Arkansas Code Title 27. Transportation § 27-1-106. Public transportation--Findings and duties

(1) Transportation is a critical problem for the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and others without access to the use of a private automobile;

(2) Public transportation in the rural and small urban areas in Arkansas is lacking;

(3) Public transportation in many instances is no longer a profitable undertaking for private enterprise acting alone;

(4) Public subsidy of public transportation, whether privately or publicly operated, is often necessary to provide needed transportation services;

(5) The variety of federal, state, and local activities in providing public transportation services requires coordination for optimal utilization of and maximum benefit from public resources;

(6) Communities require technical assistance in addressing their public transportation needs; and

(7) It is in the best interest of the people of Arkansas to develop programs providing solutions for the above concerns.

(1) Coordinate research into the problems of mass transit and reasonable solutions; and

(2) Realize the economies of organized coordinated transport service in order to eliminate the substantial waste in uncoordinated and often duplicated efforts which are particularly troublesome in view of the limited fiscal resources of the smaller urbanized areas and urban places peculiar to the Arkansas demographic situation.