The purpose of this paper is to take a preliminary new look at urban transit with regard to free market vs. government control. There is a sharp division between the free market emphasis in the literature and the government control emphasis in practice, in the United States and elsewhere.

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. The Incidence of Special Sales Taxes Under Conditions of Pure Competition -- III. The Incidence of Special Sales Taxes Under Conditions of Monopoly -- IV. Monopolistic Competition and the Incidence of Special Sales...