The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (now the Federal Transit Administration) was created. It provided capital grants for up to 50% of the cost of transit improvements. It was the first major federal involvement in public transportation.
Like the earlier Buy American Act of 1933, and the later "Buy America" section of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, the act contained a provision to encourage U.S. government funds to be spent on U.S.-made products.
See also Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974
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External links Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 ( details) as enacted in the US Statutes at Large