MA: Cape Transit Authority Chief Seeks Data for Money Swap

    May 22, 2018
    The head of Cape Cod’s public transit service has found a way to tap into additional federal funds and now he says he needs cooperation from lawmakers as well as private transportation operators to access it.

    Source Cape Cod Times

    The head of Cape Cod’s public transit service has found a way to tap into additional federal funds and now he says he needs cooperation from lawmakers as well as private transportation operators to access it.

    Thomas Cahir, administrator of the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, wants to incentivize private ferries to share data with his organization so that the ridership figures can be sent to the federal government.

    Under his proposal, around 25 percent of the increase in federal funding would be sent to those private transportation operators with the other federal funds paying for public transit. Lawmakers would need to pass a bill to facilitate that arrangement, Cahir told the Transportation Committee on Monday.

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