The GAO has addressed the high costs of transit security and recommends in this report that the Secretary of the Department of Transportation pursue legislative changes to permit federal urbanized formula funds to be used for security-related operating expenses. In conducting this assessment, the GAO made 10 onsite visits to transit agencies and surveyed a representative sample of others to study the safety and security problems associated with mass transit systems, steps taken by transit authorities to deal with these problems, and the role federal authorities might take to help ameliorate difficulties.
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