation, Gary, IN.