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that appear excessive. Section 5311 operating funds can ONLY be used to support rural general public routes (RGP) RGP DEFINITION: Service provided on a repetitive, fixed -route schedule or deviated fixed -route schedule basis along a specific route for pick up and delivery of passengers to specific locations; each fixed -route trip serves the same origins and destinations, unlike demand responsive, taxicabs, or subscription service. Operating Expenses - Operating expenses are considered those costs directly related to system operations. Eligible items are defined as stated in the UPTAS manual and State Management Plan. Net operating expenses are eligible for assistance. Net operating expenses are those expenses that remain after the provider subtracts operating revenues from eligible operating expenses. Operating revenues must include farebox revenues. Farebox revenues include fares paid by riders who are later reimbursed by a human service agency or other user -side subsidy arrangement. Farebox revenues do not include payments made directly to the transit system by human service agencies to purchase service. However, purchase of transit passes or other fare media for clients would be considered farebox revenue. A voluntary or mandatory fee that a college, university, or similar institution imposes on all its students for free or discounted transit service is not farebox revenue. Farebox revenue must be used to reduce total operating expenses (treated as revenue). Funds received pursuant to a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization may be used as local match. Income from contracts to provide human service transportation may be used either to reduce the net project cost (treated as revenue) or to provide local match for Section 5311 operating assistance. In either case, the cost of providing the contract service is included in the total project cost. The manner in which a subrecipient applies income from human service agencies to a project affects the calculation of net operating expenses and, therefore, the amount of Section 5311 operating assistance the project is eligible to receive. Sources of Local Match. Local match for the remainder of net project costs may be provided from: An undistributed cash surplus, a replacement cash fund or reserve, a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization; or Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to a department or agency of the Government (other than the [U.S.] Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be expended for transportation. Examples of non - Federal sources that may be used for any or all of the local share include: State or local appropriations; dedicated tax revenues; private donations; and net income generated from advertising and concessions. 15 Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 66