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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 533

(c)    The desired regional transit system cannot be
achieved by the unilateral action of any one of Baltimore
City, Baltimore County, or Anne Arundel County, but requires
action by this State through a State agency that is
politically responsive to local needs and will assure that
the development of the regional transit system fosters
general development plans for this State, the region, and
the local development plans of the participating political
subdivisions.

(d)    (1) In this subsection, "net project costs"
means that part of the capital costs that is incurred in
constructing and acquiring transit facilities eligible for
assistance under the federal Urban Mass Transportation Act
of 1964 and that cannot be reasonably financed from
revenues.

(2) It is the policy of this title that:

(i) Consistent with the alleviation of
traffic congestion in the District and the attainment of a
balanced transportation system using each mode of
transportation to its test advantage, all costs incurred to
construct, acquire, operate, and maintain transit facilities
for the regional transit system shall be covered, as far as
practicable, by fares charged for the services performed by
the transit facilities owned or controlled by the
Administration; and

(ii) At least two thirds of the net
project costs for these transit facilities shall be paid by
grants contributed by the federal government.

(e)    (1) The public interest in efficient and
economical transit service requires that the transit
facilities operated by private carriers be operated to
provide, with the transit facilities owned or controlled by
the Administration, a unified and coordinated regional
transit system without unnecessary duplicating or competing
service.

(2) Subject to this standard, it is the policy
of this title to utilize private carriers to the fullest
extent practicable in providing transit service.

(f)    Adequate provisions should be made for assuring
that, if allocation of State financial resources for the
benefit of this regional system is made, it will be
accompanied by a parity allocation for the benefit of
taxpayers supporting transit facilities in the political
subdivisions of the Washington Suburban Transit District.

(g)    Adequate provisions should be made for the
protection of transit labor in the development and operation
of the regional system.

(H) THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRES THE DEVELOPMENT OF