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g) What are the appropiate subsidy levels to support the metropolitan transit system? What proportion of the cost of providing the service should be recovered from passengers fares? Should that proportion vary for different types of services? What general policy principles should the fare structure and fare increases follow? h) What should be the role of metropolitan area residents in paying for transit services? What are the transit benefits to non -transit users? What should be the state and federal roles in paying a portion of the transit deficit? 1) Is the property tax the most equitable and effective vehicle to raise regional funds for transit? Should a more direct relationship between who benefits and who pays be proposed (i.e. development fees, levels of taxation tied to transit levels of service....)? Should a metropolitan - wide sales tax be considered? Should an employer/employee tax be used? Should other funding sources be explored? j) What should the role of the motor vehicle excise tax be in transit funding? What should be the relationships between highway and transit funding? k) What standards, criteria and procedures should the Council use in monitoring and evaluating the RTB's Implementation Plan? 1) What should be the content of the Implementation Plan submitted by the RTB in response to the Council's policy plan? Many of the issues raised are for re-examination to determine if past positions are to be reaffirmed or changed. In other cases, issues are new or extensions of past positions. 6. Work Under Way The following studies and documents will be considered in the update of the policy plan: - The existing Transportation Chapter of the Development Guide adopted in January of 1983, as amended. - The RTB's Transit Service Needs Assessment mandated by the Legislature to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the short and mid -range transit needs and services in the region. - The RTB's Implementation Plan and Financial Plan to be prepared every two years in response to the Transit Policy Plan, which will be submitted to the Council in November, 1986. - Other RTB's studies (i.e. Privatization, Metro Mobility) currently under way to address specific transit issues. - The Long -Range Transit Study conducted by the Council to assess the potential for transit capital investments in major Twin Cities transportation corridors.