The Nation : Transit Aid Cut Planned

President Reagan will propose combining federal aid for highways and for mass transit in a single grant, a move that would reduce mass transit funding by 40% or more, it was reported. Under the proposal for the fiscal 1987 budget, city and state officials could use money from the single grant for highways, subways or buses, based to local needs, according to the New York Times. The federal government provided $4.1 billion in mass transit aid in the last fiscal year. Congress has appropriated $3.7 billion in fiscal 1986.