Transit agency

Transit agency is a government authority that provides public transportation services.

A transit agency can be a city or county department, a partnership between the cities and/or counties, or as an independent special district.

Public transportation is a form of public utility (similar to gas, electricity, and garbage) that once provided by private companies under government regulations. In the 1970s, as private companies go out of business with rising operating cost and declining fare revenue, government began to take over and subsidize transit operation. In 1971, the state legislature passed the Transit Development Act, which began state's support for public transit operation.